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Termites do not wake up one morning and decide to eat a healthy, dry house. They follow moisture. If the crawlspace is damp, the grading slopes toward the foundation, or the bathroom has a slow leak, termites are more likely to show up and stay. I have crawled under plenty of homes where the wood looked like shredded wheat next to a wet foundation wall, while joists across the crawlspace were fine. The pattern always points back to water. That is why moisture control and te