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| I'm having an addition put on the house and the contractor had a Termite and Pest Control company pre-treat the area. The termite company quoted a price of $683 to do my entire house and the annual renewal fee would be $145. Is this a good price?
Here's what they are supposed to do:
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| Prices vary from one place to another. Where do you live? Call other pest companies and ask your questions, then compare prices & chose a company to do the deed. |
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| What do other pest control companies quate to do the same job? 1 and 2 look like jobs your building contractor should be doing. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 6, 12 at 7:58
| it would be a waste in my MI.. since we dont have such .. as noted.. where are you ... NEVER have any work done .. w/o at least 3 quotes ... ken |
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| You said that your building contractor made this deal? I sure don't like the sound of that. Ken....why is it that you don't have to worry about termites? MSU states: "Termites are an important wood-destroying pest in Michigan." What's the deal? Maybe the problem isn't as pervasive as it can be in other locations. Subterranean termites are sneaky critters. I think that there is a misconception that they are found only (or mostly) in warmer locations. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 6, 12 at 18:55
| maybe its that darn poured cement basement.. lol ... i cant answer about moo you ... as a wolverine.. moo yew.. does not really exist .. in my mind.. lol .. i am hoping for a real MI winter so as to forestall any northern migration of this particular pest ... kim probably can address that.. probably a moo yew grad.. based on the depth of his/her horticultural knowledge .... ken |
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| In the southern states, termites are extremely destructive structural pests. Thus, specs often call for under-slab treatments. (Much cheaper prior to building the structure than after.) Thus, the OP *must* have local bids/quotes. Those of us from other regions, even from other cities, won't have a clue. |
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| Termites can be as much of a problem in Michigan and other northern states as down south, although we won't have 5 species of them. Termites are known to make tubes to travel in on poured concrete or cement block walls to reach the wood structure they are looking for. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 8:17
| termites can chew thru cement .. making tubes????? crimminey ... sounds like a new horror movine ... lol or do you mean tubes of excrement[one end or the other] to climb up the exterior .. man that might even be a worse movie. . lol kim ignored my moo yew thesis .. hmmm ... ken |
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| ken, easiest way to know is to google "subterranean termites" but without the quotes. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 7, 12 at 13:39
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| Ken. Termites build those tubes on the concrete to reach the wood structure. The tubes look kind of similar to very elongated wasp nests going up the concrete, usually inside where they are shaded from the sun but can be on the outside also. The link below may be of some help. |
Here is a link that might be useful: about termites
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