leelsuc

today I checked a home and found these. It's a 2000 sf house with wood siding. The window or door frames got some cracks, around these cracks usually below these cracks the wood panel felt hollow, too. Are these caused by carpenter ants or termite? Inside the house there are some BIG carpenter ants crawling in the kitchen area. I think these are carpenter ants bite, when I tried to touch these slivers I got some frass on my finger. Looks like the damage is severer: the new owner needs to do some repair, and the toughest is to find the nest. This house is not well maintained with original roof (38 years old!) without gutter, I think many leaks however I couldn't access to the attic area. I uploaded photos to this link: https://www.flickr.com/gp/142222538@N08/6cULKF thanks for your advice.