Sorry, Lew.. Hope you're not offended by my making light of it.. At 62, in
a house that's 20 years old and totally paid off, I'm hoping the termites
will allow me to live out the rest of my retirement here without too much
trouble. I live next to a forest and come September on a warm evening or
two the sky has quite a few big termites flying around like minature
helicopters looking for a new home.. I have never stacked firewood next to
the house or seen a termite crawiling around by the woodstove, so if they're
coming or here, its not obvious yet.. You know the old saying, ignorance is
bliss..

"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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"Jim Hall" wrote:

Really? You must be joking..

Wasn't joking at all.

It happened to a relative.

Stacked a cord of wood against the outer wall of the garage.

Would bring wood inside to burn often having excess wood which would be
left on the hearth for the next fire.

After the winter heating season, termites were discovered.

The exterminator identied the fire wood pile as the termite source.

From that point on, they moved the wood pile away from the garage and left
the wood on that pile until it went directly on the fire.

YMMV

Lew