Professional Termite Treatment Failing?
Hi! We live in Phoenix AZ and last year we discovered soft spots in our wood floors. It’s an old house from the 60s with parquet wood floors that were painted black by the previous owners. The house is on top of a concrete slab, block wall construction.
At first we just thought the floors were deteriorating or had been bashed when we moved some furniture, but then my husband said “what if it’s termites?” And so I peeled back the layer of black paint, and sure enough you could see the little buggers running around.
We hired a professional company that my co-worker’s husband works for. We paid $1600 for them to drill around the perimeter, drill into the living room floor in several areas where the soft spots are, and install bait stations in several areas. I assumed it was taken care of.
Six months later, I pulled the couch out to clean the floor, and noticed the soft spots had spread even more, I peeled back a spot and sure enough still live termites. This was in an area where they had drilled. I contacted the company and they sent someone out to drill and inject poison again, the technician decided to do it on the outside wall and not in the living room, which seemed odd.
Now three months have passed, checked again and there are still visible termites. There are even more soft spots around the front door. I started painting outlines so I can tell if they get bigger. I just contacted the company to come out again.
I just wanted to ask if it’s normal to require so many treatments? The termites keep destroying more and more of our flooring. I have not found them anywhere else, but I worry they could be doing other structural damage. Luckily our walls are concrete block so they can’t eat those, but I worry about the roof and interior walls. The floors are old so we were thinking of replacing them eventually anyway, but now we might have to expedite that project because the termite damage is so bad.
Should I worry this company isn’t treating properly?