Inspection comes before any treatment plan, and it covers the ground as well as the structure. Termite control in Southlake then targets the colony itself. Sealing at your entry points follows, backed by the money-back guarantee.
The lighter Cross Timbers soil out here drains fast, which sounds protective and is not, because it lets a colony travel a long way from its nest before it reaches your timber. A treatment sized for heavy clay stops well short of where it actually sits. Around Southlake Forterra widens the search accordingly, then seals the structure with the Zero Gap System™. Texas Pest Control License TPCL #850046.
Termite work for Southlake homes runs from the Southlake office, where sandier soil and daily irrigation mean the inspection covers the yard as well as the foundation.
Southlake homes are mostly newer and built to better standards than the older stock elsewhere in our territory, which makes the termite story here about moisture rather than age. Subterranean termites need damp soil, and heavily irrigated landscaping running against a foundation supplies it every week of the year. A well-built slab with a sprinkler head throwing water at the wall is a more attractive target than an older slab that stays dry.
The other local factor is landscaping depth. Beds built up above the slab line, timber edging left in contact with soil, and mulch piled against brick all give a colony a covered route to the structure. Those are the things we flag at the inspection, because they are usually fixable by the homeowner and they change the risk more than any product does. Treatment is Sentricon or a liquid barrier, chosen by what the structure needs.
Sentricon suits a lot of Southlake properties for a practical reason. Heavy landscaping and hardscape make a continuous liquid barrier difficult to place properly around some of these homes, and a barrier with a gap in it is not a barrier. We will say which the structure actually needs rather than defaulting to whichever is easier to install.
"I have tried several companies in the past, but I was not entirely satisfied. However, my friend recommended forterra, and in particular, Drake. He took the time to thoroughly explain everything and performed his duties with great care and professionalism. He advised me to wait three weeks for the results, but within just one week, I could already see a remarkable improvement. Thank you very much, Drake, and to the entire team."
"Allen was so nice, detailed, and really made us feel like he cared for our home as if we’re his own. We will definitely recommend this service and have had it for a few years. Thank you!"
"Raul is a knowledgeable technician, and Forterra provides excellent pest control services at a reasonable price. I will continue using them for my pest control needs."
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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.”
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.
Your tech checks the full perimeter, foundation, slab seams, weep holes, wood-to-ground contact, moisture points, and any accessible crawlspace.
Mud tubes, frass, hollow wood, discarded wings, sagging wood. We photograph anything worth noting, active or historical.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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It changes where the colony is rather than whether you have one. Sandier ground lets subterranean termites travel considerably further from a nest than heavy clay allows, which puts a great deal of distance between where they are living and where the damage shows up. An inspection around Southlake therefore has to search wider than one sized for clay conditions ever would.
Yes. Build quality has almost no bearing on a colony that is already in the soil, and subterranean termites arrive from underneath rather than through a wall. What a newer Southlake house gives you is sound framing and fewer ways in, so anything found early stays a treatment rather than a repair. Irrigation against the foundation matters far more than age.
A considerable one. Sprinklers running against a foundation every few days keep the soil at the perimeter consistently damp, and that is precisely the condition subterranean termites need to work close to a structure. On a landscaped Southlake property it does more to attract a colony than the age of the building itself does, which surprises a good many owners.
At the foundation line where planting and irrigation meet the wall, at any point where a deck, pergola or landscape timber touches the ground near the house, and around the base of stone veneer. On a Southlake property those junctions are numerous, which is why an inspection out here takes longer than it would on a compact suburban lot.
No, and anyone implying it does is overselling. Termite work goes after a colony in the ground and uses different products, different placement and a different schedule entirely. Ants, scorpions, spiders and everything else that gets indoors belong to the recurring plan. Many Southlake households carry both, quoted and scheduled as two separate pieces of work on one account.
The technician walks the perimeter, the foundation line and whatever can be reached beneath or around the building, looking for tubes, damaged timber, moisture and anything inviting a colony closer. What you get afterwards is written down, covering what is active now and what is setting the property up for trouble later. The second list is usually the cheaper one to act on.
It is. The Forterra money-back guarantee covers it, with terms set down on paper rather than described in a conversation. Where activity carries on after treatment, coming back is our cost. A guarantee that expired in a few weeks would mean nothing for work like this, because the result only becomes visible across a full season or two.
Barely at all. Nearly everything happens outdoors along the foundation, and the parts needing to be done inside are usually a garage, a utility room or one section of wall. You are told which spaces a technician needs, and for about how long, before the day arrives, so nobody at a Southlake property is caught out on the morning.
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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.
