dust coming from crack in wall
 

I have an 100 yr old town house that suffered termite damage over the
years, at least one time majorly around 1985.. I don't have the cash
to do a complete overhaul, but am doing things incrementally. such as
replacing all the hardwood flooring in one floor of my house. I have
an annual termite inspection and they were found once and treated. I
last had a full treatment in July. My neighbors have the same
experiences, so I'm not unique- we're near woods and a creek, so
there's lots of wet wood nearby.

Generally it's an old house with lots of settling. It was also
imperfectly rehabbed.

I have many cracks in the plaster and one, which happens to face an
outside wall has a weird effect. If I seal the window and slam the
door, little bits of termite-chewed wood come out. I did a visual
inspection and do not see any holes in the old mortar (though
repointing is in my future) and I held a wet finger to the crack and
didn't feel any wind or cold air.

Has anyone seen this before?

Don

dust coming from crack in wall
 

Has anyone seen this before?

Don

All the time, before we got the Sentricon system. I still have residual
damage, but I'm winning. They seem to like drywall paper, probably a
desert after gnawing a 2X4. That system is pricey, I paid $1700, + 300
annual fee, but it beat the bugs, now we just have to clean up the
mess. BTW the house had been inspected and treated yearly for about 5
years before I bought it, but it never really eliminated them, it just
kept them in check.

http://www.dowagro.com/sentricon/us/

dust coming from crack in wall
 

On 15 Nov 2006 12:26:32 -0800, wrote:

I have an 100 yr old town house that suffered termite damage over the
years, at least one time majorly around 1985.. I don't have the cash
to do a complete overhaul, but am doing things incrementally. such as
replacing all the hardwood flooring in one floor of my house. I have
an annual termite inspection and they were found once and treated. I
last had a full treatment in July. My neighbors have the same
experiences, so I'm not unique- we're near woods and a creek, so
there's lots of wet wood nearby.

Generally it's an old house with lots of settling. It was also
imperfectly rehabbed.

I have many cracks in the plaster and one, which happens to face an
outside wall has a weird effect. If I seal the window and slam the
door, little bits of termite-chewed wood come out. I did a visual
inspection and do not see any holes in the old mortar (though
repointing is in my future) and I held a wet finger to the crack and
didn't feel any wind or cold air.

Has anyone seen this before?

Don

I have a window sill that collects termite droppings from drywood
termites.
There is a pinhole or two in the seam above where the windows meets
the wood and I can tap on the wall nearby and droppings just keep
coming out.
I need to drill lots of holes thru the drywall and into the studs and
spray.