Termite Control in Denton, TX

When Do Termites Tend to Infest in Denton?

All year. The eastern subterranean termite, which is the termite in nearly every Denton job, feeds twelve months in this climate because the soil under a slab never freezes. What has a season is the swarm. In Denton it runs from late February into May, on the first warm, still days after a rain, and it happens in daylight. Swarmers are dark, about the length of a grain of rice, with two pairs of equal-length wings longer than the body. A flying ant has a pinched waist and unequal wings; half the swarm calls we take in March turn out to be ants, and we'd rather tell you that than sell you a treatment.

A swarm in the yard tells you a mature colony lives nearby, in a stump, a fence post, landscape timbers or the soil under an old tree. It is a reason to inspect, not to panic. A swarm coming out of the house, from a wall, a window frame, a door casing or a crack in the slab, means the colony is already feeding on the structure, and that one is a call the same day.
 

What Are The Dangers of Having Termites Infest Your Home?

The honest answer is that termite damage is slow. Subterranean termites take months and years to do structural harm, not weeks, so a house with an active tube is not about to fall down and a week's delay to get a second opinion changes nothing. What the delay costs is money, because the damage adds up quietly behind the sheetrock and homeowners' insurance almost never covers it.

Here's what happens when you call. The estimate visit is free. A state-certified technician walks the foundation, the weep holes and the irrigation, goes into the crawl space on a pier-and-beam home, checks the interior with a flashlight and, where activity is suspected, with an infrared camera that finds the temperature signature of a colony behind sheetrock without opening the wall. You get a plain explanation and a written price before anything is scheduled. On an active slab home the treatment is usually a liquid barrier at the foundation and, where it fits, a bait system around the perimeter that keeps working after the treatment.

Don’t wait until termites cause costly damage to your home or business. Contact (972) 945-9226 today for a free inspection and expert termite control solutions. Protect your property—call now!