[ctime]

What’s the solution here?

We need to stop building houses out of wood. Every wood structure in Southern California has known termites or has them and it just isn’t known. It’s not just the foundations of structures either, drywood termites swarm yearly and cause just as much damage as any subterranean termites.

Personally, I’d rather not be treating my home with the termite fumigation chems unless I have to and have been diligent at creating a defensive barrier (6 inches) around my home and keep a tight watch over the entire structure all year. During the summer, when the drywood termites swarm, I pickup thousands in my pool and remain extra diligent.

I’d much rather just have most of the structure be adobe some other cementitious material than play a losing game of three little piggies every so many years.

[sinak]

Another option for killing termites is to heat up the whole home to around 125F.