No one under the age of forty wants to hear whiny Boomers complain about the problems of home ownership...But when they tell you there is termite damage it’s hard not to get a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach as you imagine the biggest financial investment of your life inexorably transforming to dust dribbling out the butt end of a detritophagous eusocial insect (I see your “frass” and raise you two very impressive Latin (?) words I just found on Wikipedia). And when they’re flying around your house like ugly butterflies with teeth it’s really freaky. Still you have my sympathy and a healthy dose of respect for the retro vinyl collection. A stack of those I’ll give your legs and arms a serious workout.
We were the proud owners of a fruitless Mulberry tree. Located just outside our kitchen window it provided our family years of beauty and shade. One day we looked at the back side of the tree and discovered it was completely consumed by termites and ready to break in half. Needless to say we had to cut down the tree for safety, by by termites!
my grandfather repurposed an old ammunition factory into a 7 bedroom for their 9-person family. it was seriously cool and had the ghosts of some christmases past upstairs. and the basement! holy cow. grandma and uncle john kept every coffee can they ever emptied. would that i had a couple hundred of them now!
grandfather died in the sixties, grandmother in the late eighties, and uncle john in the early oughts. i thought it was be a most excellent house to get hold of to raise our children in.
ALAS. there was significant termite damage in the really important wooden things that held the house up. i was terrified of termite damage!
they ended up selling the house to developers (surprise!) who tore it right down (also surprise!) and built three homes in the space where one used to be (no surprise!).
i ended up with the very cool doorbell with the brass pipes that reminded me of grandmother's house. and ain't no termites got the teeth for brass.
Termites. Sigh. Be ready to find evidence of their droppings for the next few months, and then be assured by the company that thiis isn't an active infestation, but just residual. I've never heard of the heat treatment, but I'd give them hell about the open windows. Fortunately,your landlord has to pay.. They don't have termites in Alaska
No one under the age of forty wants to hear whiny Boomers complain about the problems of home ownership...But when they tell you there is termite damage it’s hard not to get a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach as you imagine the biggest financial investment of your life inexorably transforming to dust dribbling out the butt end of a detritophagous eusocial insect (I see your “frass” and raise you two very impressive Latin (?) words I just found on Wikipedia). And when they’re flying around your house like ugly butterflies with teeth it’s really freaky. Still you have my sympathy and a healthy dose of respect for the retro vinyl collection. A stack of those I’ll give your legs and arms a serious workout.
We were the proud owners of a fruitless Mulberry tree. Located just outside our kitchen window it provided our family years of beauty and shade. One day we looked at the back side of the tree and discovered it was completely consumed by termites and ready to break in half. Needless to say we had to cut down the tree for safety, by by termites!
oh dear, will, what a [the f-word-ing] nightmare!
my grandfather repurposed an old ammunition factory into a 7 bedroom for their 9-person family. it was seriously cool and had the ghosts of some christmases past upstairs. and the basement! holy cow. grandma and uncle john kept every coffee can they ever emptied. would that i had a couple hundred of them now!
grandfather died in the sixties, grandmother in the late eighties, and uncle john in the early oughts. i thought it was be a most excellent house to get hold of to raise our children in.
ALAS. there was significant termite damage in the really important wooden things that held the house up. i was terrified of termite damage!
they ended up selling the house to developers (surprise!) who tore it right down (also surprise!) and built three homes in the space where one used to be (no surprise!).
i ended up with the very cool doorbell with the brass pipes that reminded me of grandmother's house. and ain't no termites got the teeth for brass.
That former ammunition factory/Walton’s Mountain (kids, IMDb it) sounds incredible. Do you any pictures? Can you post them here?
i'll find some a post them!
oh also i loved the waltons. good-night mary ellen
i secretly wish you would’ve left at least one aerosol can in there just to see if would really explode.
Termites. Sigh. Be ready to find evidence of their droppings for the next few months, and then be assured by the company that thiis isn't an active infestation, but just residual. I've never heard of the heat treatment, but I'd give them hell about the open windows. Fortunately,your landlord has to pay.. They don't have termites in Alaska
I do not wish this upon my worst enemy. I've always been terrified of bedbugs, but now I guess I have to worry about termites too 🙃