My expert blog 5111

If you have never seen a sill plate crumble in your hand, count yourself lucky. I have, more than once. Termites work quietly, sometimes for years, until a floor dips, a door sticks, or a baseboard gives way under a fingertip. That is usually when the phone rings. The caller wants to know if the damage is just cosmetic or if the bones of the house have been chewed. The honest answer: you need an engineering assessment to know for sure, and to plan termite framing repair tha