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Termite contract for Uptown NO - damage clauses
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:18 pm
For those of you who live in Uptown New Orleans, does your termite contract come with a damage warranty? For example, if there is new damage after treatment, the company will pay to have the damage repaired? I recently got a quote from Terminex and the contract explicitly states that the company isn't liable for any past, present or future damage cause by wood-destroying insects.
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Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:19 pm to The Hamburglar
if there is ever damage, good luck getting them to pay
This post was edited on 5/15/15 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:20 pm to theunknownknight
so are you saying I shouldn't even be worried about the warranty then?
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:21 pm to The Hamburglar
read up on it online. I've seen a lot of people complain about it.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:32 pm to The Hamburglar
That is standard language in a termite post construction contract. That language is from the Dept of Agriculture and Forestry. It will come down to does the company want to pay for it. Being Terminix, I doubt they will. Not saying they won't but you they are so big you are just a number to them. Once they get you they don't really care. I work in this industry and I'm not trying to blast Terminix. That's just typically how the national companies operate. All they care about is numbers. The smaller local guys typically will have much better service and claims process.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:32 pm to theunknownknight
The standard post construction contract issued 90% of the time in Louisiana has no damage protection. It's simply a retreatment contract meaning they only have to retreat if you get termites again. some companies , mostly the national ones, have another contract that the state has approved for them to use that covers "new" damage. But with the formosan issue in NOLA no way would I issue one of those contracts there of I owned a company. "New" damage is pretty hard to prove anyway. They got a pretty good gig going huh? Politics at its finest. The Louisiana Pest Control Association is pretty good at what they do.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:39 pm to Hankg
is it worth paying twice as much ($700 versus $1400) to get an "up to $250k" warranty? The second option is with a smaller, local company.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:44 pm to The Hamburglar
I want to say mine covers $1 mil in damages but I haven't read the fine print. Doubt they'd cover shite even though they did all the pretreatment and everything since.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 4:56 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
if there is ever damage, good luck getting them to pay
I had to get an attorney, I had a clause, they paid.
Every damn penny.
Fischer Environmental.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 5:23 pm to The Hamburglar
Co will claim it's pre-existing damage and not covered
Posted on 5/15/15 at 5:32 pm to The Hamburglar
We went with DA for that reason. We had the damage warranty in Baton Rouge with Terminix.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 6:00 pm to Isabelle
My parents got a new kitchen and laundry room in a raised house from Terminix. They paid without even as much as a hint of a fight.
They've had Terminix for 20 years with standard treatment, and I don't know how their clause reads.
They've had Terminix for 20 years with standard treatment, and I don't know how their clause reads.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 7:48 pm to FalseProphet
did they find active termite infestation?
Posted on 5/15/15 at 10:02 pm to Gevans17
Yep. Even after 20 years of treatment, termites had basically destroyed the back side of the house.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 10:41 pm to FalseProphet
As long as you read the contract before you sign you should have the termite company by the balls when it comes to damages. You have to keep up your side of the bargain by keeping up with the contract details though.
And as far as the amount of coverage you have, anything over $50k is probably useless. If you have more than that in one claim, then its probably more of negligence on your part for not realizing that your wall has obvious signs of damage on it. Not saying it wouldn't be covered, but I'd think most people would notice damage before it gets to that point.
And as far as the amount of coverage you have, anything over $50k is probably useless. If you have more than that in one claim, then its probably more of negligence on your part for not realizing that your wall has obvious signs of damage on it. Not saying it wouldn't be covered, but I'd think most people would notice damage before it gets to that point.
Posted on 5/16/15 at 10:01 am to FalseProphet
without live termites present, they would probably have said the damage was pre-existng
This post was edited on 5/16/15 at 10:02 am
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