Here’s how the fumigation process works:

• The fumigation process starts with preparing your home for fumigation. Once you’ve prepared your home and left, the fumigation crew will cover your home with sealed tarps. This is called “tenting” the home.

• Once tented, a warning agent is released into the home as a precaution to ensure that all people have vacated.

• Next, all doors are secured by locking them and using additional locking devices to prevent unauthorized entry.

• Now, fumigation begins.  The gas fumigant is released into the home, filling all air spaces and voids in the wood, walls and floor. The fumigant reaches all of the termite colonies in the structure.

• Finally, the tarps are removed and your home is aerated. Your fumigation professional will check the home with sophisticated equipment to ensure all of the fumigant (gas) has dissipated and been aerated from the structure before authorizing re-entry.

To Do: Turn Off All Gas Services.

Our fumigator will arrange with your local provider to have your gas service shut off, however, YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR GAS PROVIDER IN ADVANCE TO TURN ON THE GAS AND RE-LIGHT PILOT LIGHTS. WE CANNOT DO THIS FOR YOU.

What Should I Expect From Fumigation?

You will normally need to be out of your home for about two and a half days For example, if fumigation is started on Monday you can be back in your home by Wednesday evening. NOTE: In some special cases, like beetle fumigation, you may need to be out of your home for longer than two days.