After semi retiring from a big company after 25yrs, I recently became a tech for a small pest control company in Virginia. You are my “go to” expert whenever I have questions/concerns that can’t be answered by our more experienced technicians, and for pro tips on how to do the job better.
Wes Anthony it is close but Termidor is better the inert Ingredients matter. Termidor tests better and we have had Taurus fail a couple times but never Termidor.
Almost 41 years in the business, I would never recommend a spot treatment. Termites entries aren’t always visible so multiple entries are a real threat. BTW, goggles should be worn and rubbing eyes with gloves used for treating is also not good.
I appreciate you sharing this information. I'm thinking about doing the job myself but you sharing the pricing (I know that's subjective) actually makes me think it may be not as bad to just have the pros do the work
Earl Berry yea with termites I do think your better off having a pro do the job. Here is a tip. Contact a successful realtor in your town. Ask who they use. Call that company and tell them that realtor refereed you to them. That is how you will usually get the best possible deal. Also make sure they use a non repellent termiticide
In NC we are required to drill all foundation elements within 4ft of any termite evidence. When I first started we had to drill it all on every single house. A lot of companies here get waivers signed to not have to do it but I prefer to do no waivers unless I have to.
What about the void between those blocks? The problem with liquid treatments is most only work where they’re placed. If successfully gaining access, they move over to your non repellent just cause it’s a non repellent.
Thank you for the information. I discovered termites in my garage door jamb. I had my house inspected by a national brand name company. I was told that evidence of termites are only in that area but they want to treat the perimeter of the whole house. He said that thee termites may move their colony to escape ther chemicsls. Is that what you would do?
It will give you 10-15 years of protection but I recommend keeping up the contract with yearly inspections so we can monitor changing conditions. We have done thousands of these and when they are full drill outs and Termidor is used we have never seen one get termites before 10 years
what is you have a small crawlspace you cant get into but can see into it and it gets wet, since near the driveway where I get water. We had a basement sump pump put in yrs ago for minor water, if any. we also use a dehumidifer near the crawlspace in my basement. My basement is dry. but when it rains this crawlspace does get wet. Will that ruin the effect of the termidor? Which is what I sm understanding. I am getting this full treatment done. We have minimal damage thankfully. We have taken such good care of our home and lived here for years and now this problem, after my neighbor took a large tree down I believe.
hey tommy it is tommy right, question please ,where you drilled the spot treatment between the block and the brick could you have drilled it higher up on just the bricks for the horizontal drilling also if you could get enough chemical into the expansion joint without virticle drilling would that be legal and do you have to do a full house graph for a spot treatment
GORDON BELL you are allowed to drill the expansion joint but we don’t because it is better to drill slab. The drilling into the block needs to be within 16 inches of the ground. If you do a spot treatment especially for a real estate transaction you need to do a contract with graphs and waiver.
We had termites in one wall near our tub. Had two companies come by and inspected and found no evidence of termites anywhere else but still gave quotes for around 2500$ to 2700$ for every three years which is about 1,000$ per year for life. We did research and took care of the problem ourselves and the termites were gone about a week later. We trenched the entire side with a pick axe, used granules around the home, put foam in the walls, sprayed pesticides everywhere and we are going to set our own bait stations also in the future. 1,000$ a year for life for some ants. NO! The products are available online with the same exact active ingredients as the pros use and they really do work. We also used Taurus to Trench and it definitely works
I still think you are better off using a pro but you just had a bad experience. $1000 dollars per year is ridiculous. On average our price is under $1000 to treat then 125.00 per year. And we treat the entire structure. You should call some local companies and get better pricing what you just quoted is outrageous
@@AAAExterminatingCo that seems like a really fair price and if we got quotes like that at the time we wouldve hired a pro for sure. Yeah here in Florida that’s what top companies are charging which I think is wrong. A service should cost what it costs and not change because they think you make more money so they Charge more.
I personally do not mind paying the professionals to do a full treatment with a good warranty. However, they just don't do a good job for the ridiculous prices. They tell you one thing and if you watch them, they only spray & not trench or drill. Yes, Floridians are really getting taken advantage. The money is not an issue with me. I just want to get what I'm paying for without any tricks and slippery contract language. I would prefer professionals.
I've been in the home remodeling business specifically bathrooms for nearly 20 years. We see damage on such a regular basis we come to expect it in older homes. Rarely see active termites but that happens from time to time. And the homeowner almost never has full coverage on their bond.
