Termite Inspection
Kings Cross Eastern Suburbs

Remedy For Termite Infestation

Termites are known in Australia as ‘white ants’. These common household pests create huge quantities of damage to homes in Kings Cross Eastern Suburbs every year, creating a strong requirement for termite inspection.

Managing & Removing Termites

You will find different kinds of termite situations so the best treatments also vary. When you bring in the specialists, they are going to apply one of two general termite removal systems. This can include chemical treatments that form a barrier between the termites and the building you wish to protect. Or perhaps, the eradication of the termite colony with baiting techniques.

Generally, in Kings Cross, termite experts use a chemical treatment as the preferred method control strategy for killing termites, however, colony elimination through baiting also has some specific benefits and should be considered.

It is important to bring in a specialist termite exterminator to visit your house and assess the damage.

Are you currently looking for termite inspection for your home and want to identify the protection available in Kings Cross that will be most suited? Searching for a Kings Cross service that is highly dependable for control of termites? We can help you to make an informed decision, and offer very competitive pricing for termite inspection.

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Chemical Treatments For Termites

Repellent Chemicals

Repellent chemicals are easily detected by termites and strongy avoided. So they provide great protection for treated locations. However, if not all locations can be treated, or the treated locations become compromised, termites can identify those gaps and gain access via them once again.

Bifenthrin is the commonly used chemical repellent, with a residual life expectancy of as much as five years.

Non Repelling Chemicals

Repellent chemicals are not identifiable by the termites. Since they don’t avoid the chemical, they move over the chemical and die after coming into contact with it. They may also transfer the chemical to other colony members they come into contact with, thus creating a compounding result.

Because termites do not identify non repellents, they won’t recognise untreated and treated places, and therefore access via possible gaps is reduced.

The regularly used non-repellent chemical is Fipronil, which has a residual life of up to eight years.

Termite Control Baiting Systems

Above Ground Systems can be used to eliminate termites from homes by positioning bait stations at the site of activity, so they begin to feed on the bait matrix rather than the timber they were consuming. Worker termites then return to the colony and feed the bait to other colony members and so a compounding effect is achieved.

In this way, the entire termite colony will be exterminated, even when you do not know the actual location of the nest. The bait stations continue to be monitored and assessed, so that they can be added, rebaited and/or moved in response to the observed results.

In Ground Systems are utilised in a similar manner, however they are often placed throughout properties where there is currently no obvious activity, to help in early detection of termites. These systems are particularly helpful when the design of a home will make it difficult to install effective perimeter barriers, as it is then possible to intercept white ants before they breach the perimeter.

Advantages OF Termite Baiting

How To Tell If Your Property Is Infested With Termites

General signs that your house is infested with termites:

How Destructive Can Termites Be?

You may be surprised to learn that wite ants are capable of doing a lot of damage to wood structures. If it becomes significant enough, termites can even make a house unlivable. Contact the termite inspection professionals at Eastern Suburbs Termite Pest Control today, and they will be more than happy to help your Kings Cross residence and inspect for termites.

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