Terminix Service Volunteers Help Preserve Historic Cabins

STATESVILLE, N.C. — A total of 17 managers, regional personnel and product representatives volunteered their time and labor to protect the cabins at Gregory Creek Homestead from wood-destroying insects. The volunteer effort was in advance of a Christmas event to be held there in December, Statesville.com reports.

“We treated eight tiny buildings – the largest being 15 feet by 20 feet — and the termites had done a pretty good number on them. Plus there were two that had powderpost beetle damage,” Terminix Service Regional Manager Sam Foust told PCT.

Foust said he was made aware of the need for the donation from Steve Dowdle, manager of Terminix Service’s Statesville office. The Iredell Museums, which oversees the Homestead, called on Terminix Service to do the inspection. Due to the extent of the damage, the museum could not afford the treatment, so Dowdle contacted Foust. “We decided to do a cookout and make a project out of it,” he said.

The group used a “three-pronged approach” to rid the century-and-a-half-old log structures of wood-destroying insects. Two of these prongs were the use of termiticides and borates; the third prong was the use of the Sentricon System with Recruit HD. Foust said it took the group about a half-day to complete the work, which would have cost the museum about $5,000.

Foust said it was great to give back. “We live here in the community. Our kids to go to the schools, and have gone here for field trips, so it was great to do something for the community,” he said.

Additional source: www.statesville.com