Fred wrote:
If your house looks perfect from the outside how do you know if it doesn't
have termites feasting on the inside? What other methods to use to locate
termites other than poking around with a screwdriver and visual inspection?
Would a maintenance contract with a pest company be advisable regardless if
there are termites or not or would DIY method be sufficient?

Place a landscape timber on the ground. Unless that timber is treated
to 1.0 retention rate or higher, termites will eat it. That's how you
find termites around here. Most poison resistant bugs I've everheard
of.

If you've got termites, a maintenance contract, after full treatment
(which is the only way you'll get a long term contract)is cheap
insurance. I think mine costs $65 per year. It's a deal for the bug boy
too, as in the past 18 years, they've had to re-treat exactly once, and
that only partially.