Termite Inspection
Beacon Hill Northern Beaches

Inspection & Prevention Against Termites

Termite or white ant infestations are rather common within Australia. They are responsible for causing significant damage to many residences in Beacon Hill Northern Beaches each year. That’s why termite inspection and removal is essential.

Termite Removal/Prevention Processes

There are several potential treatments for termites, so let us take a look at them briefly. There are two main management strategies performed for termite control: one is the total eradication of the colony with baiting, and next is with chemical treatments to create a barrier between the house and the termites. Call us today to learn more on the costs involved with the various treatment options.

Generally, in Beacon Hill, termite experts use a chemical treatment as the preferred form removal strategy for killing termites, however, colony eradication through baiting also has some specific advantages and should be considered.

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

If you think that your home or building is under threat from insect invasion, don’t panic. Call us and receive the assistance of the most experienced termite inspection team covering the Beacon Hill area. We will assist you to make a well informed decision on this crucial service, and offer you a competitive price for treatment.

To learn more about termite inspection costs, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our specialists.

Chemical Treatment Against Termites

Repelling Chemicals

Repellent chemicals are useful for protecting places because termites easily identify and strongly avoid them. However, if treated areas are compromised later onor some locations can not be treated due to access problems, the termites can identify those breaks and attain access via them.

The regularly widely utilised chemical repellent is Bifenthrin, which has a residual effectiveness of as much as 5 years.

Non Repelling Chemicals

Non repellents are chemicals that termites cannot detect. Given they then don’t avoid them, they go through the residue and die. In addition, individual termites may often pass the chemicals on to other members of the colony, providing a flow on and efficient result.

Since the termites do not detect non repellents, they don’t recognise untreated and treated areas, and therefore access via possible gaps is restricted.

The most common used non repellent is Fipronil which has a residual life expectancy of up to eight years.

Baiting Systems For Termites

Above Ground Systems are frequently used to erradicate termites in your property, by placing bait stations directly on termite paths to encourage the termites to feed on the bait as opposed to the timber. In addition, when these termites return to the colony, they unknowingly transfer the bait to other members of the colony, thus causing a compounding result.

Continuing monitoring and assessment allows the bait stations to be re-baited, added to or moved, based on observed pest activity. In this way, the entire colony can be sradicated even if its location is unknown.

While In-Ground Systems are used in a similar manner, they are typically placed throughout the property to provide an early detection and interception system. Systems such as these are especially useful where the residence design is such that an effective perimeter barrier is difficult to create.

Baiting System Advantages

Common Signs That You May Have Termites

There are many signs that your dwelling suffers from a white ant infestation:

What Destruction Can Termites Do?

If left untreated, even just one nest of termites are capable of doing an unexpected amount of destruction. The building may even become unlivable as a result of the significance of the issue, and in extreme cases, can be irreparable. Talk to Pest Control Northern Beaches today to organise a thorough inspection of your Beacon Hill property by our termite inspection experts.

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