Estimated Service Cost:

Estimated Termite system installation: starts at $395 plus tax

Termite System ATBS bait stations and bait cartridge low profile units: start at $55 for each unit. Average size home usually requires approximately 8 termite stations.

Estimated Annual System Inspection: This inspection occurs one year after the system is installed and then ongoing each year until canceled. The inspection cost is $165 plus tax) If bait cartridges need to be replaced during the annual inspection, they will be replaced at a cost of $25 plus tax per cartridge. The bait cartridges can potentially stay active for years without being replaced. This is invoiced once per year.

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Termites love feeding on most people’s biggest investment, their home. In the U.S. alone, termites cause more than $5 billion worth of damage every year. Despite this, termite damage is not covered by most homeowners' insurance policies. Since termites are found nationwide, there’s a constant risk of termite infestation. So, trust in the Termite Shield Termite Baiting Program, an advanced baiting technology, to protect the well-being of your home.

Termite baiting stations are strategically installed around the perimeter of your home, often in landscape beds to 3-inch diameter by 1-foot-deep cavities into the ground, and these cavities are placed approximately 10 to 20 feet apart. Once these cavities are created, the stations are placed within the cavities—working throughout the year to protect your home. Fine's Pest Control will then come to your home once per year to inspect the stations and provide service.

Trelona® ATBS® Annual Bait Stations are utilized in this termite baiting process and feature a superior design that leads to fast termite hits. In fact, in a university study, termites found Trelona ATBS Annual Bait Stations faster than Sentricon® stations. In this study, Trelona ATBS and Sentricon stations were placed within 0.5 meters of an active termite colony. The study had 20 replicates and stations were checked daily over 46 days producing the results to the right.

While tunneling in search of a food source, termites find a Trelona ATBS bait station, feed, and then leave a pheromone trail behind them as they travel back to the colony. Upon returning to the colony, they share the bait with others and recruit more termites to follow the pheromone trail back to the source. What they don’t realize is the bait contains Novaluron—an active ingredient that prevents the termites’ vital process of molting. Over time, more and more termites will have fed upon the bait and start to die, beginning the process of colony elimination.

While studies indicate the Trelona Termite System can act quickly it may take up to approximately two years for the system to be completely effective.