Mother nature often likes to take up residence in our homes, sometimes causing property damage. In this case, it was bees in a wall. This is the second such project. We removed a beehive a couple of years ago for a client in Clarence Center.
Bees and wasps often make their home inside of human structures. However when it comes time for the new wing of the hive, part of the remodeling process is to chew on the backside of the interior wall hollowing it out. If your lucky, you find out that your tenants didn’t get a permit for renovations and promptly call the exterminator.
Gently pushing on the white part of the wall, caused the painted side of the drywall to fail because the gypsum core of the drywall had been systematically removed during construction by the tenants. We removed quite a bit of drywall without using any tools, and then squared off the hole.
The owner of the condo had the bees evicted about 5 years ago, so there was no activity. Didn’t stop the hee-bee-gee-bees when it came to sticking my hand in a dark hole full of honey comb!
Once the comb was removed, we vacuumed out the cavity, and put new insulation in the cavity to replace what the bees stole. Once that was done, we installed a new piece of drywall into the hole, and finished it off for painting.
We applied three coats of paint, even though the contract only called for two. The finish still didn’t look right, so we bought another gallon and did a third coat. However, the strange shadows persisted, which indicated that the issue lies with the room itself, not the paint.
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