Buying your First Home

Question:
We have just bought our first home, the previous owners had termites in the basement. The owner said that the house is now termite free.
They used a service that placed small green cups around the house, can I take the cups away and not have to worry anymore?
Answer:
Sorry No
The 'cups' can be a combination of monitoring device and a method to deliver pesticide to termites that enter them.
If you continue to have concerns about termites then you would need to renew the contract and effectively pay the pest control company for ever to ensure termites don't attack.
The much better alternative is to treat the wooden sill and any wood connected to concrete, dirt or stone foundations with several coats of Borate solution.
This will impregnate the wood and make it impossible for termites, carpenter ants, powder post beetles and decay fungus to attack the wood.
This is a one time treatment which cost about the same as an initial chemical treatment using monitoring cups.
This technique gives you real peace of mind. You don't have to worry whether the cups were properly inspected or not.
Borate treatment is a one time treatment. You have more important things to do than worry about termite monitors.
This treatment does not ask you to pay an annual service charge to make sure it works.
It is fully guaranteed.