I had this system in my home and it works. Later in life I was a pest control tech and installed this system with great success.

When you find the bait station is attached with termites, what should be the treatment? Just replacing the bait station eliminates termite or special treatment with Termidor solution has to be applied.. I like to know whether pest company will replace baits (or) do the solution treatment with additional cost?

Is it dangerous if the termitisda goes into the soil and is it can effect our land water, because in my house the water is only 3 or 5 meter deep, im affraid if the chemical to kill the termite will be effect our water if we drink it , is there any one in here can answer my question about it , thanks, and what side effect this chemical does to human body if we consumed it.

Bait stations and liquid treatments each have their place. Any pest control professional will tell you that the liquid treatments are much more effective and should be used, if possible. The best analogy I could make about the two systems is that the liquid treatment is like a placing razor wire around your house as far as termites go, and the bait stations are like landmines. Also, typically a pest control company will tell you that a liquid treatment should protect your home for up to 10 years (sometimes more depending on the climate). But companies (like mine) like to sell bait stations because we charge annually to come and inspect them every few months for activity. So it's really six one way, a half-dozen the other. But like you said at the beginning, if you don't like the idea of a lot of chemicals around your home bait stations might be your best solution.

@littledudefromacrossthestr5755

2 жыл бұрын

Ty

@zhiyuxiong5092

2 жыл бұрын

You’re awesome 🤩

@OwainnAlexandros

2 жыл бұрын

Is it true that you need to pay for both treatments ?

@silenthillfarms

2 жыл бұрын

There are some situations like mine where you have a well and cannot use ground chemicals, so I have no choice but to use Bora Care and bait stations

@jakemunoz2400

2 жыл бұрын

I would have to disagree with you. I have been a termite professional for over 13 years and have done plenty of both liquid and bait treatments and would by far recommend the baits over the liquid. Liquid treatments are far too likely to be disturbed and cause a break in the barrier.

Sorry, but this sure sounds like a termite contract to me if he has to come out once a year. What else would you call a repeat/return visit?

this video should be called "watch me get scammed"

@vapeurdepisse

10 ай бұрын

I love how my local pest control company is sending me to this video to demonstrate why liquid barriers are so bad and why I should go with the expensive never-ending bait station plan. And the top comment is yours 😂

@olympic-ass-eater

2 ай бұрын

@@vapeurdepisse Is it true that bait stations take ages to kill the colony vs liquid treatment with termidor only take 1 - 2 week?

I would think that a combination of a liquid termitacide and sentracon would be the most effective way to treat for termites

@Methodical2

11 ай бұрын

Agree and that is what I'm going to do.

@vapeurdepisse

10 ай бұрын

Yep I'm doing that too

@DaSmokeNuke

4 ай бұрын

That’s what you do. This is the only comment I’m making on this vid. Am a licensed pest control tech. Use sentricon and Tarus SC

@Mickey_Bauer

4 ай бұрын

@@DaSmokeNuke Thank you! That sounds like a great plan. My only concern is the 2 ft concrete walkway around one part of the house. I could drill the concrete but i have nothing to inject the chemical with. Any way of injecting Taurus underneath that walkway by drilling holes in dirt with an auger or something like that?

We've had this system for 4 yrs. $1300 to install and a $300 annual fee after that. I haven't seen any termite activity since. (The initial and only clue was termite wings in the house.) I am tired of paying $300 a year, though. Seems too pricey to me. I'm thinking of switching to a cheaper yet effective alternative.

@olympic-ass-eater

2 ай бұрын

$300/year is cheap vs what termite can do to your house. Sub termite is everywhere and they can travel within a football stadium length. They swam every single year.

@frany4417

Ай бұрын

I've also had that system. Seemed to work, but the company kinda went downhill. Every year, they raised the annual payment. Would show up once a year unannounced, never making an appointment. They also only check some not all of the baits. Never in 8 years changing any cartridges and I was recently told they last 5 years. So, I decided to do some research. Here's what I found. A good yt channel is Guy's pest solution. He's retired after 30 years of being certified in multiple states. He has many diy suggestions. Check out his video on BioAdvanced termite killer granules. But be sure to get the right ones that contain the right active ingredients. As there are two different ones. It'll be in the video. Good luck!

