Anyone do their own termite prevention?

Sounds fine unless you plan on selling your home at some point. Buyers don’t want to hear you’ve been doing it yourself unless you own the local Terminix franchise.

You have to pay a company to inspect and issue a certificate no matter what. It doesn't matter has been spraying.

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something I could do myself

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if I knew

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I believe part of the cost of having a company come out and do it is they insure you against damage while under contract. You might save some money doing it yourself, but if you don't do it right and get some damage you're on your own. Obviously that's the downside of any DIY project.

I do my own treating for all other bugs. I'm sure treating for termites yourself isn't too complicated, but I get a big enough knot in my stomach every May when they swarm when I DO have a contract. I'd be a nervous wreck watching those swarms while out of contract.

Not to hijack, but I've been wondering if the drought we've had would be doing a number on the termite colonies.

Go online and order a jug of Termidore HE. Expensive but none better as far as I know.

Don’t buy the less expensive SC

Then buy an old style pickaxe from Lowe’s
Has spike point on one end and flat blade (trowel) on the other end.

One benefit of HE is you only need a trench 2 inches deep and 2 inches wide. The blade on the pickaxe is the perfect width and the weight alone will cut 2 inches deep with no effort.

You can mix it in a 2 gallon watering can and on a brick home u can pour it 18 inch’s up on the bricks and let it run down into the trench.

Backfill trench with a hoe and pour more HE on the backfill dirt. All you are doing is creating a barrier.

Enough HE in the jug to do perimeter of 4000 sq. foot house twice.

If you have a house on slab, this is really important. If you can get to the boxed area where the plumbing goes through the slab, under tubs, showers, kitchen sinks, etc. odds are very high that the contractor filled the void in the box with dirt. Termites come up through the dirt and are in your house and you NEVER see a first trail on the perimeter of your slab.

If you can get to those voids, pour HE in the void.

If you can find pourable tar from a plumbing supply house, fill the void with the tar. Filling the void with tar is code requirement in Gulfport and I know the tar is available.
A lot of contractors on north shore never heard of it.

Trust me when I tell you this is a primary entry point for termites and you never know they are there until you have a bad situation on your hands.

Hope this helps