Customers search termite treatment cost because the job is expensive and hard to judge. For a pest control firm, a price built from the job itself (area, drilling points, chemical, warranty) is easier to explain and protects your margin. Here is the method with an illustrative example; figures are not market rates. Use only registered products, as per their label.
Termite treatment cost: what drives the price
- Type: pre-construction (soil treatment) or post-construction (drill, inject, seal)
- Area: plinth area in square feet, or running length of walls for post-construction
- Drilling points: number and spacing along walls and floor junctions
- Chemical: quantity of diluted solution per point or per square foot
- Labour: team size and hours, including sealing holes
- Warranty and follow-ups: number of inspection visits during the warranty
Worked example (illustrative, not a market rate)
A 2BHK flat, post-construction, about 120 drilling points:
- Chemical for 120 points: Rs 1,800
- Labour: 2 people x 5 hours x Rs 250 = Rs 2,500
- Drill bits, sealing material, travel: Rs 500
- Two follow-up inspections during the warranty: Rs 600
- Overhead share: Rs 600
- Cost Rs 6,000; with a 35% margin, about Rs 8,100
Explain the price to the customer
- Show the number of points and where they go.
- State the warranty period and its conditions (no new civil work, access for inspections).
- List the follow-up visit dates.
Track warranties and follow-ups
A termite warranty is a promise for years. ServicePilot's pest control template records the treatment on the customer's site, schedules follow-up visits and keeps the history, so a callback in year two finds the original job. See pest control charges for 1BHK and 2BHK and the pest control agreement format.
