Termite Control in Crofton, MD

The original Triangle sections have had six decades of mulch, irrigation, and root growth pressed against their foundations, and that's a textbook recipe for subterranean termites: constant soil moisture, cover to work beneath, and wood within reach of grade. Crofton's tidy landscaping standards, ironically, keep those mulch beds deep and well watered.

On the 1960s colonials and ranchers we inspect the full foundation line — porch and stoop junctions, garage slab edges, and any addition seam where two eras of construction meet, because settled joints are the highway termites prefer. Bath traps and sunroom or porch conversions get special attention: both are common in this stock, and both hide entry points behind finished surfaces. Homes inside the Triangle are due for monitoring even without visible signs; by the time swarmers appear indoors in spring, a colony has usually been feeding for years.

Treatment here is a liquid soil barrier at the foundation with in-ground monitoring stations around the perimeter, checked on a set rotation — if one turns active, we treat that section of foundation directly rather than re-trenching the whole house. For the Route 3-era townhomes, slab construction shifts our attention to expansion joints and bath traps, and we coordinate with neighboring units when activity shows anywhere in a shared row. Expect the initial treatment to take most of a day; the monitoring afterward runs quietly enough that most owners forget the stations are there.

Areas we serve in Crofton: Crofton Triangle, Crofton Meadows, Crofton Park.