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Termite Control

How Often Should I Have a Termite Inspection?

How Often Should I Have a Termite Inspection?

Termites can really do a number on your home if they are not eradicated soon after they infest your house. To stave off a termite infestation, the absolute best way to protect your home from the expensive damage caused by termites is to have a regular termite inspection. Learning the signs of termite infestation can help identify a termite problem in progress. But most of the signs to look for are after the termites have already caused significant damage. But having a professional termite exterminator inspecting your property at regular intervals of time will help guarantee that a termite infestation never gets started.

Quick treatment can greatly reduce the destruction to the structural integrity of your house, giving you peace of mind that you and your family are safe from extensive damage done to your house by termites.

Termite inspections

When you call an experienced professional pest control technician to inspect your home for termites, the termite control service will want to look in all the available places around your home that provide a window into what is behind the walls or up in the attic.

Preparing your home for termite inspection will help the technician to thoroughly check your home in a timely manner. Clearing out items from dark places like crawl spaces, high unused cabinets, or items outside around the perimeter of the home will greatly help the technicians get a good look at your home.

To make sure no termite colony has time to establish itself in your home, you will want to have a termite inspection at least once a year.

Signs of termites

Searching for signs of termites can be difficult because they stay out of sight. But if you  see any evidence that your home has a termite infestation, you need to get your trusted pest control professional on the phone right away. Signs of termites to look for are:

  •  Tube tunnels around the exterior foundation
  • The appearance of water damage on floors
  • Termite wings around exterior windows
  • Weak paneling and boards in certain spots around your home
  • Piles of sawdust looking excrement
  • Bubbled or peeling paint

Termite damage

Because the termites eat cellulose in boards causing structural damage to the home, the destruction can easily be extensive if not caught early. Light repels termites leaving them to cause damage out of sight with little evidence on the surface of walls, wooden furniture, or wood floors. When the infestation is discovered, the destruction can be so much that the home is now structurally compromised. In addition to at least a yearly inspection, be sure to have a professional inspect your home before you sell or before you buy to protect yourself from termite damage.

Give Bug Baron Exterminator a call today to set up a yearly termite inspection in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

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Fumigation Termite Control

How Do I Know If I Have Drywood Termites?

How Do I Know If I Have Drywood Termites?

Termites, in general, are not the type of pest you will see skittering across your floor. In fact, especially when dealing with drywood termites, you may not see much evidence at all. This can unfortunately lead to major repair bills if the drywood termite infestation goes a long period of time without being addressed. The average homeowner that has to deal with termite damage repairs will pay around $3,000 to restore their home back to normal. Because drywood termites infest the wooden structure of homes, these repair costs are not simply for aesthetics, but often to support beams and other important elements that affect the structural integrity of the home.

Signs of drywood termite infestations

While drywood termites often go undetected, there are still a few signs you can keep a lookout for to make sure you do not fall victim to paying for repairs to your home caused by termites. Signs of drywood termites are:

  • Hollow sounding wood: If you tap on a wall, trim or floor and it sounds hollow, it is possible that drywood termites have eaten away the cellulose in the wood.
  • Bubbling paint: This can also be an indication that termites are inside
  • Piles of frass: Termite excrement resembles sawdust. To clear the colony of droppings, the termites will make small holes in your walls and push out the frass, creating small piles of sawdust looking droppings.
  • Shed wings: New infestation can be caught early if you find shed termite wings on your window sills outside. Termites usually swarm and move to new locations in the summer and fall.

Tent fumigation treatment

Because drywood termites can be widespread through the structure of your home, sometimes it can be difficult to treat the colony with a localized insecticide. Tent fumigation is the better option in this case because the fumigant can get into every crevice and piece of wood in your home.

When hiring a termite exterminator to fumigate your home, there are a few things you need to be aware of in order to prepare for a home tent fumigation.

  • Time out of the house: Typically, the entire process will take about three days, so preparing a place for you and your family to stay is important
  • Pets and plants: Don’t leave anything living in the home during tent fumigation. Make arrangements for all pets, including the goldfish. It is possible that some plants will survive the fumigation. But if at all possible, move your plants outside during this process
  • Law requires all food and medications be put in special bags or removed from the premises

Returning after fumigation

Before you will be allowed to return home after a tent fumigation and aeration, the air in your home will be tested for gas levels to be sure it is safe to return. Surprisingly, the gas used in fumigation can not stick to surfaces so once the gas clears out, there should be no residue left in your home.

