Construction Update - Termites?

Now that this construction project is almost done, anyone wonder about termites?

Hm, those pesky little creatures that can cause so much damage....Here's the scoop...

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A hollow beam

You may be aware that before the repairs and renovations, we periodically would find "coffee grounds" in the makai-Ewa corner of the sanctuary.  We were leery, therefore, about what might be found up high.  Turns out the lower diagonal beam was hollowed out, but there was no evidence of live termites or ants.  Yay!  Lots of droppings up on the beam, though, and likely they sprinkled down every now and then when the building would move a bit--probably from those early morning garbage trucks we hear during the 7:30am service!  Just kidding. :)

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Ah, but there WERE live termites--yikes!

We thought we had escaped unscathed, but, no!  The end of last week, LIVE termites were discovered in a beam on the exterior, mauka-ewa corner.  Look at that photo at the top of this email again.  See that little critter.  Now why did God create those things?!  There are some things we will never know until we meet our Maker.  Thankfully, these turned out to be drywood termites, the slow munching kind, and not the dreaded eat-your-whole-house-in-a-day ground termites.  They were able to treat the area, fill in the hollowed out beam, replace the area with new wood, and call it a day.  Hurray!  (AND, the termite guy said "zero" need to tent at this point--yahoo!)