For termite technicians drilling can be some of the hardest work of any job. At times the cement can swallow your entire drill bit it’s so thick. Your back locks in a hunched over position as you fight thick shrubbery and the sun beats mercilessly upon your head and shoulders. Dull bits can make simple work long and drawn out and so many times after a job your ears are left ringing from the constant high pitched pounding noise. Each hole you drill puts you one step closer to the end of this torture but when you look up and the sweat stings your eye, you see you have a mile to go. After all this and it’s time to shoot the precious liquid barrier that will free this home from the ravages of the hungry termite. You start applying the liquid and your heart sinks as you watch these holes that you fought so hard to drill reject your mix. Termiticide spews back in your face and onto the walls, leaks on the floor and puddles wherever gravity takes it. There seems to be no reason for this rejection but after all that work it doesn’t matter. You have to get the termite chemical under that slab and no matter what it takes at this point you take the steps needed to make this job a success.
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