Termites don't announce themselves the way most pests do. In Churubusco, a humid continental climate with hot, humid summers, cold winters, and significant year-to-year snowfall variation, and A blend of older farm-country homes and mid-century manufacturing-town construction, with basements standard. Regular inspection is the only reliable way to catch a colony before it causes real structural damage.
Because termite colonies operate underground and out of sight, our process leans heavily on inspection: checking every foundation wall, sill plate, and crawl space for activity. From there we deploy either soil treatment or a Sentricon-style bait and monitoring program, both backed by a written service report.