Exterminators - Page 2

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

Just had this very thing done yesterday. Tiny moisture ants invaded my kitchen and were everywhere. Called my local bug guy and he sprayed around the outside of my house as well as in the areas inside where the ants were running amok. Cost was $287 plus tax so $318 and we signed up for a spray every 2 months for $49 each month. Will take care of all ants. Have the big carpenter ones in the late winter early spring for a few weeks. I HATE ants!!!! Tried the DYI remedies and they don't work.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

Dealing with carpenter ants is not at all like dealing with other types of ants. Carpenter ants take up residence in the wood of your home; whether it be in the floor, walls, or framing. For the ants you see, there are potentially thousands you do not see, because they are boring away and destroying your home from the inside out. My cousin and her husband bought a brand new mobile after they married, and put it in a very nice park. They chose a beautiful lot with an established oak tree in the front yard that provided great shade for their porch in the summer. After many years, they began to notice that the tree was no longer healthy, due to an infestation of carpenter ants. The landlord agreed to pay a professional tree service to remove the tree. When the tree was removed, the workers questioned my cousin and her husband about whether they had been killing carpenter ants in and around their mobile home, which they had been doing. Based on the advice given, the mobile home was checked, and found to have carpenter ants eating away at the framing under their roof. My cousin and her husband had to move out of the mobile home for several weeks, while the home was first treated, and then the roof torn off, so the framing could be replaced. The owner of the park paid the $15,000 to repair the mobile home.

If I saw carpenter ants in or around my home, I would not be satisfied until the house was treated by a professional exterminator. No do it yourself fixes for me with carpenter ants. Sugar ants, yes; red ants, yes, but not with carpenter ants since they are boring, destructive invaders.