liege168 said:LLoy Pest Control found evidence of drywood termites in a few areas in my house. Their recommendation is to fumigate the whole house ($2,700) and to put me on a 3-year program to treat any areas ($1,905).
Any perspective on this pricing? Sounds like a lot to me...
Thanks.
irvinehomeowner said:I heard some advertisement for Orange Oil treatment that has a 3-year warranty and you don't have to tent the house.
I think it's less than Termite Circus Time.
daedalus said:I have treated a lot of areas, both due to infestations and as a preventive measure. You'll want a 30 gauge blunt needle and a large (1 oz) syringe; both are available from amazon. After mixing up the Termidor, fill the syringe with the solution, and poke the needle in the termite hole. Sometimes you have to wet the plug and let it sit for a minute to soften. Once the needle is in, inject away until it runs out some other hole. On vertical tunnels I have had mixed success with using plumber's putty around the needle to seal the hole after puling the needle out. If you can get the putty to stick, it works well. Often it falls off. Thinking of trying it with my kid's playdough to see if that works better. As a preventative measure you can do the same thing, but you'll need to drill your own holes and let the solution wick into the wood. Outdoors, you'll have to caulk the holes and paint.
spootieho said:We had problems with termites in our floor boards. We removed the carpet, then pulled the boards and tossed them. Next we called the termite people in to get anything we missed.
New floor boards were cheap, and we bought them at Home Depot.
Then we heavily applied bora-care to the boards and everywhere we had access to. This should prevent future infestations.
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