Saturday, June 11, 2005
Honest termite pest inspectors
The author of this DailyBreeze.com article has both a good sense of humor and some good basic understanding of termites and termite pest control. He reports on his efforts to find a good termite inspector. As he puts it "It's like used-car shopping".
He had to get three termite estimates before he found one who provided a reasonable termite treatment plan with a reasonable cost. Unlike the other two, he didn't overstate the problem by calling it the worst termite infestation he's seen in 35 years. And he didn't recommend a procedure like tent fumigation which only kills drywood termites and not subterranean termites. His procedure was to treat only the affected areas. By keeping the treatment targeted and reasonable his cost was only around $700.
This reporter also gave some interesting termite facts such as there are 2500 different kinds of termites in the world with 17 in California. In Southern California, termites are affecting one out of five structures.
He identified the termites in his home to be the western subterranean termites or Reticulitermes hesperus, which the reporter mentioned is Latin for "wrecking crew."....
He had to get three termite estimates before he found one who provided a reasonable termite treatment plan with a reasonable cost. Unlike the other two, he didn't overstate the problem by calling it the worst termite infestation he's seen in 35 years. And he didn't recommend a procedure like tent fumigation which only kills drywood termites and not subterranean termites. His procedure was to treat only the affected areas. By keeping the treatment targeted and reasonable his cost was only around $700.
This reporter also gave some interesting termite facts such as there are 2500 different kinds of termites in the world with 17 in California. In Southern California, termites are affecting one out of five structures.
He identified the termites in his home to be the western subterranean termites or Reticulitermes hesperus, which the reporter mentioned is Latin for "wrecking crew."....
# posted by Ken @ 1:30 PM 
