Fumigation in Morgan Hill, CA

Local Context

Clay Tile Roofs and a Barn Fifty Feet Away Shape How a Morgan Hill House Gets Tented

Fumigation answers one question: is the drywood infestation reachable, or is it in more places than a technician can drill and treat? Western drywood termites (Incisitermes minor) live inside the member with no soil contact at all, so a colony can work an attic rafter or a header for years before the first frass drops onto a sill. When evidence turns up in the attic, a bedroom window frame, and a garage header on the same inspection, spot work stops being an honest recommendation.

Where that happens in Morgan Hill is fairly predictable. The older housing around Monterey Road and Madrone has the framing age for it. So do the heavy exposed timbers on barns, covered arenas, and the pergola and trellis work common on the larger parcels in Paradise Valley and along the western foothills. Stucco tracts from the 1980s and 1990s get drywood too, and it usually begins at an exposed rafter tail or a fascia board on the hot west-facing side of the house.

The building itself changes the job here. Concrete and clay tile roofs turn up all through the stucco tracts built here in the 1980s and 1990s, and tile takes a slower, more careful tarp crew than composition shingle does. Add horses, dogs, a vineyard block, and a well head on the same parcel and the preparation matters as much as the gas: what gets bagged, where animals go, how far equipment stays back, and who holds keys during aeration.