@hfsmm1hfsmm167

Ай бұрын

@@frany4417 Thanks!

The chemical has no effect on the property, it doesn’t eat away at the foundation, doesn’t kill plant life, in fact it not only kills termites it kills lots of other insects. Most companies will use a product called Termidor, which is great for ants. The company you used for the liquid treatments most definitely also has the bait stations. But just because you have subterranean treatments, or bait stations. Doesn’t mean you won’t have any termites, drywoods do not come from the ground and require a completely different treatment.

@Trillproductions89

Жыл бұрын

What if you live off a well or spring?

@timg185

9 ай бұрын

A lot of chemicals are said to be safe and then later found to be hazardous to people and pets. The idea of this system is to eliminate the colony and not just create a chemical barrier.

@timg185

9 ай бұрын

Termidor was one of the regulated pesticides we used when I did pest control. It is also used for ants . Especially carpenter ants . Bait was not effective on carpenter ants like it was for other ants.

What I don’t understand is why would you add termite bait around your house to attract termites. Trench line around your house and dumping chemicals to create a barrier is the right way to do it. The job does have more labor but it does protect your home. Termites will still get inside the house even if you have bait stations.

@vanessatyler617

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't attract termites. The only thing that attracts termites is termites; their pheromones. You're likely to have termites in a home's lifetime, the tunnels filled with those pheromones will lead them straight to bait after the first termites find it. So the termites are leas straight to the bait moving forward. The bait kills the colony 100% of the time. You have no way of knowing your liquid treatment is successful. You have to use your home as collateral (bait) and HOPE you see the termites when they infest.

@mrfaust8602

2 жыл бұрын

there isnt any " attractant" to termites. Termites tunnel blindly through the ground until they find a food source, ie wood, whether its a tree, stump, or some sort of structure, once they deplete that food source they tunnel out in all directions until one finds another food source, they then use pheromones to tell the others and the process repeats, once a colony reaches a certain size it begins to produce alates, and once every one to two years will release swarmers to create new colonies.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

I gave up on bait stations after working the sentricon accounts and seeing all the failures of the system ,go with termidor.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

Don't do the switch to sentricon ,you will be very sorry

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

The chemical is termidor ,essentially it's a liquid bait ,very safe ,very effective.its the same product used in most pet flea treatments applied to their skin so there is no danger,.those bait stations hardly ever get hit ,you are making an expensive error in using sentricon

I’ve been working for terminix for 13 years and we used to use these but now use trelona atbs and the stations work but I like to keep them 8 feet apart and no more than 10 feet from the foundation

@rickvest3021

Жыл бұрын

you guys are a rip-off well at lease in Ohio want to charge 5 thousand dollars to come out and don't even go under the house or anything

VERY interesting! Have to look into it!

Baiting system not effective as trenching, what if termite by pass your bait. Othe termites already eating your home and you are still waiting for the bait to work. Better if you use both method, trenching and baiting.

Hai, thanks for your video, I did energetic contribution to the space and the termite and it's gone.... gratitude on energetic contribution

Here's my input doing pest control for the time I have. The liquid is more effective and lasts 7-10 years depending on the elements. Now yes you may find that the excessive dumping of liquid around the home is discouraging and doesn't look good. But considering it's pros that its like a thick wall of pesticide that will effectively kill all termites around your home and most other insects in the ground as well its not as bad. The sentricon stations are some of the worst stations to place around your home. If you ever have the opportunity to watch someone come out and inspect these stations you are going to see them struggle to remove them from the ground. The "bait" inside the stations are a wooden stick coated in termiticide that will help kill a colony of termites after the termites find said stations. It can take up to 90 days for a colony to find these stations to even begin the process. They're difficult to take the top off cause the tool supplied with the station is not suitable for the amount of force needed. The stations will become overgrown easily and overtaken by the earth so your first year you may see the 30 or so stations around your home but after 2-3 years you may only find 10 at best unless you are constantly digging them up. They are green so they naturally blend into the ground and can be easily skipped. They are roughly every 5-10 feet and the lawn mower if mowing low enough can clip them. The wood will rot and mold and become effectively useless besides bringing termites to your own with roughly no treatment to prevent it. Not saying who I work for but most leading pest control companies has people who don't do the job efficiently or don't want to do it what so ever. So if you don't watch the treatment being done you might as well just not have a termite treatment being maintained when you're not watching.

