From the category archives:

Termites

Just how far will termites go?

I’ve got a couple interesting questions from our ‘Ask the Bug Doctor’ page in the last couple days and one in particular I experienced first hand on 2 seperate days this week myself.
Lisa from Orlando writes;

I was at the mall today and had to park quite a distance away from the doors-the parking lot is [...]

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What are these wings on my windowsill?

as the the battle reaches epic proportions. In the end there lies a pile of dead and convulsing alates and the red drapes now drip pink with signs of a hard fought war.

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Is orange oil termite control right for you?

While the jury may be out on this and many other “silver bullets” that seem to pop up every few years or so in our industry, termites are serious business

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What can termite drill marks tell you?

those little round cement patches are on their front stoop and they give inquisitive looks when they find out. You see, with the surprise also comes a nagging question of why, how, where and when.

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It’s time to start looking for the exit’s

It is ‘my theory’ that drywall areas are chosen most often because the surface is almost already prepared for the termite and very little additional work needs to be done.

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The first termite job of 2010

Labor took just under 3 hours and the job was born at 11:58 am January 1st. There weren’t any critical complications but

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What ever happened to toxic mold?

Now before you jump to the conclusion that I’ll pose the innocent bug man as the scapegoat for the law firms Dewy Chettum & Howe let me just say that the pest industry jumped into the toxic mold litigation pool with both feet forward

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Structural terms used in termite reports

For instance if your inspector noted ‘heavy roof rot’ on the roof boards near the front of the home you might run from that house thinking the roof was ready to cave in with the next rain fall.

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Termites in your foreclosure purchase? Get the bank to pay

At times banks weren’t even cleaning the homes or hauling of the junk and the lines to buy them were never longer. Some of my wiser clients had me in anyway but most tackled the projects themselves in hopes of a quick flip and huge profits.

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