Typical jobs across Dallas County

The calls we handle most often: what homeowners notice, what our technicians do, and what to expect.

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6 job stories

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What homeowners notice: On a warm March afternoon after rain, dozens of winged termites pour out of a baseboard in the front room of a 1910s frame bungalow in Winnetka Heights. By evening the sill is littered with shed wings, and the owners have no idea what is going on under the floor.
What we do: The technician crawls the whole space under the house, finds mud tubes climbing three brick piers and a skirting board buried in soil, and confirms eastern subterranean termites. Because the house sits on piers, the liquid soil treatment around each pier and the perimeter is priced after that inspection, with a bait-station option quoted alongside it.
What to expect: The owners approve a plan before anything is applied, and the report maps every pier and wall with activity, plus a note that skirting repairs on the street side may need the city's historic-district review.

2 hours typical visit

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What homeowners notice: A one-story brick house in Duncanville goes under contract, and the buyer's lender wants a wood-destroying insect report before closing. The sellers had a foundation crack patched a few summers back and worry about what an inspector might say.
What we do: The technician walks the slab edge and the garage expansion joint, opens the bath trap access behind the tub panel, and checks door frames, the attic and the fence where it meets the brick. No live termites turn up, but mulch piled over the slab edge, a dripping hose bib and fence pickets touching the wall are written up as conducive conditions.
What to expect: The sellers get a written WDI report in time for the lender, along with a short list of cheap fixes that make the house less inviting to termites.

75 minutes typical visit

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What homeowners notice: A builder in Midlothian, in northern Ellis County, has forms set, plumbing stubbed up and a pour scheduled for the end of the week on a new single-family lot. The house needs termite protection in the soil before the concrete goes down.
What we do: After the plumbing is in and before the vapor barrier is laid, the technician treats the soil under the slab footprint, along the inside of the forms and around every pipe penetration and the future tub drain, following the product label rates. The treated areas are recorded against the plan so nothing is missed.
What to expect: The concrete is poured on schedule, and the builder keeps the treatment record for the closing file and the eventual owner.

90 minutes typical visit

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What homeowners notice: Two days after a heavy May storm, a family in DeSoto finds more than a dozen fresh fire ant mounds: along the sidewalk seams, against the AC pad, in the flower beds and right beside the trampoline. One of the kids has already been stung on both ankles.
What we do: The technician uses Texas A&M AgriLife's Two-Step Method, broadcasting fire ant bait across the whole lawn while the ants are foraging, then treating the mounds by the trampoline, the AC unit and the back steps directly. Before leaving, the technician explains how long to keep the kids and the dog off the grass.
What to expect: Mound activity typically drops over the next few weeks as workers carry the bait back to the queens, and the report suggests a fall round after the September rains.

45 minutes typical visit

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What homeowners notice: A two-story home in Cedar Hill backs onto a cedar-covered slope of the escarpment, and by July the owners find a scorpion in a bathtub every few days. One stings a teenager reaching into a closet, and a flashlight check of the attic turns up several more on the rafters.
What we do: The technician identifies striped bark scorpions, then treats the attic, eaves, weep holes, garage and the limestone border and woodpile out back according to the label. Worn door sweeps, an open dryer vent and gaps around the AC lines are marked for sealing, and a follow-up visit is set because scorpions rarely clear in one pass.
What to expect: Sightings usually taper off after the follow-up and the sealing, and the report lists where scorpions were found so the owners know which spots to watch through the rest of the summer.

2 hours typical visit

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What homeowners notice: A household in the Mountain Creek area, between Mountain Creek Lake and Joe Pool Lake, can't sit on the patio after sundown in August without being bitten. With the county's West Nile updates in the news, the owners want the yard dealt with.
What we do: The technician walks the lot and finds water standing in a clogged gutter, a boat cover, plant saucers and a low corner by the fence. Containers are dumped, a larvicide goes into the water that can't be drained, and shrubs, the fence line and the shade under the deck get a labeled barrier treatment.
What to expect: Bites at dusk usually fall off within days, and the report recommends visits through the warm months plus a weekly walk-around to tip out anything holding water.

1 hour typical visit

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