Pest control in Grand Prairie

HomeGuide's national prices give a baseline for Grand Prairie quotes:

A termite inspection runs $0 to $250, so ask whether it's included in the quote. The Texas pest control guide covers what each plan includes.

Owner-occupied homes in Grand Prairie

For an indoor treatment at a home that isn't a rental, the applicator or technician must make TDA's consumer information sheet available to you. Companies have to use TDA's own sheet, which comes in English and Spanish. At a rental with fewer than five units, each resident can ask for it at every indoor treatment.

Grand Prairie apartment complexes

At complexes of five or more units, the owner or manager must notify residents in or next to the treatment area at least 48 hours ahead, with a sign in a common area or a notice at each unit. The sign is at least 8.5 by 11 inches and lists the National Pesticide Information Center hotline, 1-800-858-7378. The notice can be skipped only for an emergency, an imminent health hazard, with a signed statement from the customer and applicator.

• TDA posts lists of active commercial pest control businesses, applicators, technicians and apprentices, and a company search by ZIP code.
• A business license requires $500,000 of bodily injury and property damage coverage with a $1,000,000 aggregate, from an insurer authorized in Texas, kept for the whole license period.
• Termite reports for a home sale must be on TDA's official form, from someone licensed in the termite category, and can only recommend treatment where there's visible evidence of infestation.

Grand Prairie mosquitoes and fire ants

In the Dallas County part of the city, Dallas County Health and Human Services runs a vector control program using surveillance, larvicide and adulticide. In the Tarrant County part, Tarrant County Public Health says cities decide mosquito abatement inside their limits, so ask Grand Prairie about spraying there. Around your own yard, DSHS advises emptying standing water and using EPA-registered repellent. For fire ants, AgriLife's Two-Step Method, bait broadcast in spring and fall and then treating problem mounds, is its preferred approach. Compare pest control in Irving or go back to Grand Prairie local services.