Those videos are wrong lol. No professional termite man would ever say Termidor does not work. Even companies that use bait such as Trelona or Sentricon use Termidor to treat the actives. Termidor is the absolute best termiticide
@@AAAExterminatingCo Well that is good to know. I just found termite damage in the support beams for my chimney. The fireplace is on the first floor and the chimney is on the second story roof. I live in a townhouse in an HOA community in Texas ad today I sent pics of the damage to one of the board members and he replied saying that I better get my place treated. LOL what a joke. If I have termites I guarantee that the neighbors on the both sides of me do too. It will do little good to treat mine correct without also everyone at least i the building treats theirs as well correct? I wished yall were in the Dallas area
@@dallaspilotcar9293 yea it can help but it wouldn’t be 100% effective unless you could get chemical at all of the plumbing penetrations. If it’s a crawl space it would work just fine
Great video. Do you have any referrals for Orlando? Is it more expensive in FL? I got 2 quotes for 238 linear ft including attic spraying and and including 2 spot areas/treatment between $1500-1800. Seems rather steep but
Brisca Florida is usually gonna be more expensive and they also deal with more termite species. Those prices are reasonable just make sure they have good reputations
Nav the The tech in this video is probably the best there is at Termite treatments. He use to do 3 full drill outs per day 6 days a week. He knows more about drilling than anyone who would be commenting on the video lol
AAA Exterminating Co. how can you do full treatment in two hrs ? That’s mini garages.. There’s no way with all the experience three full jobs a day . Just ridiculous
Nav it would take him about 3 1/2 hours per job. We started early and worked late back then. I would do around 14-16 WDI reports per day he would do 2-3 treatments per day. We would get started at around 6am and sometimes not get home till 8pm. Most of our jobs are not full drill outs they are drill all slabs adjacent to foundation including garages, voids behind porches and within 4 ft of termite evidence, also trench and treat inside and outside foundation walls and around piers. I haven’t met anyone who has done more treatments then my guy Pat, I’m sure they are out there just haven’t met them. What are you talking about he didn’t show discipline when drilling?
Good video but I'll tell ya, you are leaving money on the table and hurting industry by undercutting. You are definitely doing the job right but with all that drilling and trenching for the spot treat, you should be getting at least $600.00 for that job. Here in New Jersey I can get that all day long for the same spot treatment job. Thanks for the video.
I get where your coming from but NJ and NC are very different most of our prices are actually on the higher side in our area. We have a company down here that does full treatments for 400 no matter the size and we have companies that do free pretreats
@@NYCBugkiller we don’t down here but we still manage to do all right cost of living is cheap. We also have a lot more termites than you guys. Our company on average does 4 to 6 full treatments per day and we are a small company
Sorry about that we are working now to make future videos more professional. We are termite experts but have a lot of work to do on our videography lol
Hey buddy, all you have to do is time lapse the work part of the videos kinda of like a fast forward. Maybe that will help you out! And now a days they have TH-cam shorts. Any who I hope you’re doing well. My wife and I started our new pest control company in California! Best of blessings to you!
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Wow, you guys are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than the termite company I used. Thanks for doing an honest job!!!
After semi retiring from a big company after 25yrs, I recently became a tech for a small pest control company in Virginia. You are my “go to” expert whenever I have questions/concerns that can’t be answered by our more experienced technicians, and for pro tips on how to do the job better.
Thank you and feel free to contact me anytime
Thanks for sharing this comparison and knowledge
Very good very helpful tips . Thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot for your information in PR. the price more hight because the materials cost is something expensive. Great job.
This is an awesome presentation. Thank you for sharing your process as well as the pricing.
I believe Taurus SC works just as well as Termidor SC. They have the same active ingredient at the same percentage per bottle.
Wes Anthony it is close but Termidor is better the inert Ingredients matter. Termidor tests better and we have had Taurus fail a couple times but never Termidor.
@@AAAExterminatingCo Thank you
650? great deal here in tampa bay I was quoted 1190 for 170 linear ft.
Almost 41 years in the business, I would never recommend a spot treatment. Termites entries aren’t always visible so multiple entries are a real threat. BTW, goggles should be worn and rubbing eyes with gloves used for treating is also not good.
Rich Goff I agree 100% full treatment is the way to go. You sound like my dad he started in 1973 and he is still at it.
I appreciate you sharing this information. I'm thinking about doing the job myself but you sharing the pricing (I know that's subjective) actually makes me think it may be not as bad to just have the pros do the work
Earl Berry yea with termites I do think your better off having a pro do the job. Here is a tip. Contact a successful realtor in your town. Ask who they use. Call that company and tell them that realtor refereed you to them. That is how you will usually get the best possible deal. Also make sure they use a non repellent termiticide
Any other tips to check for when we are calling around to find a pro?
