Houses with gardens, village houses and farmhouses: the colony lives in the ground and the bait barrier goes up inside and around the house. We are a ROESP-registered termite company and we work across the whole province, from the Maresme to the Penedès.
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A house with a garden in the province of Barcelona has the subterranean termite living underneath: the colony is not in the wood, it is in the ground, and it climbs to feed on the frames, porches and beams of the floor that touches the soil. That is why the bait treatment goes up inside and around the house. In 2026 we have opened wood case files in 38 municipalities of the province, from the Maresme to the Alt Penedès.
Because the house is planted on top of its food. The subterranean termite lives in the ground, not in the wood: it needs damp soil, and a garden plot provides it all year round with the watering, the roots, the stacked firewood and the shade of the trees. From there it climbs unseen, inside a wall or along a pipe, and the first things it reaches are the frames, the skirting boards and the beams of the floor that touches the soil.
We see it every week across the province. In the Maresme, village houses with the original wood of two centuries ago: in Arenys de Munt we listened to a 26-beam ceiling with audiotermes, one beam at a time. In the Baix Llobregat, housing estates where the garden wraps the house on all four sides: in Corbera de Llobregat the colony came in through the plot and reached the frames of all three floors. And in the Vallès, the Penedès and the Anoia, farmhouses and country homes with floor structures never treated.
In a house, the bait system plays with an advantage: there is ground where the colony can be intercepted. The indoor stations go over the points with activity, and the outdoor ones are buried around the plot's perimeter, between the house and the origin. No building work, no lifted floors and the garden stays in use. People searching for termite fumigation usually end up understanding this nuance: fumigation kills what it touches, while the bait is carried by the whole colony back to the nest.
The signs in a house are also its own. Flying termites or loose wings by the pool or the porch in spring; mud tubes climbing the fence or the garage skirting; a frame that crumbles when you press it with a finger. If the wood outside is already warning you, the wood inside is next: the garden is the house's anteroom, and that is why the check starts in the ground and ends at the last frame of the top floor.
Zone by zone, what was built, what wood sits inside and where the insect gets in. It is the reading our technicians make before deciding where the check starts.
| Zone of Barcelona | Dominant construction | Wood present | Way in | First sign |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| el Maresme | Village houses with original wood | Old floor and roof beams | Ground floor resting on the hillside | Mud trace on an old beam |
| el Baix Llobregat | Housing estates with garden plots | Frames, porches and outdoor joinery | The garden right against the facade | Mud tube on the garage frame |
| el Vallès | Village houses and summer villas | Wooden floor structures and lofts | Walls against the slope of the ground | Loose wings on the window sill |
| el Penedès and l'Anoia | Farmhouses and country homes | Large-section beams and rafters | Direct contact with soil and stables | Wood that sounds hollow when tapped |
Source: ERRADICAT technical criteria from own work in the province of Barcelona · retrieved on 4 August 2026.
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municipalities of the province where we have opened wood case files so far in 2026
Source: ERRADICAT's internal case-file register
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beams of one ceiling in Arenys de Munt listened to one by one with audiotermes
Source: ERRADICAT technical case file ER-2026-264
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bait stations in one house in Corbera de Llobregat: nine wall-mounted and two outdoors
Source: ERRADICAT technical case file ER-2026-266
Every case shows the real municipality of the job. Open the one that looks like your house and you will see the date, the method and the case file number; anything that could identify the client or the property stays out.
The house had everything the termite wants: a plot wrapping the building, shade and damp soil. The activity showed on the garage door frames and climbed to the skirting boards of the second floor. Our technicians spread nine wall bait stations along those routes and placed two outdoor stations on the east facade, between the colony and the house, to cut off its way in.
If your house is in any housing estate of the province, this case file describes you: the ground touches the facade on all four sides and the colony lives there, not in the wall. That is why the outdoor stations weigh as much as the indoor ones. It is the pattern we repeat from the Baix Llobregat to the Maresme, and the reason the bait programme works so well in a house: there is a garden where the colony's path can be cut.
The owners wanted to know what was above their heads before deciding anything, and the ceiling yielded a full diagnosis: woodworm spread across the 26 beams, termite traces in four and a longhorn beetle working in one. Two corridor pieces had lost section at the head and were reported for reinforcement. With no live termite that day, the honest close was a preventive: five indoor bait stations and periodic checks to read whether anything moves.
