At the slab edge
Mud tubes
Thin earthen tunnels climbing a slab edge, pier or foundation wall. They’re how a colony travels from soil to wood without being out in the open.
The slab line
Termite Protection
We protect your investment. An inspection along the slab, porches and any wood touching soil, and a plain explanation of what we find before anyone talks treatment.
Chapter 01
What termites leave behind
You almost never see the termites. You see what they leave: mud tubes up a slab edge or pier, swarmers at a windowsill in spring, trim that sounds hollow or feels soft. East Texas soil and humidity keep subterranean colonies active, and they work out of sight.
That's the trouble with them. By the time wood gives under your thumb, the colony has been at it for a while.
The foundation line of a brick home with a window well and a pine straw shrub bed
How an inspection goes
We walk the foundation line first, then the garage, the porches and any place wood meets soil. We look at plumbing penetrations and expansion joints, because both are open doors for a colony coming up from the ground.
Then we tell you what we found, in plain words, before treatment comes up at all. If there’s nothing, we say so. If there is, you’ll see it with us.
Chapter 03
Keeping it protected
Termites follow moisture. A gutter that dumps at the foundation, a hose bib that drips, or lumber stacked against the siding gives them what they want. Those are fixes you can make yourself, and we’ll point out the ones we see.
Protection is ongoing monitoring, not a one-day event. If you spot swarmers, call the office on 430-260-7402 that day and keep a few in a bag so we can see what you saw.
Rivers Pest Control, 407 S Main St #6, Lindale. Call or text (430) 260-7402.
Check your own house today
Three signs, three places to look.
At the windowsill
Swarmers
Winged termites gathering at windows and lights in spring, or a pile of loose wings. Catch a few in a sealed bag and call the office.
On the trim
Soft wood
Baseboards, door frames and window trim that sound hollow when you knock or give under a screwdriver. The outside can look fine while the inside is gone.
The slab line has neighbours.
The same walk that finds a mud tube also finds the gap a mouse is using and the damp spot a mosquito likes. These are the rings either side of this one.
The whole house, four times a year
Quarterly Pest ControlGaps and runs
Rodent ServiceShade and standing water
Mosquito Control