Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Preventive Measures



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Among the pests that can attack your home, termites are the most destructive. The results of their infestation are catastrophic and expensive.

 

Among the wood-destroying pests that destroys buildings, homes and crops, termites are reportedly the most devastating, with an estimated $30 Billion all in all. This translates to about $3,000 cost to homeowners every year. 

 

The insects eat 24/7 and the queen lays 40,000 eggs a day and these will become new individual termites in addition to the hundreds of thousands adults.

 

Prevention

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Treating to prevent termites is typically less error-prone for the average homeowner than treating an active infestation. There are professional termiticides and termite bait systems available that can be used to help in the treatment process.

 

However, the majority of drywood termite cases would need the Ipswich termite services of a trained professional termite expert. Another precaution is that applying chemicals to combat the pest is not for everyone.

 

DIY termite control

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There are two major methods of termite control. Some use liquid termite insecticide (termiticides) to create the barrier and treating the soil.

 

Others opt for termite bait. Still others use both methods.

 

Liquid termiticides

 

These barrier termite treatments are so designed to prevent termites from entering the structure house or building). These barrier treatments prevent termites already inside the structure from getting to the soil for their needed moisture to survive.

 

The liquid termite method can give faster results and you can apply the finished solution close to the termite infestation. If there is an existing termite infestation, you may need to drill in order to reach where the termites are.

 

However, repellant termiticides are sometimes detected by the insects and are avoided in order that they get inside the structure. These days, chemical barrier pesticides are undetectable by the insects and are more economical.

 

The technology of non repellent insecticides is advancement over other older termite insecticides that are only offer repellent barriers.

 

Some considerations

 

If you choose a liquid termite method, it will give you faster results, and you can apply the finished solution close to the termite infestation. If you have an existing termite infestation, applying a liquid termiticide may mean that drilling is required to reach the termites.

 

Drilling through concrete or a slab and pumping the volume of finished solution required to set up a termite barrier may be too difficult for a homeowner.

 

If there is crawl space clearance on the other hand, and you can simply drench around your home, doing your termite work can be easier.

 

Termite baits

 

One way of setting up chemicals into the soil is placing the termite bait directly into the ground around the outside of a structure. The insects will find the bait, feed on it and die.

The technology of the bait for termites are changing and improving.

 

Baiting the termites can also be used as a monitoring tool to detect termites and their colonies when they are not yet a threat to the structure.

 

These baits are effective and control the conditions when the structure cannot be treated with soil termiticides. (Example: when these are near bodies of water.) They also are not suitable in structures where soil treatments have failed.

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