Moisture, warmth, and food. Bathrooms and kitchens offer termites all three. By the time sagging tile or a spongy patch by the toilet tips you off, the insects have often eaten quietly for months, sometimes years. Repairs in these rooms demand more care than a simple patch of plywood, because plumbing fixtures, tile finishes, and load paths all converge here. If the goal is to repair termite damage to house structure so it stays fixed, you need to think like a carpenter and
Termites do not care about your paint color, your gallery wall, or the fact that you have asthma. They move silently, eat cellulose, and leave behind paper-thin drywall, faint blistering, and a maze of mud tubes. Once your pest pro has eliminated the colony, you are left with the practical problem: how to restore the walls, ceilings, and sometimes floors without filling your home with sanding dust. That is absolutely possible, and in many cases, faster than traditional meth