I had Fumigation license, very dangerous stuff, methyl bromide is used, leaves no residual at all, but if you bust a can in an enclosed space you won't live long enough to open the door if you don't have a mask on!Archery1 wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 4:12 pmHad I been the buyer, paying for the inspection, I would have filed a complaint against the inspector on my property for sale where he recommended a full house tenting and fumigating. I was told by one of the other inspectors that only a few in the state have licenses for that procedure, since the chemicals are extremely toxic. They told me that it was a highly regulated practice, tenting, and that the licensee has to certify to the state that the house needs fumigating before it can be done. Fumigating without infestation to support the need is against state law.SQLGeek wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 11:44 amSaved me a lot of time/money.crazy2medic wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 6:25 am Yes those are wood bores or whats left of their activity! Termites make dirt tube.
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Unless you just don't like the look of them you can leave them in place or you can replace the pickets, your call
Glad I could help!
Glad I could help!
Re: Termites
Yes those are wood bores or whats left of their activity! Termites make dirt tube.
Re: Termites
Get you another estimate from a reputable company! That Is Not Termites!SQLGeek wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 7:20 pm There's also some damage in another part of the yard that looks old
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So we've had this before. Probably a season or two prior.
The house was built new in 2017 and we are the first owners. Has slab foundation, brick and cement board veneer.
I don't recall a termite treatment flyer or anything when we closed on the house.
The thing that makes me wonder if this is an upsell job is that there's this long thing in the estimate about conducive conditions for termites, none of which apply to our house. They also tried to sell us on rodent sealing and a bunch of other stuff.
The actual quote is $500 for spraying the fence. Then $1100 to install Sentricon bait pods around the house perimeter and monitoring those for a year.
I got another quote for $1350 from another company for digging a trench around the house, filling with non attractive pesticide and then spraying the fence.
I'm not sure if I should be DIYing this or not. :)
Re: Termites
The interesting thing about Dominion is the fact that it's very persistant and deadly to hive insects, termite like ants don't waste anything, they will eat their dead! They have found that Dominion can kill an entire colony of ants, bees, termites just by the workers cleaning or brushing up against each other! This why I said becareful where you put it! My Bread and Butter was Termites, Termite Inspection, Termite Jobs, Pretreatments! Unless you have a certificate or something saying that your house was Pretreated for termites then it probably wasn't!
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I did pest control for 30yrs, I had TPCL 11G, the only termites native to Texas are the Subterranean Termites, the flying termites are their alates (reproductives) there are cases of formosan termites but most are killed before they can establish a colony! To deal with the termites in the fence go online order a guart bottle of DOMINION, if you have a back pack sprayer (4 gallon is what I have) mix it as prescribed for termites in the fold out label, this will protect the fence and CAN possibly kill the whole colony! Becareful with the dominion as it's what is contributing to Bee Colony Collapse! Just spray the wood fence!
Subterranean Termites Swarm every year around this time, when the temprature and humidity hits just right the Alates swarm out of the swarm tubes mate and the males die, females attempt to create another colony!
Any question you can ask me!
Subterranean Termites Swarm every year around this time, when the temprature and humidity hits just right the Alates swarm out of the swarm tubes mate and the males die, females attempt to create another colony!
Any question you can ask me!