@mrfaust8602

2 жыл бұрын

the old stations sucked, the new ones are way better, they are literllay nearly 90% cellouse impregnated with an IGR, studies have shown they can wipe out entire colonies even formosan colonies in as little as 2 years, with termidor you can have a colony living next to your house for years in a tree stump, just praying there isnt a root going up under your house providing their path in. at least a bait station by the stump gives you a shot at taking them out, and at least here in FL, termidor cant be used within 50 of standing water, so thats a ton of homes or 50 feet of an ingroud well, there goes a bunch more homes and can only be used at the base of structures so again, colony in the stump just 2 feet from your house, alive and well the whole time, throwing off swarmers.

@silenthillfarms

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrfaust8602 I've been using Advance termite bait stations. They seem pretty affective. I can't use the chemicals because of my well. So I sprayed all wood with Bora Care and use the baits.

@AzBugGuy

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure that saying that baiting stations “can wipe out entire colonies even formosan in as little as 2 years.” is anything other than a reason NOT to use these. You won’t have a house left to protect.

@BHappy-tp6nn

11 ай бұрын

My termite company doesn't have a problem opening the bait stations or even finding them as they have a marker on them that beeps...not a "skilled" job to check bait stations/replacing "bait". My gripe is I'm paying $30/month for them to come out l time per year to check them.

A neighbor planted these at the property line within a foot of our garden. (Yea I know) Can someone tell me if our garden is destroyed? Pods are in place about 3 weeks now. I've heard the 'talk' about not mobile in soil, so I need to know the truth. & Thanks for this video!

@macruizphotography

2 жыл бұрын

it wont effect your garden, since its sub terrain. your plants roots wont ever touch it.

@kv1881

2 жыл бұрын

@@macruizphotography I am seeing slow mobility leaching into soil - but moderately persistent in toxic half-life. Depends on who's 'safety sheet' one reads perhaps. Kills fish, maybe earthworms, other lab testing on blood and liver in response to exposure. That's maybe to an extreme - I have to define what class IV toxin is yet. Sorry my answer is not complete - and you are correct - used as designated it's 'relatively safe' by design - but my organic garden doesn't like them already(!) ...only slight humor there

What is the name of the company

Termites only need 1/32-inch of a gap to get into the house. So let's place bait stations 15 feet apart! And sponsor the video!

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

The logic they use for sentricon takes lots of faith in the system and from my experience this faith is unfounded in reality

@Michael-nu6fb

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a barrier like liquid termiticide.

@Michael-nu6fb

2 жыл бұрын

But ya heavily biased.

@woodywood6961

2 жыл бұрын

What are the chances that little mud tunnel would hit that little 1/32-inch gap? What are the chances you recon? They’ll always find it I bet you’ll say. The answer is yes. They will. because they forage through the soil. They explore everywhere and when they find a food source they release a chemical to let everyone know this trail leads to food. That’s how bait stations work. They are full of a very easily digestible cellulose bait. Termites love it. They forage around and they’ll find the bait way before they find that 1/32-inch gap. Then it’s all over.

@niketapersie9767

2 жыл бұрын

W we

If the termiticide is not dangerous to humans then why worry about pouring it around the house in a trench? Also how does the cost of the sentricon annually compare with Termidor every 7 or 8 years?

