Ray K wrote:

I'm posting this as a tip that may help others.

My first indication of termites was Thursday morning. (Last year they
didn't enter until April; must be the mild NJ winter that moved their
swarming schedule up.) I couldn't get the exterminator to treat the
house until six days later. The termites had been entering almost as
fast as I could vacuum them up. Five minutes later, there would be more.
Scary thought that I'd have to fight them for six days.

The two entry points are at the top miter joints where the three door
casings met. (That door is in a wall that was originally an exterior
wall; since the addition, it's now an interior wall. Slab foundation
under original house and addition.)

Solution: spray water on the entry points. A single spray might last 24
hours or even more, but to be on safe side I spray twice a way. Not a
single one since.


Sorry, don't sound like a good idea, the only things
termites need/want is wood(pulp) and water. Maybe you don't
see them because now they are happy right where they are, in
your wood.

ahh, what do you do for a living? maybe pest control.

I could see adding a little boric acid to the water.

-- larry / dallas
our termites are bigger than yours ;-)