termites HElp

[Steven Maduro]

I have a brick house Thank goodness
It is a duplex
and one side had a termite swarm happen last week
but not the other side

when I was doing renovations I noticed a door casing that had termite holes in it

,my contractor said it was probably a piece of lumber that had termites but they are most likely gone

WRONG
they were still in there because we caulked the holes and painted over
and they burrowed out again, and swarmed the apartment.

I think they even burrowed out of some neighboring sheet rock.

can they do that?

in any event I am calling terminix.
I just put down laminate floors and noticed underneath the house all new plywood perhaps the reason all the new wood was there was because of termite damage.
from the past.

I bought the house last year and noticed nothing else termite related
except for two wooden boards on the front of the house seemed to be compromised.

I suppose a thorough investigation of all plywood supporting structure wood
needs to be done.
a complete treatment
and then just pray

Is there anything Else I need to do or could
do
or could have done in the past?

I live in Georgia by the way I think that makes a difference.

[Dennis Tierney]

Lesson learned. Always, always, always get a termite inspection before you buy a property and have a termite clause in the purchase agreement that will bind the seller to fix the problem and/or allow you out during the due diligence. Trating the current infestation will take care of the current bugs and you should get a reinspection every few years. You may need a different contractor to look at the property to be sure you get all of the damaged interior fixed and you are now obilgated to disclose the termite problem/damage in the future if you sell the property.