@woodywood6961

2 жыл бұрын

Two different chemicals. Termidor is Fiprinil 100g/L. It’s very effective for lots of things but has also been contributed to colony collapse syndrome for bees. You should keep it away from waterways etc. Baits are a chiten inhibitor, a type of insect growth inhibitor. He was saying it’s harmless to us because we don’t produce chiten. That’s the stuff that makes the outer skeleton on bugs etc

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

There is no logical reason to fear termidor but like other things when you are selling something different than the norm you have to scare the customer into avoiding the "huge volumes of deadly pesticides in the ground next to your house,these volumes of chemicals aren't that much when you understand the linear footage and the fact the product does dry and remain in small particles throughout your home foundation but at that time the residuals are very low toxicity to humans or pets and is under the soil .this soil should never need to ever be disturbed while living in that house.the scare mongers are just lying to you

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

@@woodywood6961 that is not from any termite treating or general pest control service .you are talking only theory and you are incorrect

@michaelmerck7576

26 күн бұрын

I do pest control I do know what I am talking about ,what did I say that you can prove I am wrong you can't

@michaelmerck7576

26 күн бұрын

Man you are an idiot

You said the contract u have had for 2 decades is"not cutting it" did you have a problem with termites getting in? If you didn't then the treatment has been working. why would you then change it?? Also is the company installing the bait stations offering you the same warranty as you're previous termite company did?

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

She didn't make herself clear but sentricon used to carry a million dollar termite repair replacement guarantee but that might not still be true.even so ,if she already had such a warranty it might have been at end of the renewable limit and needed to be fully treated again,if so her cost would be about the same either route she chose.maybe the company didn't offer the retreat repair warranty on the new applications and sentricon did offer it ,if that was so I would do the sentricon if only for the warranty .except for that the liquid is the better option.this customer just got enamored by a slick sentricon sales pitch more than likely and just bit on it

Food for thought....

Never depend on bait stations alone. Trench and treat the home as well, especially for active hits

how much

There was a guy in the background spraying the ground with something right at the beginning of his explanation.. Was that for termites also?

@PrettyHandyGirl

4 жыл бұрын

That was the regular pest treatment for roaches, ants, and spiders. This property had a lot of roaches so I wanted to make sure it was treated for that as well.

@onenikkione

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrettyHandyGirl didn't you say in the video that you didn't like chemicals being placed on or in the ground

@Vrsac113

3 жыл бұрын

@@onenikkione I had the same thought when I saw the guy spraying

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrettyHandyGirl I thought you didn't want toxic chemicals dumped on the ground but you don't mind the pest control spraying which is way more dangerous than the submerged temidor in the soil and covered up

@raulrivera5009

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrettyHandyGirl How about treatment for termite is already in the wood in your home. What is the best treatment for that kind of problem.

Are those deep enough? Can a termite just go around the bait? Any?

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

If course they can.its all based on a random feeding philosophy of which is beginning to be debunked as we learn more about termites over the constant study and new research

@michaelmerck7576

26 күн бұрын

I have seen that quite often

Bait stations are almost as useless as tenting.

If you have a well or a spring the liquid poured around your house could be bad.

@AzBugGuy

Жыл бұрын

You can find termiticides on the market with the same active ingredient as some of the common recommendations (Termidor), which is imidichloprid, combined with other inert ingredients that bind with the soil to prevent runoff (Premise).

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

Building a house that close to a well or spring is probably not withing any modern building code so keep that In mind .termidor is not likely to leach into waterways when properly applied by the label,another global warming save the earth scare tactic to prevent something from being used you don't understand but listen to everybody but the experts who understand their products

Pay for the liquid treatment and DIY the bait stations. Best of both worlds and cheap. There is a competing bait system that you can buy and it works better.

Hay what company it this

@PrettyHandyGirl

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, check with Sentricon to see who your local pest technician is.

Soak the bait in Termidor or Taurus SC and you will never see Termites or ants on your property again.

@whiteknightcat

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the opening of the video both demonstrated that, and debunked it.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ,Taurus is the non branded version of termidor ,exact same product probably at least 40 percent cheaper to use

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

@@whiteknightcat it didn't debunk it to me because I have seen both and will never endorse sentricon to anyone

Orkin does sentricon, they are very expensive. Reading these comments and how disagreeable they are. I still have no clue what to do. Termite activity a few feet from my home, on my side fence wood is just mesh now. In between if i should do bait system or just treatment. These comments are not helpful. Soon as i agree with one, the next comment is the polar opposite. I don't want to nor can i afford yearly warranty. All these companies are in business to stay in business, and they all come up with a way to keep you paying them every month. I just want something to work, one and done.

