We finally had someone come out and get rid of the termites this morning. After having 5 or 6 different companies do inspections and give us estimates, we decided against tenting the house. While this would have gotten rid of all termites in the walls, it would have been a huge project (involving removing all food, plants, medicines, shampoo, soap, lotion, and baby mattresses from the house, staying somewhere else for 2 nights, and boarding the cats for several days. Also, the tenting would have possibly killed some of the outdoor plants that are next to the house, and the workers probably would have broken at least a few roof tiles.) Instead we went with a company that does an in-depth local inspection (the exterminator drilled small holes in the wall near where we first saw the damage to check for further infestations) and extermination. Two hours after he showed up, the job was done!
Posted by Jen at April 25, 2007 11:30 AM