Pre-Construction Termite Treatment in DFW

There are options at every stage, and most jurisdictions accept any of them as the pre-construction treatment. Before the slab, soil treatment goes under the pad. After the slab, the wood frame can be treated with borate products like Bora-Care or Totality. After final grade, a Sentricon perimeter program closes the envelope. Which one fits depends on where your build stands when you call.

Yes, that is the job. Phase scheduling against your pour calendar, one contact for your supers, per-address certificates delivered as each home closes, and quoting per phase so your budget reads clean. Weather-moved pours happen; a text moves the treatment with them.

Sentricon is never required, but it qualifies as a pre-construction treatment in most jurisdictions and it is the premium option, active colony-elimination protection working from day one, transferable to the buyer at closing. Some builders standardize it, others offer it as an upgrade; we install and document either way.

Quoted per address from the slab plans, or per phase for production work, in writing before the first treatment. Pricing scales with slab footprint and penetration count, and phase pricing rewards volume. Send the plans and the quote comes back with numbers, not a meeting request.

The soil treatment does, because it forms a continuous treated zone underneath the concrete that cannot be recreated afterwards without drilling. Missing that window does not leave a house unprotected, but the alternative is more disruptive and more expensive, so the scheduling is worth coordinating with the concrete crew early. Coordinating it early costs one phone call, and missing the window costs a drilled slab later.

Modern soil termiticides hold for several years under a slab, where they are shielded from sunlight and from the weathering that breaks down anything applied above ground. The variable is disturbance rather than time, so trenching for a pool, a patio or an irrigation line afterwards breaks the barrier and creates a gap worth retreating. Anything that breaks ground afterwards is worth mentioning at the next visit.

Often, and it is worth confirming rather than assuming. Texas builders commonly include a pretreat, but the paperwork does not always reach the buyer and the coverage is not always what people picture. Asking for the treatment record before closing tells you what exists, and it costs nothing to ask. Most builders do arrange one, and the paperwork proving it is the part that goes missing.