Precision Pest Control services the older single family homes and apartment communities that make up most of Pine Hills, many built in the 1960s and 1970s along streets branching off Silver Star Road and Pine Hills Road. Property age here drives most of what we find, especially in the wood framing and slab foundations original to that era. We start every inspection with the structure's age in mind.


Subterranean termites are the pest we see cause the most damage in Pine Hills, working through slab foundations and wood framing in homes that have stood since the 1960s and 1970s without a termite barrier that would meet a current building code. Central Florida's warm, humid climate keeps colonies active nearly year round instead of slowing for winter. We also treat cockroaches and ants that follow moisture into older kitchens and bathrooms, silverfish in humid closets and storage areas, rodents working foundation gaps, and bed bugs in the area's older apartment buildings, but termite damage is what turns a manageable repair into a real expense if it goes unchecked.
Termites do more damage in Pine Hills than any other pest we treat, and the reason comes down to the age of the housing stock. Most of the community was built through the 1960s and into the 1970s, before Florida required the termite pretreatment barriers now standard under a slab. Central Florida's sandy soil drains fast but holds enough moisture near a foundation edge to keep subterranean termite colonies working through almost the entire year, since the ground rarely freezes and rarely dries out completely either. A colony can move through sill plates and wall studs for a long stretch before a homeowner notices anything beyond a stuck door or a soft spot near a baseboard, and by then the repair bill is usually bigger than the treatment would have been.
The rest of what we see in Pine Hills follows familiar patterns. Cockroaches and ants chase moisture into older kitchens and bathrooms, silverfish settle into humid closets and garages, and rodents work through foundation gaps that widen as a structure settles over decades. The mix of aging homes and older apartment buildings also means bed bugs turn up periodically in units with steady tenant turnover. We check for all of it on every visit, but the termite inspection gets the closest look, because that pest keeps working quietly long after the others have been dealt with.


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