How to KILL carpenter ants? Damn ants!

I got a bucnh of carpenter ants arond my house anyone know how to kill them for good?

Pest control comnpanies are charging a fortune for it with only a limited guarantee that they wont be back.

I saw it on TV recently, wish I recall the show, but they said the nest is always in a tree nearby. However they will travel a good distance as well. You must find the tree/nest and kill them there.

I had them in my first house about 25 years ago, hope you find them real soon. The nest was in the wall and they must have been there for a long time because the studs and top/bottom plates(?) were virtually gone. They were filled with tunnels where the ants ate their way through and the 2x4's weighed ounces instead of pounds. They destroyed the whole wall across the back of my house. I killed them with a few cans of Raid but I had complete access to them. You might need some kind of poison they will take back to the nest and feed the rest of the colony, but I don't know where to find it. You might end up have to tear out a wall or part of it to find them...
All the best with your efforts, they're NASTY critters and do alot of damage

i waged war against the ants.. it wa sa tough battle. but the guys are all dead. They still come once in a while... But they cant handle teh wrath of my army.

check my thread.. i had pictures of casualties.

There is a kind of poison my mom found to help attack them. Its a slow acting poison so that they carry it back to the next and store it. Normal poison will not work as they send an ant to test the new 'food' and if they die too fast the rest leave it alone.

Originally Posted by AMDr

I had them in my first house about 25 years ago, hope you find them real soon. The nest was in the wall and they must have been there for a long time because the studs and top/bottom plates(?) were virtually gone. They were filled with tunnels where the ants ate their way through and the 2x4's weighed ounces instead of pounds. They destroyed the whole wall across the back of my house. I killed them with a few cans of Raid but I had complete access to them. You might need some kind of poison they will take back to the nest and feed the rest of the colony, but I don't know where to find it. You might end up have to tear out a wall or part of it to find them...
All the best with your efforts, they're NASTY critters and do alot of damage

My house, which is a sixplex is made outa concrete so i will prolly take them a while to eat it

So anybody know any good places to buy my ammo to combat the little suckers?

Not sure about a good way to get rid of them. I had some in my old appartment, on the 10th floor...what the hell were they doing there?

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I've got ants in and around my house too. Not carpenter ants, but big suckers of at least 1/4 inch or bigger. I've been using a chemical solution bought in stores made of borax and someother chemical. It could take several seasons to get rid of them. But if you have a big pile of them, the quckest way to get rid of them (but not the colony) is just plain soapy water in a spray bottle. Kills them on contact. and good for the environment too.

Originally Posted by $uperman

I got a bucnh of carpenter ants arond my house anyone know how to kill them for good?

Pest control comnpanies are charging a fortune for it with only a limited guarantee that they wont be back.

Any "Boric Acid" based product should work well in controlling/killing ants (Carpenter Ants) - (All kinds..)
Get one of these from HomeDepot or local shops - "Raid" - Ant, Roach Killer.

isn't the one on the left diatomaceous earth?

that works well.

I was going to suggest a magnifying glass... but... I don't think it will do the trick in your situation...

Best of luck!

This will work...

I've thought of that, unfortunately it's gonna be hard not to burn down the house itself in the process.

Everybody tells me that NOTHING that is old at Home Depo, Canadian Tire... will work. People say i need a store that specializes in killing the little bugers.
Is there one in Toronto?