TERMITE PREVENTION FOR PRE-BUILDING SITES
There is no do-it-yourself method to combat termites, this is an incredibly dangerous pest that requires a fully trained and certified professional team to treat. The longer you go without termite protection, the more dangerous it is for your home and loved ones. Termite-infested buildings have been known to collapse onto the inhabitants with catastrophic results.
If you are about to build, even if the land you choose doesn't have termite activity right now, it would be far cheaper and safer to take preemptive measures in advance of an infestation to ensure you don't fall victim to termites in the future. The peace of mind alone is more than worth it.
It's makes sense to treat the plot of land for termites before construction to save yourself and your wallet untold grief in the future. Please contact us with details of the building site for more information on how we can treat it before you start building.
Each building has its individual structure therefore a field inspection must be done by our experts for the extermination after an infestation or for preventive treatment.
During its construction, a building needs 4-5 preventative treatments.
We will now demonstrate an example of preventative treatment prior to and during the construction of a house as well as extermination treatment on a house already infested by termites:
1ST PHASE
Once the plot is cleared, all areas are sprayed thoroughly (including the future garden area). This way we eliminate any already existing termite nests and we create a barrier zone for future invasion attempts.
2nd PHASE
We re-spray the plot after soil is laid.
3rd PHASE
We re-spray after the bricks are laid.
4th PHASE
After the garden area is laid with soil we spray it.
5th PHASE
After the building is completed, we proceed to the final stage in which we fumigate and liquid spray the sewage system and the external and internal areas of the building and all other areas.
The above treatment procedure not only eliminates termites and other wood-infesting insects, but all other kinds of insects and rodents as well.
EXAMPLE OF TERMITE EXTERMINATION TREATMENT ON A 2-STORIED RESIDENCE OF 250 SQUARE METERS
This treatment is for houses built by the conventional method with foundations. For any other type of building constructed using different methods please ask us for a separate on site research.
To the exterior of the residence, we drill with 10mm drillbits within the soil (about 2.5-3 feet deep and use chemicals in the form of long-lasting microcapsules). At the areas where termite tunnels are traced, chemicals are injected as per the permitted flow (between 50-100 litres).
Where there is no permitted flow we inject 1-5 litres of chemicals.
Inside the house the same method is used through the door-frames. We remove the doors’ outer frames and drill until we reach the ground and channel chemicals into the frames the same way as we do outside the house. If the kitchen is infested we drill at the back of the room (behind the kitchen cabinets).
For this type of treatment there is no need for the residents to leave the house.
If the termites have infested the bedroom wardrobes, kitchen cabinets and even the roof, the house must be insulated and fumigated.
Starting from the day of fumigation and up to a period of 1-5 days (depending on the degree of infestation) all residents and pets should keep out of the house. After the isolation period, the house should be left open so it can fully air out.