Termite Inspection
Seaforth Northern Beaches

Inspection & Pest Control Against Termites

Termites are known across Australia as ‘white ants’. These common household pests create huge quantities of damage to buildings in Seaforth Northern Beaches on a yearly basis, creating a large requirement for termite inspection.

Termite Removal/Protection Systems

Each situation is different, and so there are different treatment options for specific situations. The two main strategies utilised are creating a termite barrier using specialised chemical treatments, and eliminating the termite colony entirely by baiting. For additional details on what these treatment options cost, give us a call today.

Chemical remedies are a more standard treatment to kill white ants in Seaforth homes. However, intercepting and baiting to eliminate the colony also has some distinct advantages that cannot be forgotten.

It’s important to bring in a specialist termite exterminator to visit your home and evaluate the damage.

If you think that your house or building is under threat from insect invasion, don’t panic. Give us a call to receive the advice of the best termite inspection team covering the Seaforth area. We can help you to make an educated decision about this important service, and offer you a very competitive price for treatment.

To learn more about white ant inspection costs, please don’t hesitate to speak to us.

Chemical Treatment Against Termites

Repellent Chemicals

Repellent chemicals are easily identified by termites and avoided, they provide excellent protection for treated locations. However, if not all locations are reached, or the treated areas become disrupted, white ants can recognise those gaps and get access through them once again.

The most commonly applied repellent is Bifenthrin, with a residual effectiveness of up to five years.

Non Repellent Chemicals

Termites cannot identify these repellents. Because of this, they don’t avoid the treated places, and thus are killed after contact with them. In addition, individual termites can transfer these chemicals on to other colony members, creating a flow on result.

Because termites are unable to identify these non repellents, they find no distinction between areas that are treated and people which are not, so there is likely to be reduced ingress through gaps.

Fipronil is a widely used non repellent available today, and features a residual lifetime of as much as 8 years.

Baiting Systems For Termites

An Above Ground System is commonly used to erradicate termites from the dwelling, by locating bait stations directly on termite activity to encourage the termites to feed on the bait rather than the timber. In addition, when worker termites return to the colony, they unknowingly feed the bait to other members of the colony, creating a compounding result.

Ongoing monitoring and assessment allows the bait stations to be re-baited, added to or moved, based on observed termite activity. In this manner, the entire nest can be exterminated even if its location isn’t known.

In Ground Systems are utilised in a similar manner, however they are often positioned throughout properties where there is currently no obvious activity, to aid in early detection of termites. These systems are especially helpful when the design of a home can make it challenging to have effective perimeter barriers, because it is then possible to forestall termites before they breach the perimeter.

Benefits of Termite Baiting Systems

Common Signs You Are Facing Termite Infestation

Here are the telltale signs that you have a termite infestation:

How Destructive Can Termites Be?

It surprises many homeowners to discover that white ants could do a significant amount of harm to structures. In fact, just one colony of termites can render a building unsafe if the problem is severe enough. Set your mind at ease; call Pest Control Northern Beaches and have one of our termite inspection specialists examine your Seaforth home ASAP.

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