This Maresme ceiling shows why the first check is worth gold in the province's houses: three different insects were sharing the same wood, and each demands a different treatment. Confusing them costs an entire intervention. Listening to the wood beam by beam with audiotermes, and noting what lives in each piece, is what separates a serious plan from blind fumigation.
The photographs of these interventions belong to the technical report handed to the owner and are not published. The images on this page are of ERRADICAT's own work and show the method, not these properties.
You do not need to see an insect. These three are what we actually find when we reach a home, and all three can be checked without tools.
Mud tubes the width of a pencil climbing the wall, the skirting board or the inside of a wardrobe. They are the tunnel the subterranean termite builds to shield itself from light and dry air. If they are damp inside, there is activity right now.
In spring the colony releases winged reproducers. They fly little, shed their wings quickly and pile up on a window sill or by a terrace door. Finding wings indoors means a mature colony nearby.
The termite eats the inside and spares a thin surface layer, so the element looks intact. Tap it with your knuckles and the sound changes from solid to hollow. On flooring it feels like a board that gives underfoot.
All three can share the same floor structure, and each is treated differently. These are the differences you can see without instruments.
| Trait | Subterranean termite | Common woodworm | Longhorn beetle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exit hole | Leaves no visible exit holes | Round, 1 to 3 mm | Oval, up to 1 cm |
| Frass | Leaves no frass: it fills the galleries with mud | Very fine dust under the piece | Coarser frass, with lumps |
| Tell-tale sign | Mud tubes or trails along walls and skirting boards | Small piles of fine frass next to tiny holes | Audible gnawing sound inside the beam |
| Treatment | Bait station system until the whole colony is eliminated, 6 to 12 months | Pressure injection with non-return valves and double fumigation | Injection and double fumigation, with anoxia for high-value pieces |
Source: Higiene Ambiental, technical journal of the sector · retrieved on 21 July 2026.
In the province's houses the spring swarmers show up outside before indoors: around a garden lamp, at the edge of the pool or on the firewood. Seeing flying termites on the plot warns of a mature colony a few metres away.
Subterranean termite Reticulitermes spp.
Activity: from March to June · Peak: April and May.
Drywood termite Kalotermes flavicollis
Activity: from August to October · Peak: September.
These dates are indicative windows. Flight depends on temperature and humidity, so each year it starts earlier or later: if you see winged insects outside these months, it is still a reason for an inspection.
Source: Technical literature of the timber sector · retrieved on 21 July 2026.
We start by listening. The audiotermes amplifies the sound inside the wood and locates activity without lifting the floor or drilling anything, and from that comes a floor plan of the property with every point of damage marked.
Then the stations go in. We place indoor bait stations over the located sources and outdoor bait stations spread around the building's perimeter, loaded with bait for subterranean termites, a TP8-type biocide. The perimeter barrier is the part most providers skip, and it is the one that reaches the whole colony.
From there it is a matter of checks: every station is monitored, the bait replenished and the activity recorded until the nest stops responding. There is no shortcut, and anyone promising eradication in one visit is not talking about subterranean termites.
We publish the real timescales because they pre-qualify better than any promise. If someone wants a fix in one afternoon, better they know before calling.
Total duration:Checks every 6 to 8 weeks; the nest usually falls within 6 to 12 months
Included
A walk through the property with the naked eye to see what there is and how far it goes. The assessment visit is included, at no cost and with no obligation, and it is the starting point when the signs are unclear.
1 working day, with the figure agreed first
Percussion sounding, listening with audiotermes, species identification and location of the access routes from the ground. We always recommend it: it confirms every point of damage and decides where each bait station must go. It is quoted separately, so you see it with the scope in front of you and it starts when you say yes.
A few days later
Floor-by-floor plan of the property with the issues found, the extent of the damage and the treatment proposal with your written quote. It is part of the technical study.
1 working day
Placement of the indoor bait stations over the sources and of the outdoor perimeter barrier around the building.
Every 6 to 8 weeks
Check of every station, bait replenishment and activity record. The frequency adjusts to what the system shows.
6 to 12 months
The timescale depends on the size of the colony. It is the real range of the bait system and it cannot be compressed.
3 years
Three years from eradication, with the annual inspection included at no cost.
The visual assessment visit is included, at no cost and with no obligation: when the signs are unclear, it is the way to clear doubts. Even so, we always recommend the technical study with audiotermes, a floor plan of the issues found and a report, which is quoted separately: it confirms every point of damage, fixes where the treatment must act and from it comes your written quote, so you decide with the figure in front of you.
