Did Your Termite Company Do This? Did your termite company remove all the old termite evidence after completing their treatment or fumigation? If not, how can they tell whether the treatment was effective? And if you have another termite issue in the future, will those old droppings be mistaken for new activity—leaving you paying twice
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California Termite Will Be Exhibiting at the Fall Carlsbad Street Faire This Sunday, November 2nd, join us in Carlsbad Village at space number 528 — just north of Grand on the west side of Roosevelt. Fall isn’t just drywood termite swarming season — it’s also time for the Carlsbad Village Street Faire. Hundreds of vendors
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How Swarming Termites Can Make It from Your Attic to the Room Below When Termite Swarmers Take Flight Termite swarmers—also known as reproductives—leave a mature colony in search of a place to start a new one. Most don’t survive, but the few that do sustain a billion-dollar industry. Seeing 20 to 100 swarmers inside your
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Subterranean Termite Infestation Subterranean Termites Subterranean termites live underground and travel through soil and mud tubes to reach the wood above. These mud tubes protect them from predators and dehydration. Unlike drywood termites, subterranean termites don’t live inside the wood they feed on, nor do they consume it entirely. They eat the softer springwood and
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Why Choose California Termite? Any homeowner who has dealt with termites knows how many options there are. Every time I drive on one of San Diego’s major freeways, I spot another termite company I’ve never heard of. Should you go with a big, well-known company? Large companies often become sales organizations rather than termite control
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There is Another Way Maybe You Don’t Have to Fumigate. I exhibited at the Older and Bolder Expo last Saturday in Carlsbad, CA, where hundreds of seniors attended. At my table, the most common comments I heard were: “I just tented my house.” or “Do you tent, or do you use orange oil?” It struck
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A Long Day in the Life of a Termite Inspector Mobile Homes and Crawlspaces It was a Saturday, and I had four inspections. The first two were mobile homes. Mobile homes always come with a crawlspace. I actually like attics—no matter the temperature—because they’re more of a challenge. Crawlspaces… they’re almost never fun. They stay
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Under a Mobile Home All mobile homes sit on a raised foundation, which makes the space underneath an important area to inspect during a termite inspection. While mobile homes generally don’t contain a lot of wood, there are still key areas where termites or wood-destroying organisms may be found. I focus on wood that’s connected
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My Journey Through Pest Control (and Why It Matters for My Customers) Before I started California Termite, I worked for several different companies across San Diego County. Each job taught me something important—sometimes what to do, and sometimes what never to do. Looking back, those experiences shaped the values I bring to my own company
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Termite Inspector Ailments Inspecting for termites isn’t exactly a desk job. If you’re thorough (and not everyone is), you have to work your way through the attic, crawlspace (sometimes more than one), and probe every section of accessible wood around the perimeter of the home. It’s not for the faint of heart. In fact, there
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