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It's sooo gross, we have termites!

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danielleandscott
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It's sooo gross, we have termites!

We found termites IN the house last night, it was disgusting. We kept scratching ourselves all night.

Terminix is coming soon, does anyone know how much this is going to cost us?

Posted 3/12/06 10:02 AM
 
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Shanti
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

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Good luck getting them out!

Posted 3/12/06 10:02 AM
 

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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

oh no - I don't know how much it costs - but shouldn't they have found that out when you bought the house?

Posted 3/12/06 10:04 AM
 

Shorty
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

Us too,
and the neighbors,
AND my Grandparents, about 30 minutes from here.

There is no spray that gets rid of them completely. After they swarm (meaning come into the house- which they have, if you're seeing them), they'll be gone in a day or so.

All you can do is keep the temperature of the house cool (they like the heat, that's why they're coming out now), and just vacuum them up alive.

Trust me - don't waste the Terminix money just yet! Give it a day.

Posted 3/12/06 10:05 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

Posted by Marcie

oh no - I don't know how much it costs - but shouldn't they have found that out when you bought the house?



I am contacting our lawyer tomorrow b/c besides the termites, we had to have a plumber come in and fix the heat upstairs and the spicket in the garage is leaking and making the wall wet after they said it was fixed. Our inspection team had people within fix the problems, they s@ck!

Posted 3/12/06 10:09 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

Posted by Shorty

Us too,
and the neighbors,
AND my Grandparents, about 30 minutes from here.

There is no spray that gets rid of them completely. After they swarm (meaning come into the house- which they have, if you're seeing them), they'll be gone in a day or so.

All you can do is keep the temperature of the house cool (they like the heat, that's why they're coming out now), and just vacuum them up alive.

Trust me - don't waste the Terminix money just yet! Give it a day.



They are coming in a little while, but I am afraid they will be back and cause damage.

Posted 3/12/06 10:10 AM
 

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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

We have terminix and haven't seen termites since the day they came to spray and place traps around our house. Sometimes that is the only way to get rid of them is to lay traps around the house. Sparying alone won't help.

It cost us $1400 for the year to place them and then every year after it is just a maintenace fee.

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Posted 3/12/06 11:00 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

Thanks for the info. They are here now, so I soon will find out the cost.Chat Icon

Posted 3/12/06 11:04 AM
 

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Good Luck! Chat Icon Chat Icon

Message edited 3/12/2006 11:08:17 AM.

Posted 3/12/06 11:08 AM
 

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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

It cost us over $1600Chat Icon

shop around because they arent the cheapest

Posted 3/12/06 11:26 AM
 

MommyofG
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

Oh boy, DH said he saw one the other day too in our kitchen, Chat Icon Chat Icon we had traps put down 6 years ago and they sprayed and it cost over 2k and the company went out of business when DH called to complain! Not sure what DH is doing, but I saw our neighbor last week had the terminex lil van here , Scott let me know how much it cost. thanks
Janice

Posted 3/12/06 11:51 AM
 

danielleandscott
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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

The guy is installing the traps now, it is costing us $1900.Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 3/12/06 11:53 AM
 

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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

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The guy is installing the traps now, it is costing us $1900.Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon



Oh no!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 3/12/06 11:55 AM
 

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Re: It's sooo gross, we have termites!

Posted by danielleandscott

The guy is installing the traps now, it is costing us $1900.Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon



The cost sux now, but think if you weren't getting this fixed how much damage & cost they'd do to your house.

Good luck! My Cousin had the same problem a couple of years ago, but thankfully she hasn't seen them since.
(She also shortly after seeing them had her wood floor in the kitchen replaced and they sprayed under the floors before laying new floor down.)

Posted 3/12/06 11:59 AM
 
 

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