He said that it may be because of a few reasons.
Ants chewing through vinyl.
But pavement ants are around of an inch and carpenter ants are around of an inch.
It makes sense that these bugs thirsty for water come up through the ground and chew their way through the liner causing leaks.
We have ants eating away concrete in the lower part of the house.
Ants or termites attacking your liner.
They are very small red ants.
Fortunately you can eliminate the presence of ants.
Carpenter ants don t eat wood like termites.
Unlike termites carpenter ants do not actually eat wood.
Wood eating ants would be a real problem so you may be wondering what ants eat wood.
Although termites eat the wood they infest carpenter ants do not eat wood.
September 28 2013 by tech support 2 comments.
This is the appearance of sawdust frass underneath the kickout holes that lead into their tunnels.
Do carpenter ants eat wood.
The good news is that carpenter ants do not feast on wood they just nest in it.
They chew through it to create their nests and tunnels.
If it can t be found once you pull the siding you ll need to find some other way to locate it and get the dust in there.
The concrete might hold the right amount of moisture for optimal nesting conditions or that the cement mixture might have an ingredient or nutrient that the ants find appealing.
If winged ants come out of crevices around your home this is a strong sign that you have a serious ant problem.
Now ants in your outlets can cause damage in 2 ways.
The inside wall is panel.
When ants get inside your home s walls they ll often chew through wires which causes them to be electrocuted and can create an electrical short.
When placed where ants are seen to forage the foraging ants will carry it back to the nest to feed the colony.
I have only seen this happen a few times in 30 years.
Carpenter ants will create nests by tunneling through the wood.
Additionally outdoor nests can be sprayed or drenched with an insecticide.
They chew it and push it out.
Unless treated the ants can enter the pool possibly causing harm to those inside if the ants sting or bite.
And you need to make sure you treat that with a strong insecticide.
Ants chewing through concrete.
Ants will chew through wiring.
Apparently ants can chew through concrete too.
Let s begin today with the least common of the potential problems.
However ants in and around your home could be a sign of a nest close by.
Once carpenter ants establish a nest you may see stage two.
An expert in pest control explained the reason why ants would nest inside wall panels or in concrete.
They chew through the wood using their mandibles to create the smooth tunnels.
They leave big pile s of concrete powder on the floor where the floor and wall s meet.
If you have a serious carpenter ant problem you may find wood shavings underneath your siding.