Knightyknight make sure they are using a chemical with Fipronil as the active ingredient and I think it’s good for them to be members of the NPMA
@@AAAExterminatingCo Thank you for the information thank you
Nice walk thru. Full treatment all the way. @15:48 and 15:54. Do you drill under the wooden steps?
Great video guys. Thank you
Love you videos man! Thanks for creating
What do you do on houses with a post tension slab? Those are not supposed to be drilled or cut into.
We almost never run into those the few times we have we mostly trench and treat them spot treat with foam
why are you drilling through the block and the subfloor as opposed to just the subfloor?
In NC we are required to drill all foundation elements within 4ft of any termite evidence. When I first started we had to drill it all on every single house. A lot of companies here get waivers signed to not have to do it but I prefer to do no waivers unless I have to.
Get a hilti machine it works almost x3 faster than a makita
is there any differences between drilling holes outside vs inside around the house ?
What about the void between those blocks? The problem with liquid treatments is most only work where they’re placed. If successfully gaining access, they move over to your non repellent just cause it’s a non repellent.
Thank you for the information. I discovered termites in my garage door jamb. I had my house inspected by a national brand name company. I was told that evidence of termites are only in that area but they want to treat the perimeter of the whole house. He said that thee termites may move their colony to escape ther chemicsls. Is that what you would do?
I would always suggest treating the whole house but I would also suggest getting multiple estimates. Give an established local guy a chance
@@AAAExterminatingCo will do. Thanks!
How long does the full termite treatment last? Great video and hard work.
It will give you 10-15 years of protection but I recommend keeping up the contract with yearly inspections so we can monitor changing conditions. We have done thousands of these and when they are full drill outs and Termidor is used we have never seen one get termites before 10 years
A little bit of Taurus or Termidor in the eyes and you’re all set! 😂😂😂
what is you have a small crawlspace you cant get into but can see into it and it gets wet, since near the driveway where I get water. We had a basement sump pump put in yrs ago for minor water, if any. we also use a dehumidifer near the crawlspace in my basement. My basement is dry. but when it rains this crawlspace does get wet. Will that ruin the effect of the termidor? Which is what I sm understanding.
I am getting this full treatment done. We have minimal damage thankfully. We have taken such good care of our home and lived here for years and now this problem, after my neighbor took a large tree down I believe.
hey tommy it is tommy right, question please ,where you drilled the spot treatment between the block and the brick could you have drilled it higher up on just the bricks for the horizontal drilling also if you could get enough chemical into the expansion joint without virticle drilling would that be legal and do you have to do a full house graph for a spot treatment
GORDON BELL you are allowed to drill the expansion joint but we don’t because it is better to drill slab. The drilling into the block needs to be within 16 inches of the ground. If you do a spot treatment especially for a real estate transaction you need to do a contract with graphs and waiver.
We had termites in one wall near our tub. Had two companies come by and inspected and found no evidence of termites anywhere else but still gave quotes for around 2500$ to 2700$ for every three years which is about 1,000$ per year for life. We did research and took care of the problem ourselves and the termites were gone about a week later. We trenched the entire side with a pick axe, used granules around the home, put foam in the walls, sprayed pesticides everywhere and we are going to set our own bait stations also in the future. 1,000$ a year for life for some ants. NO! The products are available online with the same exact active ingredients as the pros use and they really do work. We also used Taurus to
Trench and it definitely works
I still think you are better off using a pro but you just had a bad experience. $1000 dollars per year is ridiculous. On average our price is under $1000 to treat then 125.00 per year. And we treat the entire structure. You should call some local companies and get better pricing what you just quoted is outrageous
@@AAAExterminatingCo that seems like a really fair price and if we got quotes like that at the time we wouldve hired a pro for sure. Yeah here in Florida that’s what top companies are charging which I think is wrong. A service should cost what it costs and not change because they think you make more money so they Charge more.
I personally do not mind paying the professionals to do a full treatment with a good warranty. However, they just don't do a good job for the ridiculous prices. They tell you one thing and if you watch them, they only spray & not trench or drill. Yes, Floridians are really getting taken advantage. The money is not an issue with me. I just want to get what I'm paying for without any tricks and slippery contract language. I would prefer professionals.
