It was ten years ago too.
Ants eating through brick mortar!
Jul 06, 2006
Last reply: 6 years ago
45 Replies
replying to Bill, Trisha wrote: Hi Bill, I have the same problem, the bricks pillars on my verandah have ants crawling up them even though I've had a treatment. My neighbour said cheap mortar will break down eventually with or without ants so I' m going to try mortar fill, an adhesive filler.
posted on July 6, 2006, 7:18 pm
I imagine the whole place has been demolished by now then, either that or the ants have mutated into giant ones and are as we speak about to eat us all. Brian
I hope you enjoyed it.
all mortar does. It's why repointing is needed occasionally.
The correct thing for filling holes in mortar is mortar, and that doesn't contain adhesive. The age/type of property sometimes affects the required mortar mix too.
NT
replying to Trisha, Bob wrote: Bill's colony is probably dead, since that was ELEVEN YEARS ago.
Did nobody read my post? Brian
And any way do the ants actually eat the mortar or just move it around?
I am sure the latter, given the lack of biological pathways for breaking down silica, but the effect is the same.
replying to Bill, Ofelia Fernandez wrote: How wii it cost on a brick 2 story homr4
'it'?
Yerwot? However they have made a path into my front living room under the window sill. Not quite sure whyt though, there is nothing in there to eat. brian
I am afraid a 2 story homr4 will be in the reagion of 3.4 trillion zimbabwean dollars
Or 3.4 trillion trillion Venezuelan bolivars.
Makes sense very good sense. Them mortor eating ants I salute !
replying to Bill, Tammy wrote: Thank you. I am looking for this answer
You will not get a sensible answer via that very broken portal.
No. We have no idea what 'this answer' means. This is news:uk.d-i-y. Please get here via a sensible portal. That website is so broken that most here block it.
NT
replying to jeffrey, Stourleyk wrote: I agree. I?m looking to fix the root cause of the infestation. Davies? answer is a quick fix only.
Oh no they don't just walk in thru holes. Have you not seen the amount of powder/dry mortar they drill out 7n order to claim their home with a queen. !!!
They're behind you!
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