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OK guys, any help or advice you guys can give would be much appreciated. The problem started a few weeks ago with my wife and I seeing a bunch of black ants in out living room. I went outside to look to see if I could find out where they were getting in and sure enough the was a pea sized hole where caulk use to be. I watched them walk right in.
I went upstairs to check the crawl space where they were gaining access and sure enough there were thousands. I got bombs and a ton of spray chemicals and killed the majority of them. It looks like mass murder in the crawl space. I have been going up there every other day and retreating but I havent seen a live ant since I treated and resealed that hole outside.
However, we are still seeing the occasional carpenter ant crawling across the floor. Now, the previous owners of the hows have the flower boxes edged with soft rotting rail road ties. I want to get rid of these because I believe they are a part of the problem, but I believe that there are ants and termites in this wood and I am afraid that if I remove toe wood, the termites will look for the next closest thing, my house.
What can I do guys? We had ehrlich out here and they wanted 600 just to start. I dont know about you guys, but I dont have that kind of money.
Please help! How do I safely get rid of that wood? How do I kill the remaining ants? Perhaps there are still some in the wall void. How do I get them?
Thanks for reading!
-Justin
I went upstairs to check the crawl space where they were gaining access and sure enough there were thousands. I got bombs and a ton of spray chemicals and killed the majority of them. It looks like mass murder in the crawl space. I have been going up there every other day and retreating but I havent seen a live ant since I treated and resealed that hole outside.
However, we are still seeing the occasional carpenter ant crawling across the floor. Now, the previous owners of the hows have the flower boxes edged with soft rotting rail road ties. I want to get rid of these because I believe they are a part of the problem, but I believe that there are ants and termites in this wood and I am afraid that if I remove toe wood, the termites will look for the next closest thing, my house.
What can I do guys? We had ehrlich out here and they wanted 600 just to start. I dont know about you guys, but I dont have that kind of money.
Please help! How do I safely get rid of that wood? How do I kill the remaining ants? Perhaps there are still some in the wall void. How do I get them?
Thanks for reading!
-Justin