08-23-2008, 02:40 PM
Rob Tucker
Kama'aina
1869 Posts
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 17:52:43
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"One of the main problems with the nonstop maintenance and attention wood structures require is that people get old. They reach a point in their lives where they too often lack the energy and the money to keep the place up and the house starts to run down. Add a leaky roof and before long all you own is a mess. So they build or buy their home, pay their mortgage, pay their taxes and just about as the house is paid off.... it is ready to tear down."
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i totally agree with the above. we had to take over the maintenance of this house in kailua because the parents just let it go . this house is 52 years old redwood. it was the trim, furniture and newer addition that were attacked. luckily, those things were replacable. other home in ewa, was practically a teardown and was sold for the value of the land only. kapolei home is regularly treated for both ground and drywall termites. one can treat, treat, treat and they still find a way--we tented kailua in 2006 because they were coming from our neighbor's christmas berry tree.
"chaos reigns within.
reflect, repent and reboot.
order shall return."
microsoft error message with haiku poetry
Kama'aina
1869 Posts
Posted - 08/23/2008 : 17:52:43
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"One of the main problems with the nonstop maintenance and attention wood structures require is that people get old. They reach a point in their lives where they too often lack the energy and the money to keep the place up and the house starts to run down. Add a leaky roof and before long all you own is a mess. So they build or buy their home, pay their mortgage, pay their taxes and just about as the house is paid off.... it is ready to tear down."
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i totally agree with the above. we had to take over the maintenance of this house in kailua because the parents just let it go . this house is 52 years old redwood. it was the trim, furniture and newer addition that were attacked. luckily, those things were replacable. other home in ewa, was practically a teardown and was sold for the value of the land only. kapolei home is regularly treated for both ground and drywall termites. one can treat, treat, treat and they still find a way--we tented kailua in 2006 because they were coming from our neighbor's christmas berry tree.
"chaos reigns within.
reflect, repent and reboot.
order shall return."
microsoft error message with haiku poetry
"a great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
w. james
w. james