Termite Inspection and Termite Treatment in Round Rock
Inspection: $75 to $150. Treatment: $700 to $2,500
Termite inspections in Round Rock are $75 to $150, and a liquid treatment on a typical house runs $700 to $2,500. The inspection comes first either way.
Native subterranean termites live in the soil across Texas and swarm in daylight from late winter into spring, often after a warm rain. Texas A&M's list of counties with confirmed Formosan termites includes Travis County next door but not Williamson. Swarmers inside the house mean a colony is already feeding in or under it.
Signs of termites
- Swarmers or a pile of shed wings on a windowsill, near a light, or by a sliding door
- Mud tubes on the slab edge, a pier, a wall or inside a garage
- Baseboards or door frames that sound hollow or dent with a thumb
- Paint that bubbles or drywall with pinholes and dirt in them
- Damage behind a bathroom where a leak kept the wall wet
The inspection
The inspector walks the outside of the foundation, checks every slab penetration and expansion joint they can see, the garage, the baths, the water heater closet, the attic and the crawl space if there is one. Areas behind furniture, under flooring or inside walls cannot be seen without tearing things apart, and the report says which areas were not accessible. You get the findings and the conducive conditions: wood touching soil, a leak, mulch over the slab edge, a sprinkler hitting the wall.
Real estate termite reports
Texas requires the termite report for a home sale to be written on the TDA's prescribed form, the Official Texas Wood Destroying Insect Report, form SPCS/T-5, issued by a TDA-licensed pest control business. A VA or other lender may ask for its own form on top of it, never instead of it. The report covers visible, accessible areas and conducive conditions; it is not a warranty and not a structural damage report. Give the closing date when you call.
Treatment
Liquid soil treatment. A non-repellent termiticide goes in a trench along the outside of the foundation and, where needed, through drilled holes at slab penetrations and porches. Termites pass through it, carry it back and the colony goes down. It is the faster fix.
Bait systems. Stations go in the soil around the house. Termites feed, carry the bait back, and the colony collapses over months. Less drilling, slower, and the stations need checking every year.
Before treatment you get a written proposal with a diagram of the house, the product and its concentration, and what the warranty does and does not cover. Read the warranty terms. Renewal cost and what voids it are on the paper.
Wings on the sill after a warm spring rain are the cue. Save a few in a zip bag and call (737) 302-5432 for an inspection in Round Rock or anywhere in Williamson County.