How bad are carpenter ants?

I mean,really, if there is a constant stream of them to a small hole in the corner of your home where the first and second floor join, that's no big, right?


How do you get rid of these suckers?

I would call an exterminator and make sure that you don't have any leaks behind the wall that are causing the wood to get soaked.

they kept sing that We've only just begun, to eat, your house....

only controls them. They do not kill them.
Call the exterminator. Maybe you could get Billy. See if he is available. That way you don't have to pay.
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I had them and thought they were no big deal.They were few and far between, mainly in a specific area on the first floor. Then, one evening I left the lamp next to my bed on upstairs. Ended up with dozens of winged carpenter ants on the wall, lamp, and window. Yikes! Bad experience. I bought a product called Terra ant baits, and within days they were gone. If you go this route, don't spray. You'll want to put the baits out and then leave them alone. The worker ants take the poison back to the nest and it kills the queen. It takes a few days, so don't give up hope. If that doesn't work, there's a product by Max Force specifically for carpenter ants. It's a gel, and from the reviews I read, it's really good.

Good luck! Hope this helps.

you can mix your own with a drop or two of water and leave it around in shallow lids - works just as good

DE along edges of walss/counters/lintels will deflect them.

from a garden store ..100% effective...

In about a week, I have seen 2 stragglers come in windows. But they appear to have started a satelite colony in the corner of the building, with a constant stream in and out. Our home inspector used to be an exterminator, and said it looks to be a young colony.

My concern with the earth is that it might just trap them inside, since they are living in the building structure, not just visiting to scavenge.

And its a condo, so what I can do is somewhat limited. A condo, which as we just found out, is less than 75% occupied, so low on resources to deal with a problem like this.

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They bore through wood, but they don't eat it.

Still would rather not have them in my home. Trying to figure out how to get them out.

We had carpenter ants, leaf cutter ants, fire ants, those little piss ants and the small roaches. Within two years after I spotted the geckos hanging around all those ants and the roaches disappeared. We probably have at least a 100 of the little guys living in and around our house now and I've even found eggshells where they hatched new ones. No poison because of our dogs and the geckos are fat and happy.

but i got rid of them when they wouldnt stop talking about my insurance

affect bank attitudes towards loans on the house

You want to get rid of them ASAP

And they're eating the wet and rotting wood.

but they will try to get "close to you"

male capenter ants--really don't think they ever did much of anything...

i've only had carpenter ants on logs, but let's put it this way, if you have a big ole 200 year old oak tree log and a couple years later, it's completely EATEN, that tells you what they can do if they get into your house

call the termite dude and don't waste any time about it, they'll know what to do

i've had actual subterranean termites (not the same species as carpenter ants) and once they're treated and you remove the "bad" boards and put in new wood, and keep it treated/inspected every year, it's cool, they don't come back but you just have to keep ON IT

Redstone