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Lar
 
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My question is, should I be concerned that my property is infested with
termites and have the whole perimeter of the house and fence treated? Or is
it normal for old wood sitting around like these vegetable garden boxes to have
occasional termites? The pest guy said that other than my front porch, the
house is well designed and termites are unlikely to find their way into the
house, especially if i keep an eye for termite evidence and have him come out
every couple of years to take a look.


The termite colony will be a number of feet under ground coming up to feed
on your porch. The same colony will have many feeding tubes all over the
property so the same colony on your house can be in your fence, feeding on
the wood left on the ground, the neighbors house 100 feet away. Also the
thought now is the average acre of land will have 7-14 established termite
colonies, so all those areas you have found termites might also be several
different colonies. The one downfall with only treating your porch will be
they can show up elsewhere on the house, or maybe there already in an part of
the structure you can't see. The treatment stops the point of entry, but they
can just bypass the area treated. (depending on what was used for treating)So
just keep an eye out for anything unusual showing up.
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