Termites in Honolulu Real Estate?
April 8th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Negotiating
If a termite could eat wood, how much wood could a termite eat? Well, it depends whether or not the termite is of the ground variety or from the tribe of the dry wood termites. The latter can still eat you out of house and home, but it will take a lot longer than the former. Believe it or not, what you see to the left is what remains of a significant beam (4×8 or maybe a 4×10). Note that the beam is completely hollowed out. The interesting part of this discovery was that the house had no other signs of ground termite infestation. Normally, when there is this magnitude of damage, one can see evidence of the critters all over the house.
