Comments on: The Truth about Arizona Termites http://thephoenixagents.com/the-truth-about-arizona-termites/ Chris Butterworth - sharing thoughts on real estate (and everything else.) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Termites Phoenix http://thephoenixagents.com/the-truth-about-arizona-termites/comment-page-1/#comment-6104 Termites Phoenix Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:57:53 +0000 http://www.butterhomes.com/blog/?p=892#comment-6104 Chris, This is great information on termite control and the problem it poses in Arizona. We are the best reviewed termite company on the net and would gladly help you with any termite related issues. Scott Reilly Arizona Termite Control Chris,
This is great information on termite control and the problem it poses in Arizona. We are the best reviewed termite company on the net and would gladly help you with any termite related issues.

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]]> By: Chris Butterworth http://thephoenixagents.com/the-truth-about-arizona-termites/comment-page-1/#comment-3388 Chris Butterworth Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.butterhomes.com/blog/?p=892#comment-3388 Pam - thanks for sharing your story.. what an ordeal to have to go through! I've never heard of a story like that before, and I've lived here for almost 40 years! I would imagine the dry wood termites were the cause of your problems.. (I mentioned above are a bit more of a problem & require a more invasive treatment, although they are much more rare as a percentage.) I'm not a pest-control expert, but I've had a contractor, an inspector, and a pest control specialist all explain that subterranian termites can live in a pile of wood for years before that wood is not suitable for building... Subterranian termites, or evidence of prior treatment for them, are found in about half of the home-sale transactions I've been involved in (and in 3 of the 4 houses I've lived in as an adult!) These little buggers are not a big deal, as long as they're treated. I would be more concerned about finding dry wood termites. Not only would I want them treated, but I'd want to make sure the wood they were living in is still structurally sound. Thanks again for sharing, Pam, and best of luck to you! Pam – thanks for sharing your story.. what an ordeal to have to go through!

I’ve never heard of a story like that before, and I’ve lived here for almost 40 years! I would imagine the dry wood termites were the cause of your problems.. (I mentioned above are a bit more of a problem & require a more invasive treatment, although they are much more rare as a percentage.)

I’m not a pest-control expert, but I’ve had a contractor, an inspector, and a pest control specialist all explain that subterranian termites can live in a pile of wood for years before that wood is not suitable for building…

Subterranian termites, or evidence of prior treatment for them, are found in about half of the home-sale transactions I’ve been involved in (and in 3 of the 4 houses I’ve lived in as an adult!) These little buggers are not a big deal, as long as they’re treated.

I would be more concerned about finding dry wood termites. Not only would I want them treated, but I’d want to make sure the wood they were living in is still structurally sound.

Thanks again for sharing, Pam, and best of luck to you!

]]> By: Pam Cannon http://thephoenixagents.com/the-truth-about-arizona-termites/comment-page-1/#comment-3387 Pam Cannon Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:03:14 +0000 http://www.butterhomes.com/blog/?p=892#comment-3387 Sorry to say that if I had read this article first I would have thought that termites are not a problem in Arizona which is not true. And we have both kinds in/at our home and they appeared when the house was only about 5-6 yrs old. Tunnels were everywhere and the ones in the yard had destroyed the yard completely. We had to completely replant our grass. We had the house treated for $2000. It didn't take. The company came back, retreated and the ones going up the base of the house have stopped (I think) but the ones that took over the yard are back again! They ARE a problem in the dry Arizona desert. In fact, I owned an older home in Pinal County that was completely destroyed by termites. NO ONE would even treat that house. I eventually lost that house and it has since been torn down. So, I know you mean well but please don't downplay termites. They are a force to be reckoned with. Sorry to say that if I had read this article first I would have thought that termites are not a problem in Arizona which is not true. And we have both kinds in/at our home and they appeared when the house was only about 5-6 yrs old. Tunnels were everywhere and the ones in the yard had destroyed the yard completely. We had to completely replant our grass. We had the house treated for $2000. It didn’t take. The company came back, retreated and the ones going up the base of the house have stopped (I think) but the ones that took over the yard are back again! They ARE a problem in the dry Arizona desert. In fact, I owned an older home in Pinal County that was completely destroyed by termites. NO ONE would even treat that house. I eventually lost that house and it has since been torn down. So, I know you mean well but please don’t downplay termites. They are a force to be reckoned with.

]]> By: More Truth About Arizona’s Termites http://thephoenixagents.com/the-truth-about-arizona-termites/comment-page-1/#comment-2237 More Truth About Arizona’s Termites Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:33:29 +0000 http://www.butterhomes.com/blog/?p=892#comment-2237 [...] today I sent a current client a link to Chris’ excellent August article called The Truth About Arizona’s Termites. Wanted to add a few additional items I’ve learned over the years by talking to my termite [...] [...] today I sent a current client a link to Chris’ excellent August article called The Truth About Arizona’s Termites. Wanted to add a few additional items I’ve learned over the years by talking to my termite [...]

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