Termite Treatment for Mobile Homes and Manufactured Housing

Manufactured homes typically have a wood floor assembly supported on a steel chassis, with a belly board or insulation layer beneath. Subterranean termites can access the floor framing from the soil below, and drywood termites can establish in any exposed wood framing or skirting.

The belly board inspection requires access beneath the home — either through an access panel or by temporarily removing skirting sections. Mud tubes running up the pier blocks or along the steel chassis indicate subterranean activity.

Treatment for mobile home subterranean activity focuses on creating a soil barrier around the perimeter where termites are accessing the underside of the floor assembly. Targeted Termidor injection in the soil around each pier block is standard.

For drywood activity in any exposed wood framing, skirting, or secondary wood structures (storage sheds, steps, porch framing), orange oil spot treatment or targeted spot treatment is typically effective.