Practical guidance for homeowners, landlords and facility managers buying pest control services.
Pretreatment costs $0.30 to $0.75 per square foot, about $600 to $1,500 on a typical home. Two thirds of states require it, and it is not permanent.
Carpenter bee treatment costs $150 to $500, powderpost beetles $500 to $5,000. None of them are covered by your termite bond.
A wasp nest in May costs near $100. The same nest in September costs up to $1,300. Timing is the most underused lever a homeowner has.
The bond is the product, not the chemical. Renewal runs $200 to $400. Retreatment-only against damage repair is the distinction that decides its value.
Wasps resolve the same day, fleas take four to six weeks. Seeing more bugs after treatment is usually expected. When to call it a failure.
Once overwintering pests are in your walls there is no effective treatment. The whole solution is exclusion in late summer, before they enter.
DIY costs $50 to $150 against $200 to $700 professionally. It works well on source-driven pests and fails predictably on termites, bed bugs and rodents.
Inadequate preparation is the top reason treatment fails and the top reason a callback is refused. What each treatment actually needs, and what not to do after.
Children and pets can usually return once surfaces dry, 30 minutes to 4 hours. But the binding answer is the re-entry interval on the label, and you can ask for...
Landlords are responsible in most states under the warranty of habitability, with exceptions for tenant conduct. Arkansas is the only state without one.
