Termite Control in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Termites in Northern Utah & Salt Lake City
Subterranean termites are active across Utah, working silently inside walls and floors 24 hours a day. Colonies of thousands travel through mud tubes from the soil into the wood of your home, and the damage they cause is rarely covered by homeowners insurance. Professional termite control finds the colony and eliminates it before repairs get expensive.
Swarmers and shed wings near doors, windows or patios, often the first sign homeowners notice in spring.
Winged termites coming up along a garage door, slab edge or threshold mean a colony is nearby, not just a stray bug.
Dirt-like mud appearing on a wall or in a corner: termites are building tunnels from inside the wall.
A single thin mud tube running down an inside corner. Easy to mistake for a smudge of dirt.
Mud tubes branching up a wall from the floor. Easy to miss until you shine a flashlight on them.
A line of mud along the edge of door trim, where termites travel up inside the frame.
Paint that bubbles, cracks or peels away, with termites tunneling just behind the surface.
Pencil-width mud tubes climbing a foundation wall: termites travel through these to reach wood.
Mud packed in the gap between the foundation and the wood framing. Check here in unfinished basements.
A mud tube crossing a basement foundation wall and climbing the edge of a stud.
Mud caked where crawl space framing meets the foundation wall.
Mud pushing out from behind a closet baseboard. This is what many homeowners find first.
What was hiding behind the baseboard: termite tunnels across the whole lower wall. That is our treatment rod at work.
Inside an opened wall: a mud tube running straight up along a stud.
Tunnels across the drywall above a window, found during a remodel.
Termites don't just eat wood. A box of copy paper stored on the floor, eaten through and packed with mud.
A wall opened under a window: studs and the bottom plate eaten away behind the drywall.
A door frame opened up: the framing behind it eaten down to thin strips.
A wall opened under a skylight: the header and stud are packed with termite tunnels.
Heavy mud and tunneling across basement framing: a large, active colony.
Damaged joists and subfloor, visible from the basement or crawl space.
A board pulled from a wall: termites eat the soft wood and leave thin layers of grain and mud.
A beam hollowed out along the grain while the surface still looked fine. Damage like this is rarely covered by homeowners insurance.
Signs You Have Termites in Your Utah Home
- Mud tubes running up foundation walls or crawl space piers
- Wood that sounds hollow, or paint that bubbles and blisters
- Swarming winged termites or piles of discarded wings near windows
- Sagging floors, sticking doors, or maze-like patterns in wood
How A-1 Exterminators Treats Termites
Step 1
Inspect
We examine the foundation, crawl spaces, and wood throughout the structure to find mud tubes, damage, and active colonies.
Step 2
Treat
We treat the soil around your foundation and next to any active areas. Termites carry the treatment back to the colony and the colony is eliminated.
Step 3
Protect
A full home treatment comes with a 10-year termite warranty. Ask us about the details.
What Utah homeowners should know about termites
Subterranean termites are the species that damages houses along the Wasatch Front. The colony lives in the soil. Workers travel through mud tubes into framing, sill plates, and subfloors, and they can be active inside the wood long before anything shows on a painted wall.
Signs that are worth a call
- Mud tubes on foundation walls, piers, or the inside of a crawl space. A tube that is rebuilt after you break it means the colony is still active.
- Wood that sounds hollow when you tap it, or paint that blisters when you cannot find a leak.
- Swarmers, or piles of discarded wings, on windowsills in spring. The swarm is the colony sending out new reproductives. The colony itself stays in the soil and the wood.
- Soft or sagging floors, doors that suddenly stick, and maze-like galleries if a board is opened up.
What an inspection covers
A technician checks the foundation, crawl space, sill plates, porch and deck connections, and any wood that touches soil. The visit is there to find the tubes, the moisture feeding the colony, and how far the damage has reached. That is a different job from a general pest spray.
How treatment works
A licensed technician treats the soil around your home, including the soil right next to any activity we find. The treatment soaks into the soil along the foundation. As termites travel through it, they pick up the active ingredient and pass it to the rest of the colony, which eliminates the colony. Sprays aimed at the swarmers you can see do not reach the colony in the ground.
Why this is not an insurance problem to wait on
Standard homeowners policies generally do not pay for termite damage. Finding activity early is what keeps a repair small. If you are buying a house, the inspection before closing is the right time to look, especially on older homes with a crawl space or wood that sits close to the soil.
Buying or selling a home?
Lenders and buyers often ask for a termite report before closing. See our WDI termite inspections for VA, FHA, conventional and cash home sales.
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What Salt Lake Valley customers say
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