Identify your termite risk areas

The first step toward termite detection is learning why termites may be around your home, and how they can enter your home.

Conditions that attract termites

Termite Damage on a Home
Termite Damage on a Home

Moisture

  • Run-off moisture, drainage
  • Condensation under home

Food

  • Wood house framing, debris in crawl space
  • Landscape timbers, mulch, stumps

Temperature

  • Controlled home temperatures create favorable conditions for termites year-round

Access: Tiny cracks throughout your home

  • Concrete slabs or basement foundations
  • Around utility pipes
  • Veneers: stucco, brick, wood

Worried about the risk of termite infestation, and damage to your home? Review answers to common termite questions and take action to help prevent termite damage.

Termite Hot Spots

Your home and its surrounding environment can offer just the right combination of food, moisture and warmth to attract termites. A crack in the foundation as thin as an average business card (1/32”) is all the space termites need to move into your home. Areas of insufficient grading, which allow water to form in puddles around the foundation, as well as run-off moisture from air conditioning units and debris in crawl spaces, are all prime targets for termites. Regular inspections of your home by a termite specialist can help identify clues of termite invasion.

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