For drywood termite treatment in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, give Bug Baron Exterminator a call today.

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Termite Control

Drywood Termite Problems in Rancho Cucamonga

Drywood Termite Problems in Rancho Cucamonga

Learning your home has termites can be quite unsettling. Termites can easily cause thousands of dollars in repair costs, especially if the termite infestation went a long time before it was discovered. In Rancho Cucamonga, drywood termites can be quite difficult to detect because they burrow deep into wooden structures, and they are almost never seen unless they send out swarmer termites in the summer and fall seasons. There are a few signs to look for but having a regular termite inspection is the best way to protect your home from drywood termites.

Drywood termite facts

Knowing a few things about drywood termites can help you better protect yourself against this incredibly damaging insect.

A few facts about drywood termites are:

  • They are a creamy white color
  • They infest wood that stays dry like the structure of an attic
  • The western drywood termite found in Southern California is the most common drywood species
  • They have relatively small colonies of around 1,000 insects
  • They will kick their excrement out of tiny holes and the sawdust-like droppings will make a pile on the floor.
  • Drywood termites can infest wooden furniture. If the furniture is brought into your home, the termites can move into your house’s structure.

Treatment

If you suspect that you may have termites of any kind, call a termite exterminator immediately. You do not want the infestation to cause more destruction to your home. A professional termite control technician will thoroughly inspect your attic, floor, wooden furniture, and any woodwork for signs of termites. If a small infestation is identified, the technician will administer a localized treatment by inserting insecticide into the colony.

Drywood termite colonies can spread out into several different spaces in the wooden structure of your home. A drywood termite exterminator may suggest fumigating your home if the infestation is widespread.

While it is a big inconvenience to have to be out of your home for two to three days so your home can be fumigated, it is comforting to know that your home is completely termite free. Once the fumigant clears from the air and a professional tests the air quality in your home, you can return.

To prevent termites from coming back into your home, you can have the wood in your attic and crawl spaces treated for termites to prevent them from infesting your home once again.

While drywood termites are difficult to detect, scheduling a yearly termite inspection with a pest control service you trust can prevent termites from causing damage to your home. If you are in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, give Bug Baron Exterminator a call today. We will get rid of every last termite so you can rest assured that your home is termite free.

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Spiders

How Do I Get Rid of a Spider Problem in My Home?

How Do I Get Rid of a Spider Problem in My Home?

If you are finding that spiders are welcoming you everytime you turn a corner in your home, your spider problem may actually be a spider infestation. It is common to have a spider or two in your home. They come inside when it is cold, rainy, or hot and dry. Spiders are hunters and despite their menacing appearance, they are not after you. They want to catch other bugs that may be in your home. Whether you have a couple spiders or a full infestation, you can get rid of the spiders in your home by preventing them from coming in the first place and also treating for the ones that have already gotten inside.

Prevention tips

Food and water are what spiders are after and if they find them both in your home, then you will have a new eight legged roommate. Water in your home in the form of a leaky faucet or high humidity, or even in the food they catch can hydrate spiders.

If your home creates a good environment for spider food, you will likely also attract spiders. Spiders eat insects found in your home. If you leave food out on the counter, have crumbs in and around the house, or have excessive trash, you can attract insects that spiders love to eat.

Some spider prevention tips are:

  • Vacuum and sweep often to remove crumbs
  • Clean and tidy your home to keep all pests out, including spiders
  • Fix water leaks and drips promptly
  • Remove trash immediately when it is full.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon in discreet places that spiders may be found to repel them

Treating your home for spiders

Treating your home for a spider problem on your own can be a little tricky. If you would like to treat spiders yourself, you can try:

  • Spider traps
  • Insecticides that kill on contact
  • Indoor insecticide barriers
  • Natural repellents like essential oils
  • You could kill spiders on contact with your shoe or a flyswatter.

Call a professional spider control expert

But if spiders have infested your home, you won’t want to have to squish each one before it scampers under your chair or creeps across the ceiling. Calling a professional can make your spider problem disappear because of the proven techniques and experience of a trusted pest control service.

In Upland, CA, If you want to get rid of the spider problem in your home, give Bug Baron Exterminator a call. Our technicians will thoroughly inspect your home for spiders, spider webs, and all other insects so that your home can soon be free of all pests, including spiders.  Don’t risk getting a scare or a bite from a spider. Call Bug Baron Exterminator today.