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02-19-2009, 09:42 PM #1Member
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Does this look like termites?
So I'm pretty sure that my apartment has termites. Would you agree?
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02-19-2009, 09:59 PM #2Senior Member
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Yes , you should get a pro to look at it.Termites will try to patch up holes just like that.
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02-20-2009, 12:34 AM #3what Dad calls me
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Yep, they do things like that.
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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02-20-2009, 12:39 AM #4< Banned User >
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Do you rent?
If so, I'd just put it out of mind.
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02-20-2009, 01:44 AM #5Member
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Yes i do rent. I went and told management about it and they're having someone come out mar 3
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02-20-2009, 03:59 AM #6Senior Member
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Dude, whatever you do, DO NOT light that fuse!! Your whole ceiling will be blown off the building.
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02-20-2009, 04:28 AM #7Member
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Originally Posted by Chris L
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02-20-2009, 06:19 AM #8Senior Member
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If you start getting what looks like giant ants with huge wings crawling around, then you have termites. It is getting to be that time of year, especially in the temperate climates such as Arizona.
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02-20-2009, 01:26 PM #9Member
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I'm wondering if this is worse than the ****roach problem we have here. (not IN our appartment, we keep everything clean, but god knows how the neighbours live...those little buggers do come in sometimes)
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02-20-2009, 03:47 PM #10Senior Member
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Pshaw! That's nothing. I turned on my dishwasher last summer and the heat caused a literal swarm to empty out from behind the wall on to my kitchen floor. It looked like a scene out of Indiana Jones. The whole floor was moving. I called my landlord and his reply (honest to God) was "give em an hour. They'll go back in the wall".
We've got little patches of dust that appear sporadically all along the floorboards- look like a tiny little anthill.
I've been inspecting my wooden furniture for any signs of trouble pretty frequently and documenting with photo evidence the damage in the house in case the landlord tries to blame us for all the damage. As long as you don't have anything too nice, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
+1 on the dirty neighbors. My roach problem has dropped to next to nothing since the slob next door moved out.
When is this housing market going to hit bottom so I can get out of this dump?
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