On Monday I had had enough of the "sawdust" in my bedroom. Just after Jeffrey got out of the bed I took it apart and went to war with the termites.
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| I hitched up the mattress and leaned it against the window. It doesn't appear anything is majorly wrong until you look closer |
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| YUK, yuk, 'sawdust' (the kind that goes through a bug) was all over everything. Sorry you can't see the termites. They are black or very brown, but if you know me, I see a bug and smash it. There were smashed bugs all over the mattress, floor and boards. |
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| This is the one board in question that had tunnels all through the wood |
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| "Sawdust" and debris on my floor |
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| The termites work in layers leaving a thin paper of wood over their tunnels in layers going through the board |
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| I got out a vacuum and filled the container full of yuk and then emptied it and filled it again and again |
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| This is an up close look at that board |
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| Compare the board at the left with the next two boards, it is almost eaten in half |
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| I vacuumed and swept all of the boards and my floor several times |
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| I brought the frame out to the balcony as my reading said that termites don't endure the sunshine |
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| It is easy to see the damage here. The next day I asked Jeffrey to tap and see if termites were still there. YES they were. I decided that frame is not coming back into the bedroom until either a new board is put on or another frame is put in the bedroom. |
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| The vacuum is really small for this job and I had to take it apart and get all the fine 'dust' out of the filters and dump the compartment out a few times. The fork and tweezer was helpful in getting out all the debris from the filters.....having SO much phun! |
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| Jeffrey and I are sleeping on the mattress on the floor and it is quite comfortable - except when Jeffrey hits his foot on the footboard or I try getting out in the night and have to remember to climb over the rail. |
I have almost won....I'll keep you posted:)
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Wow!
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