Familiarize yourself with the footing situation.
Going into the attic.
The good news here is that the ants are visible to you and they are still going outdoors to forage which means they will walk through areas that that you treat outdoors.
There was a pantry a barrel of potatoes there were bags of beans and laundry drying on the clothes lines.
It might also hold important information about a previous house fire.
It s just a fact.
We recommend you use a product called termidor sc around the exterior of your home.
The attic was the only place where she could be alone for a while or talk to peter undisturbed.
Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool air to enter the attic.
The attic framework might be bowed sagging or cracked.
The attic is a vibrant and lively part of any house.
Hot air exhaust vents located at the peak of the roof allow hot air to escape.
Before you crawl into the attic make a quick sketch of the floor plan.
Whether you can t get close enough to confirm wood rot along an edge or get to a hole to seal high up along a peak with nothing but furring strips that aren t there for support but were for spacing during the build or even trying to get through a spaghetti.
That s true even if the only time it s accessed is periodically by the homeowner and less often during an inspection.
If the inspector answers yes the attic is safe for a non professional to go in a professional knows how and where to walk in it to check for roof leaks an.
Climb through the attic access using a ladder if necessary and look into the attic space.
Make note of dropped soffits over kitchen cabinets or bath vanities slanted ceilings over stairways or any other dropped ceiling areas.
Somewhere somehow you are going to have to go against a rule.
Other than that the people in hiding used the room mainly for storage purposes.
The attic was not suitable for sleeping.
It is for air flow.
It is to keep the heat of the sun beating on your roof from overly heating your house.
So the assumption that you can in fact go into it may be an erroneous assumption.