SodaPop6548 t1_j9yimbs wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:34 PM

Are you able to have your home treated by pest control professionals? I know it can be expensive, but you might have more problems with your house overall if you have termites eating your books. Sounds like a real bummer if a situation, sorry you are dealing with that.

PhysicsPossible933 OP t1_j9yjcrt wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:40 PM

Yes i’ve had pest control services in my house before but they could not find any termite colonies or nests, so nothing much was done. I think I will be getting another pest control service once again to reevaluate the problem. Hopefully they’ll find something.

SodaPop6548 t1_j9yjnkc wrote on February 25, 2023 at 2:42 PM

Yeah, you don’t usually find a termite nest as the nest is usually in the ground and the only thing you see are mud tubes or the damages caused by them eating the wood in your home. If you see them eating your books then they are around.

Normally a pest control company would set traps or treat the ground so that the termites take poison back to their colony and kill the Queen.

Oreskios t1_ja1udaq wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:19 AM

The organization that I volunteer with, a friends of the library group, has a storage building that’s old and not in good repair. it holds a lot of donated books which we have sorted out and we open the building for book sales (and people pay whatever sum they want to donate so it’s really a bargain and get books back in the hands of people !).

We had an insect problem, so we called local pest control, they said it was termites, and did extermination. . But they also offered a service where they put baited traps around the outside perimeter of the building, and check them every three months or so for traces of termites. Then if they see any, they would know to come inside and look thoroughly. It cost extra but for us with thousands of books inside it was definitely worth it. I hope this might be helpful. Good luck!