In Figueres the original wood is still inside the building even when the renovation has covered it. The technicians locate it with audiotermes and place the bait stations over the sources, from the ground-floor premises to the renovated flat.
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A shop on the Rambla in Figueres can show off a brand-new refit and keep, above the false ceiling, the same wooden floor structure as ever. The subterranean termite works in that hidden layer while the shop opens every day, and the warning comes from a frame that gives or from loose wings in the window display. The activity is confirmed by listening with audiotermes and cut short with a bait system, without dismantling the refit.
In the old town of Figueres the typical building sits between party walls, with wooden joist floor structures hidden under a reed-and-plaster or gypsum ceiling. From the dining room you see a smooth, unbroken ceiling, and that smoothness misleads: the structure holding up the flat is still the original one. When the subterranean termite reaches a joist, the plaster below gives nothing away for a long time, and the first clue usually comes from a skirting board or a door sub-frame.
The commercial premises around the Rambla are refitted more often than the homes above them. Every change of business leaves a new layer: a raised floor over the old screed, an accessible false ceiling under the floor structure, plasterboard partitions in front of the load-bearing wall. The activity thrives between those overlapping skins, feeding on the original floor structure without the business noticing, and it usually comes to light during the next refit, when a fitter takes down a panel and finds soil stuck to the wood.
The Eixample of Figueres is made up of apartment blocks whose structure is no longer wood, and even so there is no shortage of cellulose: parquet over screed, fitted wardrobes, sub-frames and internal doors. On the ground floor, the joinery starts a few centimetres above the ground and offers the first food to a colony exploring from the subsoil. The entrance hall and the meter room tend to give signs before the flats do, and the pattern repeats along the built-up strip that joins on to Vilafant.
Renovation in phases is the norm in a commercial capital: the premises get updated, years later a flat, later still the stairwell. Each phase hides a different stretch of wood and none of them looks at the building as a whole. That is why a serious diagnosis in Figueres goes over the entire property with audiotermes, from the basement to the roof space, and also takes aim at the shared walls: in closed blocks the colony knows nothing of property boundaries.
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 Figueres | Dominant construction | Wood present | Way in | First sign |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the old town | Buildings between party walls renovated in phases | Original joists under a plaster ceiling | Shared walls and wall bases in contact with soil | Sub-frame that crumbles to the touch |
| the area around the Rambla | Commercial ground floors with successive refits | Old floor structure above the false ceiling | Old screed under the new flooring | Soil on the panels when they are lifted |
| el Eixample | Apartment blocks with premises below | Parquet, skirting boards and internal doors | Cracks and service penetrations in the screed | Loose wings in the entrance hall in spring |
Source: ERRADICAT technical criteria from own work in the province of Girona · retrieved on 4 September 2026.
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.
In Figueres the swarming flight arrives with the first mild, damp days of spring, and in the shopping streets of the centre the wings are seen in window displays and entrance halls before they are in the flats above.
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:Regular checks of the stations until the activity stops completely
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 September 2026.
Yes, and in the premises around the Rambla it is the most common check we make. A removable panel or two is opened, the edge of the floor structure is examined and the wood is listened to with audiotermes, which registers the activity inside it without touching it. If there are signs, the technical visit documents every point on a plan of findings and on that plan it is decided where the bait stations go.
There is no need to close a Figueres shop for a bait system. The bait stations sit along skirting boards, in the stockroom and on the colony's transit points, they stay closed and discreet, and every check is a short visit slotted in before opening or during quiet hours. Once the eradication is complete, the termite guarantee is put in writing and runs for 3 years.
Yes, and in the old town of Figueres it is to be expected, because the colony lives in the ground and not inside any one flat. From the subsoil it can reach any home in the building and even the adjoining ones, since the party walls share their bases. The sensible thing is to check the whole building and distribute the stations by the points of activity, not by property boundaries.
There is no need to halt the whole renovation of a Figueres flat over that find. It is best to leave the affected area accessible, not to rip out the wood with galleries and to ask for the check before closing up ceilings or floors: with the work open, the audiotermes detection and the plan of findings are done in the best conditions, and the treatment is decided while the renovation is still under way.
Not entirely, because in the Eixample of Figueres the modern structure lives alongside parquet, skirting boards, sub-frames and doors that also feed the colony. The usual way in is through cracks in the screed and the service penetrations of the ground floor, and the entrance hall tends to give warning before the homes do. A check of the points where the wood touches the ground settles the doubt without opening anything up.
In Figueres we cover the whole municipal area, including the old town, el Eixample and the area around the Rambla, and we also reach Vilafant, Roses and l'Escala. We work Monday to Saturday, 7:30 to 22:00.
Figueres shares its comarca with Roses, where the dominant enquiry switches pest: there the usual one is woodworm in exposed beams, treated by pressure injection with non-return valves.
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The 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, Sergi Casadevall Casas, 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 the certificate of colony elimination, 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 September 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.
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