and we do termite repairs every day. no one dips it the bucket unless it sits overnight. >> here's a post-base embedded in the ground. it's a piece of pressure treated lumber. you can tell because it has all those little hole. and it has a piece of metal. it is rusting and it has couple of bolts all the way through it. >> it should be sitting off the ground, above the ground. at least an inch if not more. and you see that nice brown color racing going around it? i bet you dollars to doughnuts that end of the piece of the wood is the cut end. if you're going to be doing cut wood, you never put the cut end at the bottom. >> so what's happened here is that the wood is embedded in where water is going to build up. you can see around the base of this, you're going to have rain water just soak right in there and suck right up into the end of that piece of lumber and rot. we have some pictures here of older decks around san francisco. and you can see the kinds of repairs in the upper left, you can see where it's scabbed togethe

either there are termites or there are not termites, you know? if you read our reports, it will always, you know, self-consume. you can get reports from different people. the findings should all be the same. either it's termites or not. whether there's dry rot or not. sometimes there may be differences of opinions as far as the methodology of the repairs. >> it's one of the industries that has one of the best reputations for san francisco in integrity. you hear issues about different industries but special pests have would have been the best reputation. >> here the he building, we almost never find issues with special pest controls or work. we deal a lot and i have to agree with pat, it's an extremely high level industry. so thank you for what you do. >> [laughter] >> ok. ok. let's move along. ok. so here's -- >> there it is! >> here's point where we have an issue. >> [laughter] >> ok. where the deck attaches to the building is the number one problem for water intrusion. >> well, where it penetrates through the skin of the building. >> ok. so wha

fortunately, the termites cannot attack at and it lasts hundreds of years. >> is resistant to decay. >> the second most common foundation, as we move forward, the cement can along. >> all the homes, all the buildings rest on just a typical spread type footing. the spread type flooding takes the load, comes down, and spreads it out over a larger area. that is why it is called spread footing. as the soil types get more and more difficult, we start looking at social foundations that may still be spread. a spread type foundation such as a mac. -- such as a mat. it is a blob of concrete that is the enough so that if it tries to move, it moves as a unit as opposed to individual footings. eventually, as you move closer and closer to the shoreline, where you cannot get economically justified basement, we use piles. those are the most expensive, where we drive -- the old days, again, we used to take trees, turn them upside down and drive them until they stop. with concrete, we went to circular piles, then square piles. now we have all overcast and micro piles, numerous file types that can be

dry rot or termite repair is a non-assessible maintenance. replacing windows, doors, roofing, and ventilating and air-conditioning repairs. >> i could have a kitchen remodel. a home owner may get their permits and have their permits signed off and eventually the department of building inspection notifies the assessor's office that the homeowner did a kitchen remodel and they have a formula. the up their property tax a little bit. the home owner, depending on the type of remote -- i do not know where in the process i just described it is described clearly to the tax assessor the similar quality material issue brought up. for example, if somebody took out a kitchen from the 1950's, which might be pretty good materials, and your place something with cabinets you bought today off the rack somewhere, it is it a similar quality? should the kitchen remodel be reassessed? you might get that tax bill, but if i were you would consider what that meant. i do not know. >> next year we should have the tax assessor reporter's office here to answer those que

dry rot or termite repair is a non-assessible maintenance. replacing windows, doors, roofing, and ventilating and air-conditioning repairs. >> i could have a kitchen remodel. a home owner may get their permits and have their permits signed off and eventually the department of building inspection notifies the assessor's office that the homeowner did a kitchen remodel and they have a formula. the up their property tax a little bit. the home owner, depending on the type of remote -- i do not know where in the process i just described it is described clearly to the tax assessor the similar quality

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we have green television stations, green termite killer is, green cards, ecological worms, the co-fashion, you can cut -- eco-fashion, you can put eco in front of anything and someone will be greener-than- thou. how do you know? how do you show that you are greener than the next person? are you really? here is one. i read a delta magazine recently while i was flying, they replaced 500 sheet rows of virgin took the paper, not sure what that is, therefore leaving 424,000 trees standing. does clean toilet paper leave trees standing? an important question, since most trees are grown today are wrong for one purpose, to produce pulp to be turned into paper. so, if you recycled paper and use green toilet paper, are you saving trees or killing trees? do those lands that would have resulted in pulp for paper turn into soybean fields? or subdivisions for wall -- wal- mart parking lots? how do we know if using green toilet paper is as green as it sounds? of course, we all know that ethanol is a great boon to the environment. it will allow us to burn fuel is that we grow right here at home. unfortuna

