Serving Wesley Chapel
New-home termite and ant help in Wesley Chapel
A slab about to be poured, a builder asking for the termite certificate, tiny dark ants trailing along the bathroom vanity. Wesley Chapel calls start at construction and keep coming after move-in day.
- Phones answered 24/7
- Office on East Busch Blvd, Tampa
- Area
- Wesley Chapel
- County
- Pasco County
- Office
- East Busch Blvd, north Tampa
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
Wesley Chapel calls often involve new construction, from termite protection before the slab is poured to ants trailing in from fresh landscaping. The Florida Building Code requires preventive termite treatment on new homes, backed by a Certificate of Compliance from the pest company. We handle pretreatments, then monitoring and ant baiting once the house is lived in.
Local conditions
New construction and white-footed ants in Wesley Chapel
Wesley Chapel counted 64,866 residents in the 2020 census. A house built there today falls under the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), Section R318.1, which requires preventive termite protection: a registered soil termiticide, a bait system or a wood treatment. The pest company then issues a Certificate of Compliance stating the building got a complete treatment against subterranean termites. In Tampa, that certificate has to be approved on the permit record before occupancy. Whatever the permit office, ask your builder for a copy and keep it with your closing papers.
After move-in, ants become the next call. White-footed ants have been collected in Pasco County, as well as Hillsborough and Pinellas, and they nest in trees, palm fronds, mulch, wall voids and attics. Workers follow electrical cables indoors into kitchens and bathrooms, and a colony can hold anywhere from 8,000 to 3 million ants. They do not sting, and baits are the only proven control. Fresh mulch and young palms around new Wesley Chapel homes give them plenty of nesting room, so we bait along the trails and the landscaping together.
Most called about
What Wesley Chapel homes call us about
New Construction Termite Pretreatment
Soil, borate or bait protection before the slab and framing go up.
Ant Control
White-footed ants following cables into kitchens and bathrooms.
Termite Bait Stations
Monitoring once the builder treatment has done its job.
Fire Ant Control
Mounds in new sod and along sidewalks and driveways.
Lawn Weed Control
Weeds coming up through young sod in its first seasons.
General Pest Control
Move-in treatments and quarterly perimeter work for new homes.
Getting to you
Timing a Wesley Chapel visit around the build
Wesley Chapel jobs run north from the office on East Busch Boulevard in north Tampa. For pretreatments, tell us the builder, the permit stage and when the slab or framing is scheduled, so the treatment lands at the right step. For ant calls in a finished home, mention any gate codes. The phone is answered 24/7.
Call (813) 471-5363Questions
Wesley Chapel termite and ant questions
What people in Wesley Chapel ask us on the phone.
Ask us on the phoneYes. The Florida Building Code requires preventive termite protection on new homes, using a soil termiticide, a bait system or a wood treatment.
It is the pest company's statement that the building received a complete treatment against subterranean termites. It is a useful record to hand over if you ever sell.
That pattern fits white-footed ants, which use electrical cables as paths indoors. We confirm the species and bait both the trails and the outdoor nests.
No. The problem is numbers. Colonies can reach millions of ants, which is why spraying the trail rarely makes a lasting difference.
Yes. Tell us the size and the construction schedule, and we will plan the treatment around the pour or the framing.
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Tell us what you found and where. We will tell you what it probably is and when a technician can be there.