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Max Pest Solutions treats subterranean termites in Norcross, Georgia, at older masonry buildings and newer construction alike. The first step is a free quote and an inspection. Request a free quote.
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A wooded acre and a slab-foundation subdivision home need different work. In Norcross we quote after walking the property rather than from a price list, so what gets applied follows what the inspection actually finds.
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The same technicians handle a kitchen ant trail and a restaurant health inspection. Commercial work in Norcross is scheduled around your trading hours and documented for auditors; residential work is scheduled around your family.
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Most treatments are one visit plus a check. If anything is still active when we come back to your Norcross property, we treat it again - that return visit is part of the job, not a second call-out.
Call Us NowThe older core of Norcross is masonry on shallow footings, with timber structure bearing on or into it. Century-old construction predates any termite detailing, so sill plates, joist ends and frame members frequently sit in or against damp masonry at or near ground level, which is precisely the contact subterranean termites exploit.
Terraced construction complicates it further, because footings and party walls are shared and activity does not observe unit boundaries. Inspecting one unit of a connected row tells you about that unit. Damage found in a terrace is also frequently discovered during renovation rather than at inspection, since the affected members are enclosed. For anyone buying or refurbishing in this part of the city, looking properly before work starts is worth considerably more than discovering it once a wall is open.
| What | When it comes up here | What you notice first |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern subterranean termite | Active year round, swarming March to May | Mud tubes on foundation walls, discarded wings on sills after a swarm |
| Evidence before insects | Year round | Timber that sounds hollow, blistered paint, mud tubes running from soil to structure |
| Timber bearing on damp masonry | Year round | Contact at or near ground level |
| Shallow footings on century-old construction | Year round | Little separation between soil and structure |
| Shared footings and party walls | Year round | Activity crossing unit boundaries |
Most of our work in Norcross is residential, and treatment is scheduled around your family rather than around us. Residential pest control
Commercial work is scheduled around your trading hours and documented after every visit, which is what an inspector or auditor asks for. Commercial pest control
Swarming is the visible event and usually happens on warm days from March into May, often after rain.
Feeding continues all year underground and inside timber, so activity is not seasonal even though swarms are.
Autumn and winter are good times for inspection, because access is easier and no swarm is needed to find evidence.
A colony does not die back over winter, and a season without a swarm is not evidence that one has gone.
Common in terraced masonry, because the affected members are enclosed.
Shared footings and party walls mean that tells you about your unit.
Which means no termite detailing was ever part of how it was built.
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Before work starts, and it is worth more than almost anything else you can do. Affected members in terraced masonry are enclosed, so damage is usually discovered once a wall is open, at the point when it is most disruptive and expensive to deal with.
It can. Shared footings and party walls mean activity does not observe unit boundaries, so inspecting one unit of a connected row tells you about that unit rather than the building. In a terrace it is worth treating the structure as one thing.
Structural pest control, including wood destroying organism work, is licensed at state level by the Georgia Department of Agriculture rather than by the county. Suwanee sits in Gwinnett County, whose environmental health department handles public health reporting rather than licensing.
Because termite detailing was never part of it. Shallow footings, timber bearing on or into damp masonry and little separation between soil and structure are all normal for buildings of that age, and each is the kind of contact subterranean termites exploit.
