The pest control guy said the Carpenter ants were bad news. They follow the termites and eat them and clean up after them.
We have a service here in Florida and decided on doing the same in NC. The first year hurts bad but every year after only costs $250. So we will just bite the bullet and go on board with these guys.
since we are not in this house too much I do not want to see it get eaten by bugs while we are gone.
Like I said, we had plans to redo the kitchen and bathroom floors (the only original floors in the house) but this pretty much negates that or a year.