Termites are quiet workers. By the time you notice soft baseboards or a sagging floor, they may have been tunneling for years. Repairing the wood they chew through ranges from a simple patch to a full structural rebuild, and the price range follows that same spread. This guide breaks down how pros build estimates, what typical line items cost, and how to make smart choices that protect your house without spending more than you need. First, separate treatment from repair
Termites do their worst work where you cannot see them. By the time a homeowner notices soft spots on baseboards or shadows in paint, the real damage is often buried inside beams, joists, and sill plates. I have opened beams that looked healthy on the surface, only to find a network of hollow galleries that turned a structural member into a shell. When the beam is part of a load path under floors or bearing walls, the stakes rise quickly. The question becomes practical and
Termites do not care about your paint color, your gallery wall, or the fact that you have asthma. They move silently, eat cellulose, and leave behind paper-thin drywall, faint blistering, and a maze of mud tubes. Once your pest pro has eliminated the colony, you are left with the practical problem: how to restore the walls, ceilings, and sometimes floors without filling your home with sanding dust. That is absolutely possible, and in many cases, faster than traditional meth
Anyone who has opened a floor after termite treatment knows that wood tells the story. You find softened fibers along joists, pinholes tracking across the grain, and subfloor panels that look fine from above but crumble under a pry bar. Choosing the right panel for the rebuild matters because the subfloor is more than a walking surface. It is a structural diaphragm, a moisture manager, and the foundation for quiet floors later. The plywood vs OSB question comes up on almost