Ants!!!!!

February 2009
For some time now we have had a problem finding ants in our shower. No matter what we did they kept showing up every morning and quite often wanted to join us as we showered. Needless to say, this was not an acceptable situation for me. Phillip finally had a chance to work on this situation and here is what we found.

First, I found the kids all watching Dad do something.....

After listening to much pounding this is what we found. Phillip had to break through a lot of tile to get to them all. The kids were a little concerned as he started pounding the tile with a hammar to break it up. Dad finally handed the hammer to the kids and let them each break up some tiles. They thought this was great fun.

The ants were in the walls and behind the bathtub. They had an anthill throughout the wall and up a water pipe.

The more Phillip dug the more ants he found.

Between our shower and bathtub is a half wall. This is where we found most of the ants.

There were so many ants that I suggested the shop vac. Phillip went to the garage, grabbed the vac and proceeded to vacuum them out. It was amazing how many there were. But he eventually vacuumed out the nest. We knew that we would have to make sure all the ants were killed so we sprayed and set out ant poison to make sure they did not decide to rebuild.

February 15,2009

After a week of no shower or bathtub in our masterbath Phillip saw no more ants and began the repairs.

The finished product. He did a great job. It looks like new!!!

Now we just wait for it to dry and I will have my shower and bath back looking better than ever.