WDO Inspection in St. Petersburg, FL: Who to Call (2026)

Decades of incremental construction left many bungalows with porch enclosures and additions that trap wood between old and new materials — poorly ventilated, occasionally earth-contacting, and hard to see into. Termites and decay fungi both exploit those junctions. Inspectors flag them because that is where hidden damage tends to live; treat an inaccessible addition as an unanswered question worth opening up.

Custom puts it on the buyer, who benefits from choosing the company and seeing results firsthand; the contract, however, can assign it either way, and VA transactions fold the requirement into the loan process. Some St. Petersburg sellers pre-list with a report to speed negotiations — useful, but check its date and whether your lender will accept it or want a fresh one.

They look at the same spaces with different mandates. The home inspector evaluates overall condition — roof structure, insulation, ventilation — while the licensed WDO inspector hunts specifically for termite evidence, beetle exit holes, fungal decay, and prior treatment signs, then certifies findings on the state form lenders require. In St. Pete's heart-pine attics, that specialist pass is where drywood evidence usually surfaces.

151 companies with Google business profiles hold an FDACS “Termite and Other WDO” license within about 25 miles of St. Petersburg, and 3 more St. Petersburg-based companies are listed in the FDACS registry without a Google profile.