Why I'm Canceling My Termite Contract 

I had this system in my home and it works. Later in life I was a pest control tech and installed this system with great success.

Bait stations and liquid treatments each have their place. Any pest control professional will tell you that the liquid treatments are much more effective and should be used, if possible. The best analogy I could make about the two systems is that the liquid treatment is like a placing razor wire around your house as far as termites go, and the bait stations are like landmines. Also, typically a pest control company will tell you that a liquid treatment should protect your home for up to 10 years (sometimes more depending on the climate). But companies (like mine) like to sell bait stations because we charge annually to come and inspect them every few months for activity. So it's really six one way, a half-dozen the other. But like you said at the beginning, if you don't like the idea of a lot of chemicals around your home bait stations might be your best solution.

I would think that a combination of a liquid termitacide and sentracon would be the most effective way to treat for termites

The chemical has no effect on the property, it doesn’t eat away at the foundation, doesn’t kill plant life, in fact it not only kills termites it kills lots of other insects. Most companies will use a product called Termidor, which is great for ants. The company you used for the liquid treatments most definitely also has the bait stations. But just because you have subterranean treatments, or bait stations. Doesn’t mean you won’t have any termites, drywoods do not come from the ground and require a completely different treatment.

What I don’t understand is why would you add termite bait around your house to attract termites. Trench line around your house and dumping chemicals to create a barrier is the right way to do it. The job does have more labor but it does protect your home. Termites will still get inside the house even if you have bait stations.

We've had this system for 4 yrs. $1300 to install and a $300 annual fee after that. I haven't seen any termite activity since. (The initial and only clue was termite wings in the house.) I am tired of paying $300 a year, though. Seems too pricey to me. I'm thinking of switching to a cheaper yet effective alternative.

Baiting system not effective as trenching, what if termite by pass your bait. Othe termites already eating your home and you are still waiting for the bait to work. Better if you use both method, trenching and baiting.

this video should be called "watch me get scammed"

Here's my input doing pest control for the time I have. The liquid is more effective and lasts 7-10 years depending on the elements. Now yes you may find that the excessive dumping of liquid around the home is discouraging and doesn't look good. But considering it's pros that its like a thick wall of pesticide that will effectively kill all termites around your home and most other insects in the ground as well its not as bad. The sentricon stations are some of the worst stations to place around your home. If you ever have the opportunity to watch someone come out and inspect these stations you are going to see them struggle to remove them from the ground. The "bait" inside the stations are a wooden stick coated in termiticide that will help kill a colony of termites after the termites find said stations. It can take up to 90 days for a colony to find these stations to even begin the process. They're difficult to take the top off cause the tool supplied with the station is not suitable for the amount of force needed. The stations will become overgrown easily and overtaken by the earth so your first year you may see the 30 or so stations around your home but after 2-3 years you may only find 10 at best unless you are constantly digging them up. They are green so they naturally blend into the ground and can be easily skipped. They are roughly every 5-10 feet and the lawn mower if mowing low enough can clip them. The wood will rot and mold and become effectively useless besides bringing termites to your own with roughly no treatment to prevent it. Not saying who I work for but most leading pest control companies has people who don't do the job efficiently or don't want to do it what so ever. So if you don't watch the treatment being done you might as well just not have a termite treatment being maintained when you're not watching.

Never depend on bait stations alone. Trench and treat the home as well, especially for active hits

Termites only need 1/32-inch of a gap to get into the house. So let's place bait stations 15 feet apart! And sponsor the video!

When you find the bait station is attached with termites, what should be the treatment? Just replacing the bait station eliminates termite or special treatment with Termidor solution has to be applied.. I like to know whether pest company will replace baits (or) do the solution treatment with additional cost?

You said the contract u have had for 2 decades is"not cutting it" did you have a problem with termites getting in? If you didn't then the treatment has been working. why would you then change it?? Also is the company installing the bait stations offering you the same warranty as you're previous termite company did?

I’ve been working for terminix for 13 years and we used to use these but now use trelona atbs and the stations work but I like to keep them 8 feet apart and no more than 10 feet from the foundation

Orkin does sentricon, they are very expensive. Reading these comments and how disagreeable they are. I still have no clue what to do. Termite activity a few feet from my home, on my side fence wood is just mesh now. In between if i should do bait system or just treatment. These comments are not helpful. Soon as i agree with one, the next comment is the polar opposite. I don't want to nor can i afford yearly warranty. All these companies are in business to stay in business, and they all come up with a way to keep you paying them every month. I just want something to work, one and done.

Bait stations are almost as useless as tenting.

Is it dangerous if the termitisda goes into the soil and is it can effect our land water, because in my house the water is only 3 or 5 meter deep, im affraid if the chemical to kill the termite will be effect our water if we drink it , is there any one in here can answer my question about it , thanks, and what side effect this chemical does to human body if we consumed it.

If the termiticide is not dangerous to humans then why worry about pouring it around the house in a trench? Also how does the cost of the sentricon annually compare with Termidor every 7 or 8 years?

That guy was not actually truthful with you. They don't carry the bait back, share with friends and the colony dies. The termites die because they can't molt. That can take two years, in the mean time they could have already eaten your house.

If you have a well or a spring the liquid poured around your house could be bad.

A neighbor planted these at the property line within a foot of our garden. (Yea I know) Can someone tell me if our garden is destroyed? Pods are in place about 3 weeks now. I've heard the 'talk' about not mobile in soil, so I need to know the truth. & Thanks for this video!

Pay for the liquid treatment and DIY the bait stations. Best of both worlds and cheap. There is a competing bait system that you can buy and it works better.

Soak the bait in Termidor or Taurus SC and you will never see Termites or ants on your property again.

This does not work.

Hai, thanks for your video, I did energetic contribution to the space and the termite and it's gone.... gratitude on energetic contribution

There was a guy in the background spraying the ground with something right at the beginning of his explanation.. Was that for termites also?

Well as an exterminator for 11 yrs I’m gonna tell you that termite system you switched to is a joke and you were better off staying with the liquid. Liquid. I love when customers think they know everything cause of google. And this fool sounds like he’s read this right off a script

Let’s install baits while termites eat your house. Makes 0 logical sense and not a gamble you should take. Spot treatment in walls with termidor foam if necessary and then TRENCHES around your home filled with Termidor or Taurus SC.

how much

What is the name of the company

Are those deep enough? Can a termite just go around the bait? Any?

Once a year?..

VERY interesting! Have to look into it!

Bait systems aren't absolute joke I don't care what brand they are

Food for thought....

yet you might as well be canceling that because you can get those at walmart . my mom just buy a pack off those stakes .

Hay what company it this

The music…..😒

Looks like he was spraying in the background.

Those kind of treatments only work on the outside they don’t work on the inside correct? That’s what we have right now and it’s not doing anything at all it’s horrible actually and also we had no idea that termites can infest and other things such as our car our walls our furniture our bed the mattress Microwaves everything in our house has been destroyed because of these things even outlets they went in there and I guess they got fried they did something and we have outlets that don’t work now it’s been fun very fun I am don’t know if I would suggest Terminex or not probably not depends on who the person is I guess

Cellulose, oh boy

Sentricon homie

A real estate investor, eh? So one of those helping drive up the cost of homes, or insuring families will have no homes to buy and be forced to rent and likely never be able to own their own home?

Getting our home treated with this tomorrow. Hope it works. Btw your very pretty.

Waste of money

that's in the bible 😎

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