Most homeowners don't know they have termites until the damage is already serious. BRD finds them early, eliminates the colony, and protects your home long-term.
Termites cause billions in property damage every year, and most homeowners don't know they have them until it's serious. BRD's termite control combines thorough inspections with targeted treatment plans designed to eliminate active colonies and protect your home long-term.
A thorough inspection of your foundation, crawl space, attic, and wood structures to locate any active termite activity or damage.
Targeted liquid treatments, bait stations, or fumigation depending on the species and severity of infestation.
Annual follow-up inspections to confirm the colony is gone and protect against future infestations.
Subterranean termites nest in the soil and travel up into the structure, which is why the classic sign is a mud tube running along the foundation or up a pier in the crawl space. They need moisture and contact with the ground, so they tend to show up first in the lowest wood in the house: sill plates, floor joists, subfloor, and framing near plumbing leaks.
Drywood termites skip the soil entirely and live inside the wood they are eating. They are more often found in attic framing, window and door frames, eaves, and furniture. The telltale sign is different too: small piles of hard, pellet-shaped droppings called frass, usually beneath a tiny kick-out hole. Identifying which species you have is the first thing your technician does, because it decides the entire treatment plan.
A liquid treatment establishes a treated zone in the soil around and beneath the structure. Termites passing through it pick up the product and carry it back, which works through the colony over time. It is the usual choice for subterranean activity where we can get reliable access to the soil around the foundation.
Bait station systems take a different route. Stations are installed in the ground around the property and monitored on a schedule, so foraging termites find the bait and distribute it back to the colony. Baiting suits properties where trenching is impractical, where you want ongoing monitoring rather than a single application, or as long-term protection after an active infestation is cleared. Drywood activity is handled differently again, with treatment directed at the infested wood itself. Your inspection determines which of these fits your home, and in some cases the answer is a combination.
Termites are slow and quiet. A colony can work inside a wall for a long stretch before anything shows on the surface, and by the time a floor feels soft or a door frame gives, the repair is no longer cosmetic. Nothing about the early stage is visible from the living side of the drywall, which is the entire reason the damage gets expensive.
An annual inspection is a short visit that checks the places activity actually starts: the foundation line, crawl space, attic framing, and any wood in contact with soil. It also confirms your existing treatment is still doing its job, since soil gets disturbed by landscaping, drainage work, and new construction. For homes with a bait system, that monitoring is the mechanism itself, not just a check-up.
Common signs include mud tubes along your foundation, discarded wings near windows, hollow-sounding or sagging wood, and small piles of what looks like sawdust. Many infestations show no obvious signs, which is why a professional inspection is the only way to know for sure.
We treat both subterranean termites, which nest in the soil and enter through the foundation, and drywood termites, which live inside the wood itself. Your technician identifies the species during inspection and matches the treatment to it.
It depends on the method. Liquid soil treatments can protect a home for several years, and bait station systems provide ongoing protection as long as they are monitored. We recommend annual inspections to keep the protection current.
Yes. Our treatments are applied by licensed technicians using EPA-approved products, placed in the soil, foundation, and wood structures rather than your living space. We walk you through any simple precautions before we begin.
Most treatments are completed in a single day. A liquid soil treatment on an average home typically takes a few hours depending on the foundation type and how much access we need around the perimeter. Bait station installation is usually faster. Your technician will give you a realistic window after the inspection, before any work starts.
Almost never. Standard policies treat termite damage as a maintenance issue rather than a sudden event, so repairs typically come out of pocket. That is a large part of why inspections and preventive treatment are worth doing, since the cost of catching activity early is a fraction of structural repair.
Not necessarily. Soil treatments break down over time and get disrupted by landscaping, irrigation changes, drainage work, and additions. Bait systems only keep working while they are being monitored. If it has been several years since your last inspection, it is worth having the treatment zone verified rather than assuming it is intact.
If pests return between scheduled services, so do we, at no additional charge. We don't stop until the job is done.
Every BRD technician is fully licensed, background-checked, and trained in the latest treatment methods and safety protocols.
Local teams mean faster scheduling. When you can't wait, we often can have a technician at your door the same day you call.
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