Termite Control in Dallas, TX
Sentricon bait stations ring the house, and your exterminator checks them once a year, re-baiting only when activity calls for it. Our termite control in Dallas also carries a Forterra-backed damage warranty, which few DFW companies offer.
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Why choose Forterra for termites in Dallas
Pier-and-beam houses across older Dallas neighborhoods keep joists and sills only a foot or two above bare soil, so a colony can feed for years without building a tube anyone would see. Old stumps and buried debris in the yard keep more colonies working nearby. Forterra inspects from the crawl space, records any past treatment history, and closes the entry points with the Zero Gap System™. Texas Pest Control License TPCL #850046, with the money-back guarantee.
Forterra Dallas.
Termite work for Dallas homes runs from the Dallas office, from crawl-space inspections on pier-and-beam houses to Sentricon installs with annual station checks.
Dallas, TX 75225
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- Mon to Fri, 7:00am to 7:00pm
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- Phones answered 24/7
- License
- TPCL #850046
Why Termites Thrive in Dallas
The Dallas office works some of the oldest housing stock in our territory, and termite pressure here has had decades to establish. North Texas has subterranean termites and no drywood termites, so everything worth looking for is at ground level or below it. On older properties the usual routes are the slab joint, plumbing penetrations that were never sealed properly, and porch or patio slabs poured up against the main foundation.
Mature trees matter more than people expect. A colony living in a stump or in buried construction debris in a decades-old yard is a source that keeps working regardless of any treatment at the wall. So the inspection is about finding where the colony is feeding, not only where the damage shows. Treatment is a liquid barrier or Sentricon depending on the structure, and we say which one the building actually needs rather than defaulting to one.
Records matter more on this stock than anywhere. Many older Dallas homes have had treatment at some point, sometimes decades ago, and knowing what someone did and when changes what makes sense now. Where nobody can produce that history we say so in the report rather than assuming the property never had treatment or assuming a past treatment still holds.
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"Miles did a great job and very nice and polite."
"I would recommend Forterra pest control. The technician that comes to spray is Cobie. Cobie is great. Not only is he kind and respectful but he does a great job at examining the outside of our home. And sprays and replaces baits on the inside of our home. We have seen a huge difference before they came and after they started coming."
"Quick and professional definitely recommend!"
"Drake did a good job, and was very thorough, thank you!"
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Kill the colony. Not the lawn.
Most termite companies spray a liquid barrier around the foundation, gallons of termiticide pumped into the soil, recharged every few years. Sentricon is a different idea: let the termites find the bait, carry it home, and take out the whole colony themselves. It's quieter, cleaner, and it actually ends the problem.
“We picked Sentricon because it's the only termite method we'd install on our own house. A liquid barrier protects a slab; a bait system ends a colony. And when a customer cancels, a liquid treatment is already in the ground, we can't take it back. Sentricon monitoring is something we provide, every visit, for as long as you're with us. That's the kind of service we want to stand behind.”
Two phases. Usually one visit.
Inspection first, always free, always in writing. If you decide to move forward, the install typically happens on the same visit. About 45 minutes to place, scan, and diagram the stations.
Inspection
- 01
Walk the foundation.
Your tech checks the full perimeter, foundation, slab seams, weep holes, wood-to-ground contact, moisture points, and any accessible crawlspace.
- 02
Look for evidence.
Mud tubes, frass, hollow wood, discarded wings, sagging wood. We photograph anything worth noting, active or historical.
- 03
Written report with photos.
You get a plain-language report: what was found, what it means, whether a Sentricon install is worth doing, and what it would cost. Zero pressure to sign anything on the spot.
Installation
- 01
Place stations every 10–20 feet.
Sentricon stations go into the soil around your foundation, every 10–20 linear feet, per the product label. No drilling into slabs, no trenching, no landscaping damage.
- 02
Scan & diagram.
Each station is scanned into our system with GPS and a hand-drawn site diagram. On our next visit, we know exactly where every one is, even if your mulch covered them up.
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Load with Always Active™ bait.
