Termite Control Maintenance for Dummies
Having a termite baiting program, there can be no absolute guarantee of long-term protection of nearby buildings. There can be other termite nests nearby the building which do not find the bait stations. Your house is a much bigger bait station. Other termite nests may exist in trees, under concrete on-ground flooring and in-fill patios of neighboring lands. .
The Sentricon baits are put in their in-ground lure stations after elimination of the infested timber therein. This will involve sufficient disruption of these termites such that they prevent the in-ground Sentricon bait station, entirely.
This severe short-coming is defeat by the patented Exterra Termite Stations where the timber is aligned around the cylinder such that the bait can be inserted without such disturbance of these termites present.
RECOMMENDATION: Exterra or Sentricon be utilized where a comprehensive chemical soil barrier treatment using Termidor or Premise is not practicable or desirable, and in which a several thousand termites are likely to eat the bait.
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A termite monitoring and baiting software can be integrated with a range of methods including (1) drilling susceptible trees and eradication of any termite nest situated therein, and (2) in conjunction with a follow up chemical soil treatment using Termidor or Premise.
Rapid termite colony development and building infestation is usually associated with a readily available timber food and moisture source nearby the central nest. In addition, buildings are often constructed in a way that allow termites to gain undetectable entry in the ground to the structural timbers of this building. Listed below are a few helpful recommendations for the home owner to carry out in order to decrease the possibility of termite activity inside a building. .
Moisture exclusion from inside the wall cavities, around the bottom of this building and sub-floor area (if any). Water run-off can be excluded from a sub floor region by the installation of ag-drains. Make sure there's adequate cross flow ventilation in the sub-floor location. In addition, a skilled plumber should be engaged to ensure there is no water leakage from plumbing pipes in the bathroom, the shower recess, kitchen, down pipes, guttering and air conditioning unit leak.
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Please note: high humidity, dampness or moisture accumulating in a wall cavity is obviously high risk to encouraging large scale termite activity inside the building. .
Elimination of any timber in contact with the ground. Timbers should be kept above ground to allow whole inspection of subterranean termite activity (coming from the soil thereunder). Any landscaping using wood chip mulch and railway sleepers must definitely be eliminated, as they provide ready food supply to help in rapid termite colony development. .
Ensure inspection access is unimpeded, particularly in sub-floor regions (suspended floors) in order to search for evidence of termite activity. If your house is on a concrete slab on ground flooring, make certain you can inspect the entire external slab border for evidence of termite mud-shelter tubes. Do NOT allow this region to be coated by pavers, landscaping, planter pots, etc, as termites often gain index entry into the walls of a building via this locality, especially through external weep holes and minute (2 mm) gaps in the mortar in brick-work. .
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If you find live termites or termite damaged timbers DO NOT disturb the region. DO NOT use spray can or insecticides on the termites. If sufficiently disturbed, the termites are likely to move everywhere, and might not be rediscovered until additional obvious damage has been done. The termite controller can introduce Intrigue termite dust or Exterra termite bait directly to the live termites present in an effort to eliminate the entire termite colony - as discussed in detail above. .
Consumer Note: the installation of a chemical soil barrier does not negate the need for regular competent inspections - at least 3 to 6 months in which the termite risk is high.
BE AWARE the right identification of harmful termite species, inspection of a building for tell-tale signs, analysis of circumstances and implementation of an effective termkite control program requires expert skill and judgement based upon professional training and extensive field-work experience in termite control in a wide variety of circumstances.
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Termites, also known as white ants, are little soft bodied insects around half the size of a match-head. It is projected that they cause more damage to homes in Australia than from fire, floods and storms combined. The harm is so great that termite damage is not covered by insurance meaning its an issue that you need to keep on top of Termite Pest Control.