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Our ant Treatment protocol, step by step
The free inspection identifies the species, the extent, and the entry points, and leads to a written quote detailing products, method, schedule, and guarantee. Treatment follows, applied with Health Canada-approved products and a preparation whose instructions are given to you in advance — the part clients most underestimate, and the one that separates a successful treatment from one that must be redone. One or two follow-up visits then verify the outcome in the following weeks, with free touch-ups if activity persists. In Montréal, we schedule those follow-ups against the species' reproductive cycle rather than on a fixed date.
Access, scheduling, and being on site in Montréal
A failed ant Treatment treatment is often a treatment cut short. The dwelling must be empty of occupants and pets during application and for the indicated drying time — generally four to six hours for a chemical treatment. Aquariums must be covered and their pumps switched off. We ask for clear access to every room, including closets and the basement. In Montréal, a significant share of missed appointments comes down to a key that could not be found or an occupant who had to come back: those visits are billed anyway, so they are worth avoiding. For wasp nests and commercial work we operate in the evening or before opening — the only window when the whole colony is present, or when food preparation areas are clear.
Follow-up: how we know it is settled
The closing criterion is never "the occupants no longer see anything." It is the absence of captures on monitoring traps across two consecutive readings. The distinction matters, because a residual population easily spends three weeks under the radar before becoming visible again — and a Montréal dwelling declared clear too early is one that calls back three months later. For a ant Treatment treatment we place monitoring devices at the travel points identified during the inspection, then return to read them on a schedule set in advance rather than at random. Follow-up is included in the initial quote: it is not an extra visit to be sold to you later, it is the second half of the job.
Ant Treatment: what Montréal's building stock demands
The area's structuring constraint is widespread party-wall construction, which lets infestations travel unit to unit through crawl spaces and plumbing chases. In practice, that means a treatment limited to the room where the problem was noticed leaves the source untouched. Our technicians therefore map the building before applying anything: a survey of unit separations, plumbing and electrical penetrations, floor voids, and attics. That map determines the treatment's extent — sometimes a single unit, often an entire vertical stack. Montreal has Quebec’s highest rental density, which makes coordination between landlord and tenants decisive for treatment success.