Wood-Destroying Insects
Termite and wood-destroying insect inspection.
This far north, carpenter ants and wood-boring beetles turn up more often than termites do — but the damage looks similar from the outside and costs similar to repair. The inspection covers all of them.
- Termites
- Carpenter ants
- Wood-boring beetles
- Sill and framing
- Moisture link
- Conducive conditions
48Hours to your report
2–3Hours on site
2004Inspecting since
3States covered
What we actually find
Usually ants, occasionally worse.
Carpenter ants do not eat wood; they excavate it to nest, and they prefer wood that is already damp. That makes them a moisture problem wearing an insect costume, and it means the repair has to address the water as well as the colony.
The inspection looks at the places that go first — sill plates, rim joists, porch and deck framing, anything in ground contact — and at the conditions that invite the problem in: wood to soil contact, firewood stacked against the house, chronic damp in a crawl space.
What you get
Three things this buys you.
Two to three hours on site for a typical property, and the report within 48 hours. If the utilities are off we bring propane and a generator and power the building up rather than reporting it as unverified.
All wood destroyers
Termites, carpenter ants and beetles — not just the one in the page title.
Moisture link reported
Most northern insect damage is a damp problem first.
Structural impact assessed
Whether the damage matters, not just that it exists.
Where we draw the line
We inspect. We do not repair.
Our code of ethics forbids our inspectors from performing repairs, or from estimating repair costs, on a property they have inspected. An inspector who can profit from the problems he finds has a reason to find them.
You get a plain account of what is wrong and how serious it is. A licensed contractor prices and fixes it, and we will come back and re-inspect the work at a minimal fee.
Often booked with this
- Crawl space inspections
- Water damage inspection
- Mold testing
- Basement inspections
- Log home inspection
- Home inspection
Wood-Destroying Insects
Book the inspection.
Monday to Friday 8am–6pm, Saturday 9am–2pm. Give us the address and we will scope the right inspection for the property.