After having a major termite problem in my old house I would guess the
repairs would of been around 20K to 25K, but being a Contractor I did it
myself. This is my advice Talk to as many termite Co. as you can. Read up
on this Termite Baiting system. This is what I found Pretty much a Waste of
Money, Two of the 4 Co. I talked said it's a make you sleep good at night
thing. I also found college study that pretty much came up with the same
conclusion. If your house is on a raised foundation ask if the put the
spikes under the house. They told me no, Seams to be a big area unprotected.
The baiting is a real Money maker for the pest Co. Monthly contracts
determines their CO. value Ask about the warranty , ask about if you get
termites again if it's covered.
What I did was all the repairs myself, Had a product called
Thermador ( sp) spayed, My research found it the best. The best thing is
have termite inspection done once a year, A whole lot cheaper. I will throw
this in . I had Terminex do an inspection largest pest Co in the world. The
inspector outright lied about problem areas, kept trying to push this
monthly service down my throat and he actually pulled a loan application out
of his back pocket. So you need to do your home work.






"Ejohnson" wrote in message
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Hello;

I had exterminators look at my house, because of a small termite
problem. They gave me a free estimate and the total is going to be
around $2200.00 for everything including the bait spikes they will put
in the ground inside and outside around my house which would include
monthly change-out for about a 2 year plan...does this sound like a
good price? I don't know anything about this, $2200.00 (or more) seems
expensive to me. Is there something I could do myself? Could I buy
these bait/poison spikes somewhere and install them myself? This all
started when I found mud trials and rotted lumber in my cellar. Thanks
for any help.