Precision Pest Control treats homes and businesses across Austin, from older bungalows in Hyde Park and Travis Heights to newer builds out past the Domain and along Highway 71. Central Texas soil and climate make termites and rodents a real structural concern here, not just a nuisance. We work with homeowners and property managers who want a problem handled before it turns into a repair bill.


Termites are the pest that costs Austin homeowners the most when they wait, working quietly through the sill plates and floor joists of older slab and pier and beam homes near downtown and South Austin. Scorpions and ants come in through the same cracks in Hill Country limestone soil that open during dry spells, and cockroaches and rodents work the gap between a home's exterior and the ground that expansive clay soil opens as it shifts through the year. We also treat mosquitoes breeding in low spots after storms roll off the Balcones Escarpment and bed bugs in multifamily buildings near campus and in short-term rentals downtown.
Austin sits on expansive clay soil that swells when it rains and shrinks hard during the dry months, and that constant movement is exactly what lets subterranean termites and rodents find their way into a foundation that looked solid the year before. A termite colony working a sill plate for two years does far more damage, and takes far more to repair, than one caught after its first season. The same goes for rats and mice getting into attic insulation and wiring in older neighborhoods like Hyde Park and Allandale, where houses were built well before anyone thought about sealing every utility penetration. The damage does not show up in the yard. It shows up months later as a soft spot in a floor or a chewed wire nobody noticed until it caused a bigger problem.
That is why we treat termite and rodent activity as something to catch early rather than manage after the fact. Inspections look at moisture around the foundation, gaps at utility lines, and any mud tubes or droppings that suggest activity has already started, because the cost of a full structural repair is always higher than the cost of stopping a colony or a nest before it spreads. We would rather run a thorough inspection on a home with no visible problem yet than get a call after a contractor opens a wall and finds the damage already done.


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