Wayne Jolly
10-17-2014, 5:39 PM
I was re-arranging my shop (which is my garage) which involved taking down some shelves I had made with construction lumber. I had two 2x4's bolted to the wall, and one had a few termite tracks under it and some very minor damage to one of the shelf supports that was made out of plywood. I am a little curious where they came from since there doesn't seem to be any path for them to get to the ground, but that is anyother story. I watched the track for a while and didn't see anything moving so I don't know if it is still an active bunch or not, but its bug busters time for me regardless.
Anyway, I had bits and pieces of an assortment of woods on those shelves. About 17 different types I think. But the only damage seems to be the pine. I looked each and every piece over and saw no damage at all. A few of the pieces had some detritus on them that probably fell from the wall so those pieces have been moved outside for now. But I was just curious what kinds of woods are susceptable to the California type of termites. Or should I say either more, or less susceptable. These are the tiny little brown things that are smaller than a pin head. The woods I had on this set of shelves were:
Red Oak
White Oak
Black Oak
Ash
Maple
Black Mesquite
Brazillian Cherry
Cherry
Hickory
Paduk
Lacewood
Birch
Wenge
Aeromatic Cedar
Honduran Rosewood
Purpleheart
Red Gum
Thanks,
Wayne
Anyway, I had bits and pieces of an assortment of woods on those shelves. About 17 different types I think. But the only damage seems to be the pine. I looked each and every piece over and saw no damage at all. A few of the pieces had some detritus on them that probably fell from the wall so those pieces have been moved outside for now. But I was just curious what kinds of woods are susceptable to the California type of termites. Or should I say either more, or less susceptable. These are the tiny little brown things that are smaller than a pin head. The woods I had on this set of shelves were:
Red Oak
White Oak
Black Oak
Ash
Maple
Black Mesquite
Brazillian Cherry
Cherry
Hickory
Paduk
Lacewood
Birch
Wenge
Aeromatic Cedar
Honduran Rosewood
Purpleheart
Red Gum
Thanks,
Wayne