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Inspecting Your New House for Termites

May 21, 2017 By Michael Campbell

Although termites have been known not to bite, they have the ability to destroy a beautiful and even cause it to lose stability and fall. Whenever termites invade, they do so in a swarm of many soldiers who can take only a few months to bring the house down. This would be catastrophic, but you can stop it from happening. Professionals advise that you exterminate them before they multiply and turn your house into their feed. However, you should have the required knowledge to know when they invade your home. Below are some ways you can conduct a termite inspection and then contact professional termite exterminators to assist you wipe them out.

Termite droppings

Everything that consumes always excretes. Termites too are no exceptional. Termites’ excrement looks like a smooth dust of charcoal. In most cases, the excrement will vary in color from the type of the wood the termites consumed. The excrement looks like pellets, but because they are from an army of termites, they pile up. Whenever you notice such, take action because it is evident that termites have already infested your home.

Mud tunnels around the house

Termites live beneath the earth surface. This makes them untraceable, but at times they extend their habitats as they approach their feed. The mud tunnels are clear indication that there are termites already populating around your house. These tunnels not only house your enemy but also can trigger accidents when one steps on a hollow ground. Ensure you feel the tubes and exterminate the termites.

Damaged wood

Termites feed on wood. They evade from the inner part leaving slim outside wood cavities looking degraded and rough. With time, the wood loses firmness that may lead to house inclination. At some point, you may notice smooth wood dust, which is the termites’ leftovers.

Sagging ceilings or floors

When the termites make their way to the ceiling, which is made of cardboard, they start consuming it. Eventually, the ceiling loosens as the termites feed starting from the edges that later makes it to sag from loose joints. Further infestation by the termites may lead to the ceiling falling off. It is advisable to exterminate them from the source rather than from the ceiling as they will keep coming back.

Presence of swarmers

Swarmers constitutes of male and female termites flying around light source. They swarm around looking to initialize a new colony. They don’t necessary mean your compound is already invaded as they may have flown from a different habitat, but it acts to signify that soon you may be facing infestation problem. They drop their wings around. During the day, you can notice the wings and act accordingly.

Termites can cost you a fortune if not exterminated at the right time. Not being attentive of their presence may worsen the situation, but with the above tips on how to know that termites are invading your home, you don’t have any reason not to use the recommended pest control methods and be done with the problem once and for all.

Moving from the City to the Beach

May 21, 2017 By Michael Campbell

When living in the hustle and bustle of a big city I’m sure you have thought about moving you and your family away to a more friendly, peaceful environment such as the beach where you can be next to the ocean in a more relaxing climate.

Many people probably think of this every day because they just love it when going on vacation to the beach during summers and going out to the water to float around, surfing, just walking around smelling the ocean air or just the view of the ocean while sticking your feet in the sand while they sink into it as waves crash over your feet.

When you finally decide to take the plunge, and turn that idea into fruition with moving your family to the beach instead of dealing with all the hassles that come along with living in the big city this is where moving companies come into play to help you get your household items and appliances on the road to that sandy toed fantasy. Whether you’re looking for a Nashville moving company to take you South, or are already coastal there’s no limits with Square Cow.

Square Cow Movers are an excellent moving company with a team of professional and courteous movers that will get your moving job done right without the worries about the possibility of breaking any of your items on the move or dislocating your items from point from the city to the beach and all of the areas in between that comes along with long distance moving.

When using square cow movers you can be assured that you are going to get only the best quality service that a moving company can provide to their customers with a friendly, timely service that will be reasonably priced compared to any other brand moving company out there in the market today. And when moving to the beach you want to be sure that you will have all of your secured.

The team of movers at square cow movers only has your best intentions in mind when getting all of your stuff on the road and moving them for the seashell next to the sea shore experience.

You don’t have to take the word of the people on this blog, there are quite a few people that have had a wonderful moving experience when using square cow movers and have given glowing reviews that you can see first hand when visiting the square cow movers website. These reviews will give you an idea of the quality job that these movers do every time giving you the utmost assurance that your belongings will not dampen you ocean joys because of the move.

The sandy beaches have always been a beautiful place to relax, get your feet wet and just let your mind drift along with the rushing tides that come along while you are just floating along in the waters. You will know you made the right move as you are rejuvenated from the whole experience.

The future looks bright, you might want to bring some sun tan lotion along for the ride.

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