I've been in the home remodeling business specifically bathrooms for nearly 20 years. We see damage on such a regular basis we come to expect it in older homes. Rarely see active termites but that happens from time to time. And the homeowner almost never has full coverage on their bond.
David Howard yea very often bonds/contracts will not cover damage. It’s important to make sure it does.
I have seen other videos on youtube that say that the Termindoor does not work
Those videos are wrong lol. No professional termite man would ever say Termidor does not work. Even companies that use bait such as Trelona or Sentricon use Termidor to treat the actives. Termidor is the absolute best termiticide
@@AAAExterminatingCo Well that is good to know. I just found termite damage in the support beams for my chimney. The fireplace is on the first floor and the chimney is on the second story roof. I live in a townhouse in an HOA community in Texas ad today I sent pics of the damage to one of the board members and he replied saying that I better get my place treated. LOL what a joke. If I have termites I guarantee that the neighbors on the both sides of me do too. It will do little good to treat mine correct without also everyone at least i the building treats theirs as well correct? I wished yall were in the Dallas area
Would it do any good to treat one townhouse in a building of 10 townhomes?
@@dallaspilotcar9293 yea it can help but it wouldn’t be 100% effective unless you could get chemical at all of the plumbing penetrations. If it’s a crawl space it would work just fine
@@AAAExterminatingCo No Crawl spaces they are all single, two and three story townhouses on slabs
Is trenching necessary when the house has sandy, high percolation soil around it
Eulayses Perry we still trench I know some companies will just rod i. That situation
@@AAAExterminatingCo Trench is better and professional.. Rodding in special occasions is fine but trench for applications is ideal
Great video. Do you have any referrals for Orlando? Is it more expensive in FL? I got 2 quotes for 238 linear ft including attic spraying and and including 2 spot areas/treatment between $1500-1800. Seems rather steep but
Brisca Florida is usually gonna be more expensive and they also deal with more termite species. Those prices are reasonable just make sure they have good reputations
do you guys service here at Moore, SC?
Edward De Dios Hipolito no we don’t have a South Carolina license yet but we are considering it within the next few years
You guys are very affordable. No way you can get the price in NYC .
You tech for twenty years didn’t show his discipline when drilling.
Nav the The tech in this video is probably the best there is at Termite treatments. He use to do 3 full drill outs per day 6 days a week. He knows more about drilling than anyone who would be commenting on the video lol
AAA Exterminating Co. how can you do full treatment in two hrs ?
That’s mini garages.. There’s no way with all the experience three full jobs a day . Just ridiculous
Nav it would take him about 3 1/2 hours per job. We started early and worked late back then. I would do around 14-16 WDI reports per day he would do 2-3 treatments per day. We would get started at around 6am and sometimes not get home till 8pm. Most of our jobs are not full drill outs they are drill all slabs adjacent to foundation including garages, voids behind porches and within 4 ft of termite evidence, also trench and treat inside and outside foundation walls and around piers. I haven’t met anyone who has done more treatments then my guy Pat, I’m sure they are out there just haven’t met them. What are you talking about he didn’t show discipline when drilling?
Good video but I'll tell ya, you are leaving money on the table and hurting industry by undercutting. You are definitely doing the job right but with all that drilling and trenching for the spot treat, you should be getting at least $600.00 for that job. Here in New Jersey I can get that all day long for the same spot treatment job. Thanks for the video.
I get where your coming from but NJ and NC are very different most of our prices are actually on the higher side in our area. We have a company down here that does full treatments for 400 no matter the size and we have companies that do free pretreats
In New Jersey we get $10 per lineal foot
@@NYCBugkiller we don’t down here but we still manage to do all right cost of living is cheap. We also have a lot more termites than you guys. Our company on average does 4 to 6 full treatments per day and we are a small company
Do we have to watch the whole process? Can you shorten the video?
Sorry about that we are working now to make future videos more professional. We are termite experts but have a lot of work to do on our videography lol
Hey buddy, all you have to do is time lapse the work part of the videos kinda of like a fast forward. Maybe that will help you out! And now a days they have TH-cam shorts. Any who I hope you’re doing well. My wife and I started our new pest control company in California! Best of blessings to you!
he missed a spot, tripple void block, lol good job though
It’s only a 2 void block
@@kripten55 good deal, the camera angle made them look bigger.
To shaky. My head hurts
You guys don’t use FUSE. Chemical for the trenching portion? Or for the drilled holes?
We have used Fuse in the past but we prefer Termidor or Taurus because they have higher concentration of Fipronil.
Not the proper way to do it..
We know more than you lol