Why Aren’t Homes Built to Resist Termites? When homeowners discover termites in their homes, they often wonder why we build houses out of wood in the first place. It’s a fair question. Considering that termites, fungi, and other wood-destroying organisms are constantly trying to consume the very materials our homes are built from, wood-framed construction […]
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7 Ways to Avoid Tenting Your Home I’ve never met a homeowner who looks forward to fumigating their home. In fact, the fear of tenting is often what prevents people from contacting a termite company in the first place. Many of my fumigation proposals take weeks to be approved, while homeowners frequently agree to alternative
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California Termite Now Offering Insulation Services At California Termite, our inspectors and technicians spend a great deal of time in attics every day, so offering insulation services was a natural fit. Because we’re a company focused on helping homeowners, adding insulation services aligns perfectly with our mission. Many of the attics we inspect are under-insulated.
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7 Things Every Homeowner Should Know About Termites and the Termite Industry 1. Your Home May Already Be Under a Termite Warranty When you buy a home, it’s often already under a termite warranty. To achieve termite clearance — which is required for most mortgages — a home usually must either be fumigated or receive
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Fumigation Isn’t All Homeowners Fear Part of the reason homeowners don’t call a termite company the moment they notice possible termite activity is because they don’t want to tent their home. Fumigation is expensive, disruptive, and stressful. But right alongside a homeowner’s fear of fumigation is another fear: termite inspector sales tactics. And for good
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California Termite at the May 2026 Carlsbad Village Street Faire California Termite will be exhibiting at the Spring 2026 Carlsbad Village Street Faire on Sunday, May 3, and we’d love for you to stop by and say hello. Visit us at booth #989 on Grand Avenue in historic Carlsbad Village. Our team will be on-site
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What Every Homeowner Should Know About Drywood Termites If termite control were a movie, drywood termites would be the star. They are the most common termites in San Diego, where the climate is especially favorable to them thanks to mild temperatures year-round and just the right amount of moisture. A drywood termite colony is made
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How Termites Eat Wood—and the Science That Stops Them If you ever looked closely at a worker termite, you’d probably wonder how something so small and soft—something you could crush between two fingers—can destroy solid wood. The hardest part of a termite is its jaws. Unlike human jaws, which move up and down, termite jaws
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Attic Adventures Many homeowners seem to feel sorry for me when I need to inspect their attic. They’ll say things like, “I bet it’s going to be hot up there,” or “You must hate this part of your job.” But truthfully, I don’t mind attics at all. I definitely prefer them over crawl spaces—and even
What Every San Diego Homeowner Should Know About Over-the-Counter Termite Poison If I’m inspecting a home for termites and the homeowner tells me they’ve been trying to handle the problem themselves with over-the-counter sprays or foams, I already know one thing—the problem got worse, not better. Even if they don’t mention it, but I spot
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