09-05-2006, 03:53 AM
Mahalo everyone for the answers. That's interesting. I've heard about drywood termites but never thought about them very much. I've lived in San Jose, CA and Tucson, AZ. and have been told that dry wood termites don't do much harm and I need to be concerned mainly about subteranian termites. And I've had 5 infestations over the years in different houses I've owned and it was always subs. But the situation is different there so I'll have to learn more about drywood termites.
It definately doesn't apply to subterranean. They get into the wood and eat from the inside out. They have eaten up lots of my painted base boards in my guest house. I didn't know they were there until they ate all the way to the surface.
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It may be that drywood termites might not choose to gnaw into painted wood; I don't know if this is true or if it applies to subterranean, too.
It definately doesn't apply to subterranean. They get into the wood and eat from the inside out. They have eaten up lots of my painted base boards in my guest house. I didn't know they were there until they ate all the way to the surface.