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Can You Take Them with You? How Termites Spread and Proliferate – Unseen to Your Eyes

Moving into a new home is exciting. It is an opportunity to begin a new adventure in a new neighborhood. Part of the transition includes packing belongings into boxes and loading them into a moving truck. You may decide to pare down your items to reduce clutter. After all, why should you take all that extra stuff with you? One thought you may not have considered is whether you may be carrying more than clothes, dishes, furniture, and other essentials…

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Do Termites Survive in Cold Weather? Termites and Winter: Myth vs. Fact

Winter is a time for Mother Nature to kick back and rest. Trees lose their leaves. Flowers die away. Even people stop spending long hours outdoors. Because everything seems to slow down, it is easy to assume all creatures will do the same. Not surprisingly though, termites seem almost impervious to seasonal changes. They neither go dormant nor die out. Instead, they continue their destructive ways, following Mother Nature’s call to recycle and aerate the earth. When they enter your…

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Any Time of Year Is Perfect for Termite Inspections – Even Winter!

We often think of things in terms of seasons. There is spring, summer, fall, the beginning of school, racing season, holiday shopping season, and winter. Each period is marked by the activities conducted in them. Spring is a time of rebirth and cleaning. Summer is for family vacations. The beginning of school leads to mounds of supplies and new clothes. Thanksgiving starts off the shopping and festivities of the holidays. Then there is winter. People and animals slow down. There…

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It’s the Season of Goodwill! The Benefits of Termites…in the Wild

‘Twas the night before Christmas… famous words of a poem recited every holiday season. Remember what was happening in the house? Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The same cannot be said about termites. They eat twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. These bugs are even happy to nibble on your stockings if they have cellulose in the cloth fibers. As for presents, they will leave you with a hefty termite treatment bill on your…

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Give Thanks for a Termite-Free Home

Throughout the year, we ought to practice gratitude. November brings that out in most people. We are often thankful for our family, having food to eat, clothes to wear, and a home to sleep in. One aspect of our house that we can be thankful for is how it protects us from the outdoor elements. What happens when it gets damaged? You get it fixed. There is a type of damage that may be occurring deep within your walls now,…

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What’s on a Termite’s Thanksgiving Menu? Your House!

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of year. The holiday kicks off a season of gratitude and giving. One of the mainstays of Thanksgiving is the traditional meal. Many pictures and paintings depict a happy family gathered around a table filled with harvest vegetables, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple strudel, stuffing, and, of course, the turkey. While some families change the type of foods spread out before them, termites enjoy the same meal day in and day out. They will nibble…

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It’s Halloween! Don’t Get Tricked into a False Sense of Security

Fall is a fun time of year. In different areas of the country, leaves will change color and fall off trees. All over the land, there is a sense of Mother Nature winding down and getting ready for winter. The holidays creep in, and children decide what they will dress up for Halloween. Soon, you will have little cowboys, witches, ghosts, and other fictitious figures ringing your doorbell and chanting, “Trick or Treat.” It is a fun time of year.…

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Time for a Fall Cleanup to Keep Termites at Bay

We are aware of spring cleaning—that time of year when a house gets aired out, and a flurry of cleaning occurs. What about fall cleaning? Just like spring is the opportunity to wake your home and property up for the blossoming trees, fall is a great time to take care of some things around your Pleasanton home. There are gutters to clean out, trees to trim, and wood piles to remove from your foundation. Not only will a fall cleanup…

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Reasons People Don’t Get Termite Inspections

We all give reasons for not finishing something. For example, you may start on an exercise routine that requires you to get up early, but you stop because you think you need more sleep. You put off getting the oil changed in your car because you don’t have time to sit at the service shop. The problem is, procrastination often gets you into trouble. Take termites. These pesky critters eat non-stop and destroy homes across the U.S., but people still…

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4 Common Questions People Ask About Termites

Not too many people are interested in bugs. They understand that flies, spiders, ants, and roaches will enter their homes. When they get past that idea with a few swats of the fly swatter, they give no more thought to the creepy crawlies. One bug should be on everyone’s mind, as it causes billions of dollars in damage to homes across the United States each year. The termite is the hidden nemesis that literally will ‘eat you out of house…

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