Re: DIY Termite control
- From: Frank Boettcher <fboettcher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:18:36 -0600
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:05:29 -0700, "James \"Cubby\" Culbertson"
<Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ok,
I've DAGS and I think I know the answer to this but thought I'd see if it
matches with what the current wisdom suggests.
I live in NM where termites are plentiful. I've seen them in my yard and a
while back, I even had them in my house. We had a professional out that
treated the entire house yet two years later, the termites were in the house
chomping away. The pro came back and retreated the area but quite frankly
I'm not all that confident that it's going to keep me safe. He was using
Timbor (???...a borax solution of some sort). What I'm thinking about
doing is applying Termidor myself. After reading the literature on it, it
seems pretty simple to do. Trench to the footing and apply at the
specified rate. I do have approx 30 feet of slab I will need to drill and
inject so I still need to figure that piece out but overall, it seems pretty
foolproof. What am I missing here? What are the cons of doing my own
treatment other than no warranty (which given my previous experience, I'm
not overly confident a warranty really means anything)?
Cheers,
jlc
When faced with this decision a couple of years ago, I did a lot of
research into DIY termite control (standard subterrainian) and
concluded that a baiting system was the best option for a slab on
grade and particularly one with a deep perimeter turndown because of
frost line.
My research indicated that it was possible to buy the bait pots and
the installation and subsequent monitoring was not technically
difficult.
I ended up having a local independent put in the system, (I was
planning to sell the house within a year and wanted to be able to show
reports of no infestation). The independent was much less expensive
than the major franchise guys. And it has worked, no signs either in
the house and the bait pots show no activity (initially, several of
them did).
Frank
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