Pests and Insects
327 Questions
Archive-7908
I have heard that borate treatments with glycol take weeks to dry before refinishing. I have also read articles that say the glycol interferes with the bonding of the...
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Question #2. the log home we're considering purchasing has a gray paint or solid stain on it. The home has passed several hands. How can I know if the...
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My wife and I just recently prchased a log home in NE Wisconsin. When I went up this weekend I noticed flying termite going in and out of small...
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We've put an offer on a 2-story log cabin here in Waxhaw, NC contingent on satisfactory inspection. The main support beam on the ceiling of the first floor is...
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We have flying squirrels in the ceiling of our cabin. It is a drop ceiling. We tried setting traps with no luck. Any ideas????
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We have a log home in Maine, it is about 7 years old, and a new log shed. This winter there is damage from woodpeckers. Any ideas as to...
Archive-7914
My parents have a log home with a horrible snake problem. The snakes are coming in through cracks that they find. Do you know of anything to do, short...
Archive-7660
Hello, I have some spruce and balsam fir logs that I am going to use on my log cabin (repair/addition. Some logs are 6 months old and they have...
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I am a painter in maine and a friend has recently bought a log cabin and wants me to restain it. I do not know what was last used...
Archive-7662
My log cabin of white cedar from Maine is only 2 years old. It appears something is at ALL the knots in the entire cabin, inside and out. I...
Archive-7918
Hello, we own a log cabin that is appoximately 16 years old. When we purchased it 8 years ago it had just been stained--we have done nothing since. First,...
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How much should I be paying to treat a 1200 square foot 3 bedroom log home for cluster flies? The treatment I want is the one where they treat...
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Hello. I am considering putting half log siding (with bark on/exposed) on the exterior of my Barn. Can you recommend a good source for this material, I am in...
Archive-7666
we are in the process of buying a log home in ME all the insurance companys ask if it is kit built and we are not sure wether it...
Archive-7922
We live in a 8 year old hand scribed log home. It has a very high pitch roof, no attic. We have squirrels that have moved in. What is...
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I'm making several log projects all from cedar logs. Some of the logs have heart rot and one has mold. Is there something I can do to stop the...
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My father and I built a log home some twenty years ago near a lake on the border of VA and NC. The logs are in remarkable good condition...
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I am looking at buying a panabode house and the people that have been renting it said there was a problem with 'wood roaches' and they have the house...
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We have a cedar pine home and every Spring the large carpenter bees attack the wood on the house. Any suggestions on how to remedy this problem?
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Is it true that mice can nestle in to log homes?? A friend said we should have logs checked for nests.