Termite can cause a lot of damage to your home. They need food, moisture, and warmth to survive, and if they can find a way in, modern homes are often the place for these silent destroyers to dwell.
Few simple steps to make your home is less welcoming to these creatures:-
• Remove moisture problems around your home that make the soil around it attractive
• Repair the leaking faucets, water pipes and air conditioning units
• Maintain good drainage around the foundation and make sure there is no standing water
• Clean the gutters and down-spouts
• Avoid surplus mulch or ground cover near the foundation
• Seal the entry points around water and utility pipes or lines
• Keep firewood or paper away from the foundation or crawl space
A Termite Specialist can help you find the problem areas around your home that makes it attractive for these pests.
Controlling The Termites
Experts recommend Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to control these pests. This approach emphasizes on making structural changes to your home that will make it less attractive to the invaders, as well as treatment if signs of activity are detected.
Several different Termite Control Hawkesbury solutions are available. But, the best choice depends on the home and the species of these pests.
Termiticides, comprising liquids, baits, or a combination of the two is generally used. It provides a long-lasting barrier that prevents the pests in the ground from entering the wood. The termites present already in the wood will die because they cannot return to the moist soil. Repellent and non-repellent formulas are also available, and both are effective.
Another Termite Treatment Wallacia procedure is baiting. Paper, cardboard or other attractive food along with a slow-acting lethal substance is placed in a plastic cylinder and buried in the ground. Termites may consume the bait, share it with their colony, and the number of such pests in the area will gradually decline.
