Pest Control Tips for Louisiana Termites: Inspection Company ...

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Lafayette and Lake Charles, Louisiana is an area of high risk for swarming termites between January and March.

Nasty little termites love to eat your home. Swarming termites are about a third of an inch long with an opaque white wing; deceptively small for the amount of havoc they can wreak on a home. ?They seek out timber and wood combined with moisture and quickly destroy the structural integrity of whatever they?ve chosen as their meal. Homeowners in high moisture areas like Louisiana know this and yet, they neglect to hire a termite inspection company to annually check for bugs in the walls at an alarming rate.

It?s far more expensive to repair the damage done by termites than to prevent it with an annual termite treatment and inspection first. It?s estimated that over 600,000 homes in the U.S have termite related damage, costing homeowners a combined $5 billion annually! Termite control costs a small fraction of that.

In general, homeowners want to protect the investment of their homes. So why do they neglect to have a routine termite control inspection and treatment? There are 3 basic reasons:

1-???? They want to do it themselves,

2-???? They just never get around to choosing a pest control or termite inspection company, or

3-???? They have a company but are unaware they aren?t getting quality treatment.

DIY Termite Control in a high moisture state like Louisiana is a bad idea for most people. The strategy and science of what it takes to adequately protect your home is simply not understood by the average homeowner walking the aisles of the local home improvement center.? As for the second group, we all know what they say about the road to misery being paved with good intentions. Just knowing something is needed isn?t enough. You?ve got make the call and schedule a termite inspection with a Lafayette pest control company. The third group is the worst off of all of them: they trust that their termite treatment company is doing a great job so they relax. All the while, unseen bugs and moisture could be eating their house away under their very eyes.

5 things any professional termite inspection and treatment company should have:

• First, Check with your local Better Business Bureau to confirm

1) That the company is an active member,

2) That they have a customer satisfactory rating and

3) If they have any registered complaints.

Many Pest Control companies are not members of the BBB, which should instantly raise a red flag in the mind of a homeowner. Being a member of the BBB shows that they value the their relationship with their customers, and at the slightest hint of a problem, the company will normally go above and beyond to keep the customer happy and in turn this keeps a clean record as a BBB member. The termite control company answers to someone and that?s good for you.

• Second, confirm that they are professional and honest. First impressions normally are a sign of things to come, good and bad. Watch to see if what the person that answers the phone, tells you, actually happens. Is an appointment made by the inspector, and then not kept? Is the inspector clean and tidy, or scary looking? Is the service vehicle clean, or old and dirty? Are the vehicles company decals easily visible or little letters which are hard to read? These things can tell you a lot about the future service that you can expect form this company after the sale. Trust your instincts, you deserve quality.
• Third, confirm what is involved in the termite inspection process and what tools are used. Many termite inspectors look at the area of the customers concern with only a flashlight and inspect very little else. They should be using the most up to date equipment for your home?s termite inspection, including inspecting the walls for moisture and evidence of bugs.
• Fourth, understand the different types of Termite Contracts that Termite Companies offers. Many termite companies use only a 5-7 year contract which has to be renewed and retreated at an average cost of $600-$1,200 every 5- 7 years.
• And fifth, ask what type of guarantee is offered. Few pest control companies offer a money back guarantee. This leaves the homeowner with all the risk of whether the right company was chosen.

An annual termite inspection can save you 3-5 times what it would cost to repair the damage.

Extermatrim, a termite inspection and treatment company in Lafayette and lake Charles, Louisiana, offers a one year money back guarantee for qualified homes (no commercial buildings).? This means that if live termites are found in your home after 90 days, but before 12 months of the treatment, they will treat the problem area and refund every penny of your treatment cost. They also do a 57 point inspection to be sure they cover every area of a home?s vulnerability to termite damage. To get more information on pest control for termite or bug activity in Louisiana, visit www.extermatrim.com.

Source: http://www.nationalnewstoday.com/home-and-garden/pest-control-tips-for-louisiana-termites-inspection-company-treatment-moisture-bugs-in-the-walls-lafayette.php

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