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The
Lucky One
(Lucky
the inspection was done)
This
property was for sale before termite activity was noticed.
There
were three nests on the property of two different species.
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The
house is in a well established area with a park land surrounding and a
stream bordering the property.
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The
owners did not notice any termite activity until it was pointed out by our
StewartS inspector.
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The
under side of the home like most had storage facilities, in this case the
owners stored fire wood along with other items.
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The
fire wood has been attacked yet the other timbers that are treated with CCA
haven’t.
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This
is worse than timber being eaten by termites it is a termite nest and when
they were finished with the fire wood they would be attacking the eatable
parts of the home (carpet books furniture and un treated timbers).
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A
nest protected like this and so close to a home can cause huge damage in a
very short time.
What
adds to the huge potential problem is that the nest can increase in size un
noticed on valueless fire wood and when this depletes there would be a
large termite population attacking the home very quickly from within.
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Out
in the garden an over grown tree with dead limbs looks suspicious. Termite
damaged trees often have branches dying and loose limbs.
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On
closer inspection another nest is uncovered.
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In
another part of the garden a large stump is used as a garden feature.
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The
third nest is in the base of the stump and may have been there when the
tree was pulled over. This nest might have been the original demise of this
tree. If so it could have been saved. See our page on trees and termites
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All
in all the new owners are lucky StewartS inspected the property before they
purchased it. The old owners are lucky also as if they had not been
selling, the termite nest under the hone was nearly due to perform a major
onslaught on the property which would have been very expensive in damage
and termite treatment work, not to mention the stress anxiety and emotional
trauma.
The
nests in the tree base and stump were also of significant risk to the
property and also would have eventually attacked the house.
This
is one lucky building.
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