Research & Writing Assignment:
Once a home is infested with cockroaches, it is difficult to get rid of them. They breed very quickly and can produce thousands of offspring per year. They can easily enter a home in boxes and bags from grocery stores. Cockroaches spread disease and are attracted to messy environments.
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The Healthy Homes, Part 4: Disease Vectors and Pests Course informs us that health, safety and property preservation is directly related to pests living in and around our homes. Most homeowners and professionals alike sometimes forget that deadly diseases like the Hanta virus sprang from rodents, the Black plague from fleas and that cockroaches spread polio.
Inspection & Writing Assignment:
This truss was observed with top and bottom chords damaged by termites. This condition poses risk to structural safety and good maintenance, e.g. A qualified specialist, e.g. licensed pest control contractor is recommended for prompt further investigation and repair/replacement as needed.
Inspection & Writing Assignment:
our company does a visual inspection for termites when we are out in the field doing the inspection that is one of our free included services with our basic inspection. so far have not ran across any in homes . may have a few in my own home been seeing a little frass laying around my desk
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termites / speaking of them. i have seen them swarm
to my surprise, they did, in fact, leave behind alot of detached wings & wings only . did not see any signs of the termites not one and this was in a bathtub that the wings was left behind .
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The above picture is a pathway from inside a basement to the outside of the building. When the lights in the basement were shut off, daylight could be seen filtering in. Unfortunately, that picture would not come out because there was too much of a contrast from dark to light. The opening appeared to be larger than one inch in diameter, which is more than enough for mice to get into the basement, and then into the rest of the house. Recommended repairing the hole in that location with material which could not be defeated by vermin.
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Rodent entry into a home is both a nuisance and dangerous. While direct contact with mice and rats can be dangerous, it is contact with the droppings which can be more insidious because you may not realize you were infected. Rodent urine, saliva and droppings, even when dry, can carry diseases such as hantavirus and salmonellosis. Especially dangerous is the dried urine and droppings can become airborne with vigorous cleaning with a dry cloth or brush, which spreads the infectious material even further. Care must be taken to use gloves and a mask when cleaning up an area contaminated with rodent droppings and urine. The use of a damp cloth treated with soapy water or a bleach solution will reduce the likelihood of airborne contamination.
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Being an InterNACHI certified Florida based Master home inspector I’ve seen Florida Floating fire ants!! These are the most resilient creatures!! They float to new places and make new nests!! This is not some thing you would want to swim through!!
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ICF Inspection and Termites
by Nick Gromicko and Ethan Ward
Being an InterNACHI certified Florida based Master home inspector I’ve do not see a lot of ICF, we have a good amount of dry wood and subterranean termites. Always exterminate!!
Inspection & Writing Assignment:
This is a picture of a termite mud tube on the foundation wall of a house. You can see that the termites have tunneled their way into the house through a wooden board. This can happen anywhere where cellulose material is present.
Research & Writing Assignment:
Termite Baits
These traps are filled with a cellulose material that is laced with poison and are used to attract and kill termites. The major advantage to using these baits is that it can kill a significant number of termites and protect a home from infestation. The major disadvantage is that it attracts termites.
Inspection & Writing Assignment:
When inspecting homes, sometimes you run across obvious signs of pest infestation. From rodents chewing through plastic wire sheathing, mouse droppings,roaches fire ant mounds, and wood destroyed by termites. An inspector needs to be educated on these topics so they can better serve their clients.
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Being an inspector, I feel that it’s our jobs to educate the clients if we can about subjects that are of safety concerns. Pest control is a huge safety issue as well as it can cost the client lots of money to remedy a pest infestation.
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The photo is of termite mud tubes that are used by the termites to travel protected in a moist enviroment. Termites are wood destroying pests that are able to cause cause major structural damage that can be very expensive to repair. Recommend further evaluation by a qualified exterminator.
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Bug Zappers; Studies have shown that bug zappers actually kill more beneficial insects than they do biting insects. Possibly due to biting insects being attracted to CO2 and water vapor from the breath of humans nearby. A better approach is to remove any standing stagnate water nearby and possibly building bat houses to attract these mosquito eating helpers.
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The first and most common destructive WDO that comes to most peoples mind is the termite. Termites live in colonies and the subterranean species consume between 10-17 grams of wood each day per colony. That means that every 28-29 days a colony of termites can devour upwards of one pound of wood per month. In other words, your home could be part of the $5 billion in damage, per year, termites cause to homes just in the United States!
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This is a photo of my property line. It goes from this pole to one at the end of my driveway, which you can see if you zoom in the photo. I live in a mobile home park where every tenant has half an acre of land.
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Getting rid of roaches involves more than just spraying an insecticide or putting down a bait or dust. Roaches can get into everything, multiply rapidly, and can also survive for several months without food and up to two weeks without water. Roaches definitely pose a challenge for most people, but with the proper tools and roach killer products, anyone can win the battle over roaches by following a great roach management program.
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Rodents carry many diseases either from direct or indirect contact.
There are many ways they can enter a home and they can infest just about any building that they can gain entrance to. There are multiple ways to tell if your home is infested as well as ways to prevent them from entering your home.
