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Termites love two things: wood and moisture. A wet basement offers both, along with darkness and steady temperatures. When floor joists sit above a damp crawlsp…

Termites do not care about your paint color, your gallery wall, or the fact that you have asthma. They move silently, eat cellulose, and leave behind paper-thin…

When a door suddenly sticks, a baseboard crumbles under gentle pressure, or your living room floor gives a little spring it never had, your stomach drops. Termi…

I have opened a lot of walls that looked fine at first glance and found galleries of chewed wood, paper, and frass just behind the paint. Termites are quiet wor…

If you have found termite damage in a wall, the hardest part is not spotting the chewed galleries or the crumbling drywall. The hard part is restoring the stren…

If you have ever lifted a baseboard and watched it crumble like a stale cookie, you know termite damage is not just a pest problem. It is a building problem. I …

Termites love what sill plates provide: low, hidden, and often damp wood that touches concrete. When that band of lumber rots from the inside out, the house sta…

If you have ever opened a wall and watched a screwdriver sink into what looks like solid wood, you know the particular sinking feeling that comes with termite d…