Termite control in Old Pompano — the densest drywood population per square mile in Broward County.

About this neighborhood

Old Pompano is the historic residential heart of the city — single-family bungalows, two-bedroom cottages, and a handful of two-story craftsman holdouts on tree-lined streets. Construction-era spans roughly 1925 through 1968, with most homes built between 1945 and 1962 in the post-war housing wave. Original heart-pine framing, original cypress fascia, and original wood window sash are still in place on the majority of these houses — and all of it is drywood-attractive.

The neighborhood has been continuously occupied for generations. Treatment records pre-2000 are spotty; we frequently inspect homes whose owners can document a fumigation in 1985 or 1992 but nothing since. That gap, combined with the original framing, makes Old Pompano the single highest-frequency drywood-call neighborhood in the city.

Termite risk profile

• Drywood — very high. Active galleries in attic rafters, original window sash, door jambs, baseboards. Frass piles on sills are routine. Multi-room activity in homes overdue for retreatment is common.
• Native subterranean — moderate. Pre-1980 slabs were poured without termiticide pre-construction. Slab perimeters with original landscape often show mud-tube activity.
• Formosan — moderate to high. Mature ficus, oak, and royal palm canopy across Old Pompano hosts established Formosan colonies. Carton material in wall voids has been documented in multiple Old Pompano addresses.

What to look for in an Old Pompano home

If you own or are buying a pre-1970 Old Pompano property, the inspection should pay specific attention to: attic rafter intersections (most common drywood gallery location), window-sill undersides (frass accumulates inside the wall and falls out at the sill), interior door jamb headers, baseboards in rooms where the original wood floor remains, and the soffit return at the eaves. Original cypress fascia is particularly drywood-prone after 60 years of weathering.