home where we found rodents taking up occupancy this time of year and that can be a harbinger for termites as much for stink bugs. they're looking for us for warmth, they like light. sometimes we're seeing people changing light fixtures outside, putting in yellow light versus the bright light. >> are they dangerous? >> the good news is they're not dangerous. they're a nuisance, there is no danger factor there. where the danger comes into play they can be harmful to crops. we're seeing that more and more. >> in maryland we did a profile on local farmers having a lot of trouble with these guys. i take it it's a little tougher to prevents them at a larger level like that. >> there are some products that can help farmers to protect crops. they like citrus, apples, which are prevalent this time of year, but there is help that can be provided to homeowners that don't want to deal with them and farmers with professionals. >> isn't part of the problem because they're so new the natural enemies is tough to come by. >> that's right because they're not native to this country they don't have a higher

they are like termites, and we have to stop them. let's talk about good news.news is the sleeping giant has awakened. you inspire more people. i see it, feel it, and hear it. those who went to protests are still out there, but they have grown wiser now that they see democrats are not listening. that only helps us see what is going on. those activists are getting enlightened. american revolutions happen peacefully according to rules of our society. americans cannot sit by while rights are threatened. both parties are ignoring the constitution. i think it's important to reflect on first responders. who are those that are tired a nd weary but amazing warriors. make your own list of those on the front line. i think of it like the emmy awards for courage. let me show you othe first on the list. first is rush limbaugh. this is a man who stays on top of the news. he uses humor and gives us some humor that makes us able to digest bad news. he gives insight. no wonder the left tries to discredit this man. there's all sorts of talk radio hosts you see. laura ingram, glen

plant from a tree fiber over in another county, and what they are doing is using the bacteria from termitesand then they set up a chemistry that goes from paint thinner to event occurred to ethanol, but -- paint thinner to vinegar to ethanol, but they can stop the process at any point. over lakeside, there is a promising development where we proceed to produce both heat and energy. it works well in partnership with the sawmill. another bright point, a small step that has kept us out of the courts, so far, oregon has more storage agreements than any other state, and not up -- stewardship agreements and then any other state, and not one has ended up in court. there is an effort to bring people together in a much larger is stewardship agreement approach so that they can stay out of the courts and get jobs back into the woods. i want to keep pushing on each of these types of ideas to try to breathe life back in, and i will tell you, the thinking is, biomass could be a real part of a clean energy strategy along with the wind, geothermal and solar. . . >> hello, my husband and i have had a trucki

they're like termites eating the foundation of the country. we have to stop them. enough of the bad news. you knew that coming in, probably. let's talk about the good news. the good news is that the sleeping giant is a weakening. -- is awakening. the thirst for self-governance is awakening in the nick of time. new activists are rising up and being seen. that is evidenced by your presence today. you inspire more people. this is happening all over the country. i see it and feel it. i hear them. those who went to the rallies and protests early on are still out there. they are growing stronger and wiser now that they see that washington or the democrats in washington are not really listening to these people. that only helps all of us to see more clearly what is going on. the new citizen-activists are getting educated, enlightened. they are setting their sights carefully and strategically on the ballot boxes where american revolutions happen peacefully and civilly according to the rules of our society. in the same tradition in which our country was founded, americans ca

plant from a tree fiber over in another county, and what they are doing is using the bacteria from termitesand then they set up a chemistry that goes from paint thinner to event occurred to ethanol, but -- paint thinner to vinegar to ethanol, but they can stop the process at any point. they can fill the product. there is a series of prop. -- possibilities. it is often burned in the woods. another structure is biomass. over lakeside, there is a promising development where we proceed to produce both heat and energy. it works well in partnership with the sawmill. another bright point, a small step that has kept us out of the courts, so far, oregon has more storage agreements than any other state, and not up -- -- not a one -- stewardship agreements and then any other state, and not one has ended up in court. there is an effort to bring people together in a much larger is stewardship agreement approach so that they can stay out of the courts and get jobs back into the woods. i want to keep pushing on each of these types of ideas to try to breathe life back in, and i will tell you, the thinking

they are using -- to digest the tree, they are using bacteria from termites. they set up chemistry that goes from paint thinners to vinegar to ethanol, which they can interrupt at any point to sell the product. often, it is just left or burned in the woods right now. another structure is biomass. there is another promising development. cogen -- co-generation, where we proceed to produce both heat and energy, working in partnership with the sawmill. another small step is the stewardship agreement which has kept us out of the courts. oregon has more stewardship agreements and any other state and none of them have ended up in court. the secret is that folks come together in advance to plan, rather than fighting each other in court after everything has been decided. that is not at scale. that brings me to senator wyden's effort. he has been trending bring people together in a much larger store should -- larger storage chip agreement approached so that we stay out of the courts and get jobs 0-stewardship -- stewardship agreement approach, so that we stay out of the