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Do you have annual, semi, quarterly, or monthly insect control? What do you pay?

Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:30 pm
Posted by LSU6262
Member since Jun 2008
8084 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:30 pm
Been doing it myself but I'm thinking about just hiring a pro.

I don't have any issues. I'm talking about prevention
Posted by Adam4848
LA
Member since Apr 2006
19848 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:34 pm to
Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17919 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:35 pm to
Do it myself, I maintain 3 properties and it cost about $50 for chemicals every 3-4 years and takes about 15 minutes every few months, why pay someone else to do It?
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91871 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:38 pm to
I pay $30/month for the exterminator. That rate has been the same for a decade. It's a small miracle.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
19628 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:40 pm to
$21/monthly insect control -- well worth it

$220/yr termite contract, guaranteed -- also well worth it
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
42402 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:45 pm to
quote:

$220/yr termite contract, guaranteed -- also well worth it


Yeah....you need a pro to do a complete inspection. Those little frickers will get in places you wouldn't imagine.
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
9008 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:01 pm to
Baton Rouge pest control for termites. $120 per year. $500 every 10. Good people
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99037 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:02 pm to
$75 a month
Posted by Bear88
Member since Oct 2014
15404 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:03 pm to
Monthly. $42
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
45192 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:07 pm to
Suspend and permethrin every 3-4 months inside house and around outside. No bugs or fleas whatsoever
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91871 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

Suspend and permethrin every 3-4 months inside house and around outside. No bugs or fleas whatsoever


Probably need to start doing it myself too.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 8:16 pm
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
17188 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:24 pm to
When you do it yourself, what is the process? Spray around perimeter? Windows, door frames?

How often and what chemicals? Thanks in advance.
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast or Fairgrounds
Member since Nov 2018
903 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:31 pm to
I’m a licensed pesticide applicator but I only do horticultural treatments however I pay an exterminator $35.00 a month to spray inside my house and the perimeter because my wife has an unreasonable fear of roaches. He has not raised his price in 15 years. He knows that I know what he sprays and that I could do it myself but it gives my wife piece of mind for him to treat the house. Or they’re fricking.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 8:32 pm
Posted by PSU2LSU
Oxford MS
Member since Apr 2011
3224 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:33 pm to
With suspend SC I spray every 3 to 4 months around the outside of the house making sure to soak the weep holes in the brick. Also heavy around the windows and doors as well as the eaves/overhand.

Permitherin (sp). I spray every 1 to 2 months spraying the same areas but also getting the bushes and the mulch area. I also get the ceiling of the porch and around the outside light fixtures.
Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17919 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:38 pm to
I alternate spraying the talstar liquid pictured above and suspend S.C., do it once every 3 - 4 months, spray baseboard inside the house, and the exterior perimeter with a wide spray pattern and go 3 feet up and 3 feet out, broadcast the off brand talstar granules in the yard Once or twice a year if the ant hills start showing up
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 8:41 pm
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
22554 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:40 pm to
Semi I do it
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20242 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:43 pm to
I use suspend.

Even at my rental properties, i use it.

Never once, have i had a single issue with bugs because of that stuff. It’s some really great stuff.

There is zero reason to pay someone to do it for you when it’s that simple
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
21072 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:47 pm to
For those of you who do it yourself, are you truly seeing zero bugs? Like not even the nomadic wandering roach?

Because I pay Orkin $45/month and haven’t seen one roach in years. But I’d very much like to stop paying them money if I can do it myself for cheaper.
Posted by Steadyhands
Slightly above I-10
Member since May 2016
7201 posts
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:50 pm to
I use taurus sc. Works well...has instructions for a 10 year treatment application, but I just spray it every few months...one day I might put in the effort for the extended treatment.
Posted by LSU6262
Member since Jun 2008
8084 posts
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:44 am to
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has instructions for a 10 year treatment


That's just for termites?

Anyone have any success limiting mosquito's?
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