I have never seen termites just build their tunnels right in the middle of a garage? Was this a abandoned home or what is the story? Also, what is with the gaps in the floor? Very interesting.
The house is an REO. It’s plausible that it has been vacant for two years, maybe longer. The gaps in the floor are expansion joints, common in garages here. There were tunnels all along the interior walls of the garage, but that trail on the floor is like the I-95 of termite tunnels. I’ve never seen one that big before.
On some level I greatly admire termites and their (de)construction skills. They just keep on keeping on- they have a goal, they are going to reach it regardless of how much pesky concrete flooring they have to work around. “Do or do not, there is no try.” -Yoda (who must have seen a few termite mounds in that swamp he called home).
> On some level I greatly admire termites and their (de)construction skills.
I’m with you. Drywood Termites are better at killing houses, and fire and water are always going to keep the short head to themselves. But Subterranean Termites are indefatigable change agents.
I actually had them in my house last summer. They tunneled under a driveway to an internal wall. No exterior signs whatsoever. When our bond was up for renewal, the termite guys found them through a small crack looking up through an unfinished section of the basement. Sometimes, they aren’t as obvious as these little monsters pictured above!
Robert Worthington says:
Car troubles?
October 11, 2011 — 4:35 pm
Mark Ciochon says:
I have never seen termites just build their tunnels right in the middle of a garage? Was this a abandoned home or what is the story? Also, what is with the gaps in the floor? Very interesting.
October 11, 2011 — 5:03 pm
Greg Swann says:
The house is an REO. It’s plausible that it has been vacant for two years, maybe longer. The gaps in the floor are expansion joints, common in garages here. There were tunnels all along the interior walls of the garage, but that trail on the floor is like the I-95 of termite tunnels. I’ve never seen one that big before.
October 12, 2011 — 8:27 am
Teri Lussier says:
On some level I greatly admire termites and their (de)construction skills. They just keep on keeping on- they have a goal, they are going to reach it regardless of how much pesky concrete flooring they have to work around. “Do or do not, there is no try.” -Yoda (who must have seen a few termite mounds in that swamp he called home).
October 12, 2011 — 1:18 pm
Greg Swann says:
> On some level I greatly admire termites and their (de)construction skills.
I’m with you. Drywood Termites are better at killing houses, and fire and water are always going to keep the short head to themselves. But Subterranean Termites are indefatigable change agents.
October 12, 2011 — 2:27 pm
Ryan Ward says:
I actually had them in my house last summer. They tunneled under a driveway to an internal wall. No exterior signs whatsoever. When our bond was up for renewal, the termite guys found them through a small crack looking up through an unfinished section of the basement. Sometimes, they aren’t as obvious as these little monsters pictured above!
October 13, 2011 — 10:10 am