Source: ERRADICAT's intervention protocol · retrieved on 4 August 2026.
Registration with the ROESP, the register that enables the professional use of biocides. Without it, a termite treatment should not even start. ERRADICAT is registered, visits are always made by our technicians holding the applicator licence, and the person who signs has been treating wood since November 2011. In a house of the province that shows in concrete things: the report is signed, the product in every station is identified and the 3 year guarantee is handed over in writing.
Across the whole province, and it is where we work most: houses in the Maresme, the Baix Llobregat, the Vallès, the Penedès and the Anoia. So far in 2026 we have opened wood case files in 38 different municipalities, and a visit to a village house or a housing estate is booked like any other. The bait programme checks stay at every 6 to 8 weeks, wherever the house is.
Not necessarily, but they are very close. The swarmers leave a mature colony in spring, and that colony lives in the ground: it may be feeding on a root, a stump or the firewood, and not yet on your house. It is the warning we hear most from the Vallès and the Baix Llobregat, the garden belt of Barcelona province, and the best moment to act: if we intercept it in the garden with the outdoor stations, the house never notices. Waiting until you see them indoors hands the colony months of advantage.
No. The bait system works without building work in any house of the Barcelona province: the indoor stations rest on or fix over the points with activity, and the outdoor ones are buried flush with the ground on the plot. The house stays in normal use, the garden too, and the only thing we ask is simple: do not move the stations and let us come back every 6 to 8 weeks to read and reload them until the nest stops responding.
The system is the same, baits, but the prior check matters more than in any other house. In a farmhouse of the Penedès or the Anoia the wood has gone generations untreated and it is usual to find more than one tenant: subterranean termites near the ground and woodworm or longhorn beetle in the beams. In one Arenys de Munt ceiling all three showed up at once. Each is treated differently, so first the wood is listened to piece by piece and then it is decided what goes to bait and what goes to injection.
It covers the re-intervention: if activity registers again in the house within those 3 years, the re-intervention is on us, at no added cost. The programme closes when the stations confirm the nest has stopped responding, and from there the 3 years run with an annual inspection included. It all goes in writing in the report, with its conditions and dates, which in a house with land is exactly the paper that brings peace of mind.
In the province of Barcelona we work by counties: el Maresme, el Baix Llobregat, el Vallès, el Penedès and l'Anoia, with rounds out towards Osona, el Bages and el Garraf as well. We work Monday to Saturday, 7:30 to 22:00.
In the province of Barcelona the work is organised by routes: one scheduled visit and, from there, checks every 6 to 8 weeks until the programme closes, whether the house is in the Maresme or the Penedès. Homes in the city of Girona have their own page, because there the team leaves from the city itself and the calendar is built differently.
Termites in the city of GironaThe ROESP is the Spanish official register of pesticide establishments and services. It is the legal requirement for applying professional-use biocides, and not everyone offering these treatments meets it.
The technician who signs the reports has been treating termites and woodworm in Barcelona and Girona since November 2011, holding the biocide applicator licence. Visits are always made by our technicians, never by salespeople.
The conditions and timescales go in the intervention report, signed. For termites, 3 years from eradication, with the annual inspection included at no added cost.
The technical study ends in a floor-by-floor plan of the property, with the issues found marked and the real extent of the damage. It is quoted separately and the document stays in the owner's hands, to work with the architect or to seek a second opinion with data on the table.
Spanish Royal Decree 830/2010 establishes that a pest-control company's registration in one autonomous community is valid to work in the rest. That is why we cover both provinces with the same registration and the same team.
Content of this page reviewed by our technicians on 4 August 2026.
We ask what you have seen and where. If the signs are unclear, we book the visual assessment visit, which is included and takes little time. And when the signs are there, what we recommend is the technical study: audiotermes, a floor plan of the issues found and a report, with your written quote so you decide with the figure in front of you. If the wood is healthy, we tell you that too: you save yourself the treatment.
602 433 979The visual assessment visit is included, at no cost and with no obligation: when the signs are unclear, it is the way to clear doubts. Even so, we always recommend the technical study with audiotermes, a floor plan of the issues found and a report, which is quoted separately: it confirms every point of damage, fixes where the treatment must act and from it comes your written quote, so you decide with the figure in front of you.
We serve the provinces of Barcelona and Girona.