How We Do It

The liquid is a direct barrier around the home with a non-repellent termiticide. A non-repellent is a product that, when dry, termites cannot detect and continues to walk through. This barrier gets on their bodies and everywhere they go, they track the product. The product is dispersed through every tunnel that they walk through and all over their colony. The product is put down and everyone else who walks over it is now infected with the same product, thus, allowing the entire colony to cycle itself down. With active populations, foaming walls or voids will help get populations under control and eliminated. Bait stations are definitely getting more popular because they are safer for our environment and studies show they are getting more and more effective. Liquid products, when put down properly, can average 10 years of coverage.

Looking for a potential water leak or water source can direct you to colonies inside your home. Like discussed previously, Formosan termites can establish themselves inside of a wall or barrier. With active infestations, sometimes opening walls around plumbing, showers, and tubs will give you the best chance of finding a colony and/or water source. Without opening a wall, it could be a very tricky correction. Removing any wood around the foundation of the house is always a good step in prevention. Prevention is the best course of action because there is no way to avoid getting the service done so saving yourselves the thousands in potential damage is the best answer. We often hear that homeowners know they don’t have termites because they had a termite inspection when they purchased the home. Unfortunately, unless you can see through walls, it’s never 100%. We have installed bait stations on newly purchased homes that have been loaded with active termites by their 3-month inspection. Sometimes they are already in the home and we hope we catch them before they find the structure.