This does not work.

Once a year?..

Getting our home treated with this tomorrow. Hope it works. Btw your very pretty.

@bugboyspestcontrol6848

3 жыл бұрын

Been doing this since I was 24 I just turned 52 horrible idea

@JosueAllstarMusic

3 жыл бұрын

You should look into it , but if you have termite subs specially inside the house. You should go for above ground stitions if there is any damage and 100% a liquid treatment. Way more effective in my opinion. Sentricon stations are mostly for prevention, bait doesn't attract the termites

@bantheshift

2 жыл бұрын

@@bugboyspestcontrol6848 LMFAOOOOOOOOO

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

You made a costly mistake prepare to spend about 30000 dollars on repairs really soon

@davesteller6301

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmerck7576 well we are bonded. They will pay for any damages the termites cause.

Bait systems aren't absolute joke I don't care what brand they are

yet you might as well be canceling that because you can get those at walmart . my mom just buy a pack off those stakes .

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

The stakes are just wood ,you won't be able to buy the needed bait once the wooden stakes get a termite hit

Those kind of treatments only work on the outside they don’t work on the inside correct? That’s what we have right now and it’s not doing anything at all it’s horrible actually and also we had no idea that termites can infest and other things such as our car our walls our furniture our bed the mattress Microwaves everything in our house has been destroyed because of these things even outlets they went in there and I guess they got fried they did something and we have outlets that don’t work now it’s been fun very fun I am don’t know if I would suggest Terminex or not probably not depends on who the person is I guess

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen many wooden cars but maybe you have one

@michaelmerck7576

Жыл бұрын

Termites aren't destroying those things

That guy was not actually truthful with you. They don't carry the bait back, share with friends and the colony dies. The termites die because they can't molt. That can take two years, in the mean time they could have already eaten your house.

Sentricon homie

Looks like he was spraying in the background.

@PrettyHandyGirl

2 жыл бұрын

No, he was using a wand to find the bait station and make sure it was picked up for future service.

Well as an exterminator for 11 yrs I’m gonna tell you that termite system you switched to is a joke and you were better off staying with the liquid. Liquid. I love when customers think they know everything cause of google. And this fool sounds like he’s read this right off a script

@PrettyHandyGirl

3 жыл бұрын

I can see where someone who has been an exterminator for a while would be hesitant to trust new technology. I beg to differ, but respect your opinion.

@whiteknightcat

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen Sentricon reps in other videos selling the system to others. Yes, it is a script, like any other sales pitch. Plus, the customers are paying for someone to perform a service that could do themselves with store bought bait stations.

@michaelmerck7576

2 жыл бұрын

@@whiteknightcat I've seen and done both,I have no respect for the results of sentricon because it failed regularly.i now only endorse a termidor treatment and I will not do a termite bait install nor support one

@silenthillfarms

2 жыл бұрын

How do you treat a house that has a well within 50 feet of the foundation? Do you just inject cancer poison into the ground that will leech into their water and not care?

@brandonhedgepeth5471

2 жыл бұрын

@@silenthillfarms you have to follow the label guidelines. All termiticide has strict language for how close a well, cistern, body of water is to treatment site. Modifications will need to be done based on that. And this video a standard termiticide is 4 gallons for every 10 feet, granted the trench is done correctly. So for 100 linear foot home 40 gallons is required, depending on the termiticide and it's label. Every method has it limitations and place to be used. Really depends on the structure being treated, the area setup, and what is around.

The music…..😒

Cellulose, oh boy

that's in the bible 😎

Let’s install baits while termites eat your house. Makes 0 logical sense and not a gamble you should take. Spot treatment in walls with termidor foam if necessary and then TRENCHES around your home filled with Termidor or Taurus SC.

T

A real estate investor, eh? So one of those helping drive up the cost of homes, or insuring families will have no homes to buy and be forced to rent and likely never be able to own their own home?

hhhhhh funny

Waste of money

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