Stations ship pre-loaded with bait termites prefer over wood. No waiting period, no "monitoring-only" mode, the system is working the moment it's in the ground.
- ✓Free inspection with written report & photos
- ✓Sentricon station install (typically 8–15 stations)
- ✓Annual monitoring, re-baiting when necessary
- ✓Forterra-backed warranty (active while monitored)
- ✓Free station maintenance, broken, moved, re-diagrammed
- ✓Re-treatment guarantee if termites return
Protected for as long as you're a customer.
Let's be straight: our Sentricon warranty is a standard retreatment warranty, not a damage-repair warranty. It covers termite control, not fixing boards. Here's exactly what that means.
- Free re-treatment if termites appear while you're on monitoring
- Ongoing maintenance of every station (broken, moved, re-baited)
- Repositioning stations for new construction, pools, additions
- Money-back if three re-treatments can't resolve the issue: we refund your most recent payment
- Repair of wood damage caused by termites (structural, cosmetic)
- Protection after you cancel monthly monitoring, warranty ends with payment
- Homes without Sentricon stations installed by Forterra
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Termite pricing has two pieces: a one-time install, plus ongoing monitoring. Everything else, station maintenance, re-baiting, warranty coverage, is already in the monthly fee. No surprise charges.
- 1–2 hours on site
- Written report with photos
- No obligation to install
- $300–$400 preventative install
- $700–$800 if active termites are present
- Discounted further if you already have Sentricon stations installed, we can take over maintenance
- Scheduled monitoring visits
- Station maintenance & re-baiting included
- Forterra-backed warranty stays active with payment
Dallas Termite Control FAQ
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Because pier-and-beam construction puts untreated timber a short reach above bare soil, with nothing built in between. A subterranean colony can reach the wood without constructing much at all. That is a very different starting position from a modern slab, and it is why the inspection on an older Dallas house goes underneath the building rather than around it.
Yes, and on an older Dallas property that is where the inspection largely happens. Walking the exterior of a pier-and-beam house tells an inspector almost nothing, because the evidence sits on joists, piers and the underside of the floor. Access matters, so clearing the hatch before a visit saves time on the day and produces a considerably better report.
At the piers and the underside of the floor where you can reach them, and anywhere timber meets soil at a porch or a step. A mud tube climbing a pier is the giveaway on an older Dallas property. Inside, a door frame that sounds hollow or a scatter of discarded wings by a window is worth a call.
Not at all, though the odds of some historic activity are higher. Plenty of older Dallas homes have had a colony at some point and a proper treatment with no structural consequence. What matters is finding current activity and dealing with the conditions, since a Dallas building of that age has usually accumulated several of them over the decades.
It should not, and that is a fair thing to raise before work starts. Treatment on an older Dallas property concentrates on the soil and the structural timber rather than finished surfaces, and where the job needs drilling your exterminator discusses placement first. Anyone who will not have that conversation before starting is not the right choice for a historic house.
The colony declines over weeks rather than days, which is normal and not a sign that anything failed. Judging it too early is the usual mistake people make. Follow-up checks confirm that activity has actually stopped, rather than relying on an absence of visible signs, since visible signs were never a particularly reliable measure of anything in the first place.
Yes, in two ways, both written down. If activity returns, we re-treat at no charge, and if three re-treatments fail, the Forterra money-back guarantee refunds your most recent payment. Plan customers also get a damage warranty that Forterra itself stands behind, which very few DFW companies offer at all.
No. Termite treatment does not require vacating the property, and most of the work happens outside or beneath the structure. Where the work needs interior access it usually stays within a garage, a utility area or a section of wall, and we tell you which rooms and for roughly how long well before the day itself.
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Start with a free inspection.
We'll take it from there.
A Certified Sentricon Specialist at your door in about two business days. Inspection is free and in writing. If Sentricon isn't right for your home, we'll tell you.
- ✓Free termite inspection
- ✓Sentricon install $300–$800
- ✓Ongoing monitoring & warranty
- ✓Free station maintenance
- ✓Free re-treatment
- ✓Annual or month-to-month terms