Termites attacked my important stuff.

I'm sorry to hear that the termites are destroying your things. I've heard that termites can be awfully hard to get rid of. I hope that other individuals who have experienced termite problems will be able to give you more information about how to get rid of them. If you don't hear anything particular do some research online I'm sure there has to be something out there that will work.

Sorry to hear that, it seems they can never be cure but to poison the soil where they live in. There are lots of termites in my home too, little by little they eat my books and notebooks that I wanted to keep. Maybe you can put your things into metal cabinet, that's the safest box I can think of.

im sorry to hear about your family photo's maybe you can put the rest of them if there is any left in a plastic box or anyting else of value just until your for sure your rid of them.. im not sure about termites, but for ants we sprayed skin so soft on the wood work where they were and it killed them.. sounds to me like you have a bigger problem and may need to call a professiional to treat this time we are lucky we rent and they send out someone every month to spray for bugs... and have not seen any.. hope you get it fixed soon take care..

Did you treat it on your own or you hired a professional terminator to do it? If you hired a professional terminator to do it then you still have a warranty and call them again. Termites could grow fast and really they can spread everywhere. There might have been areas that weren't treated. And they grow fast on moist.

Irresponsible people like to blame others for their own problems, and the landlady saying that you brought them in there was nothing short of unprofessional. But she is responsible for taking care of the place so she should have been told this time to hire a professional to get rid of the termites. I didn't know they could eat photos, the problem must be severe. You should sue her for the loss of your precious photos, as she was supposed to hire her nephew to do it right the first time and they returned, if in fact he even did anything that is--but I don't think it would hold up in court.

You should be under warranty if you were truly treated for termites two months ago. You do know that just spraying doesn't take care or it, the place needs to be tented and fumigated for a couple days. I would suggest putting your photos in plastic containers with air tight lids to keep the bugs out.

This bugs are some really hard to get rid of, you can kill all the termites you want, but,if you do not destroy the queen, like in an ant-nest, there will be the same problem over and over again, what you can do is to replace all the wooden parts of your house, attacked by this insects, is quite expensive but is the best way, there are also some bug killers that penetrate the wood, but, you have to fumigate several times, and is kind of dangerous where there are kids or pets.

We also encountered termites problem before. Well, I was not aware of them before until I noticed that the number of big ants with wings increases in our house. I still remember that every afternoon up to evening, I cannot work inside my room because flying ants seem to be attracted with lights. I did not know what was happening. I thought that thing were normal until my parents told me they were termites. Then, one day, mom told me that the roof of our ceiling were so weak that it seemed it will fall down. When dad checked it, a great number of termites surprised us. We found out that termites do not limit themselves to the wood; they also damage paper, cloth, carpets and other cellulosic materials. When termites already penetrated a house or a building, the first action is usually to destroy the colony with insecticides then remove far away the affected areas.

Hi Chicgale, that sounds very bad. You might want to get the professionals to do it. If not, you have to read up, and get strong chemicals to kill all the termites, and make sure you spray the insecticides a few weeks later as a precaution. It is so sad to see how destructive the termites can be.

It seems the only answer, partial as it is, is digitalise everything you can, and fumigate everything else, several times.

Oh,i am very sorry to hear that your important things got ruined by those evil termites!!I can understand that even small Beings can disturb us.So we cannot do anything.we should kill them.There must be some spray to kill them.Use them.And i hope Termites do not disturb you again!!

Sounds to me it did not work since they are back. I know many insects get stronger and it's hard to get rid of. Might be you have to do it more frequently. Not wait when you see them show up. I really feel sorry they ruined your books and now photo's as well.

I hate termites, they eat things and keeps on coming back. You better try to call a pest control to eliminate those termites.

No!!! Those pesky termites! They are going to pay for what they did.

Hmm try to consult a pest terminator you need their help this time. This pest really hard to get rid off. It happened to my grandma's house in the province and their out of control, someone manage to consult a pest control agency and they give some chemicals for them to kill. Only it needs proper maintenance so they will come back.

Have them wrapped with plastic I guess would give some help. I have some books get the same way like yours. It just some of them since most of my favorite books I will make sure to wrapped them first before I keep it.(^^)