Termite Prevention
St Ives

Your St Ives Termite Prevention Specialist

What was the key reason you decided to find a local termite prevention St Ives specialist today?

• Suffering from termites in your home and want to know how to deal with them?
• Maybe you need an experienced person to take care of termites at your house at the earliest opportunity?
• Do you need to protect against future termite attacks in your residence?
• Want to inspect a property prior to purchase to make certain it is termite free?

You are not the only one. Termites attack a large number of homes within the St Ives area every year.

If you believe there is a St Ives termite problem, you should hire an expert ASAP to eliminate the situation before it becomes a larger and more expensive issue.

Call St Ives Termite Pest Control to schedule an appointment with one of our trained termite experts to get a property inspection. When our expert has completed the inspection, they will give you a quote for termite inspection and prevention.

Termite Protection & Treatment

Termites are known across Australia as ‘white ants’. These regular household pests create huge quantities of damage to houses throughout St Ives annually, creating a large need for termite prevention.

Termite Removal/Prevention Strategies

There are many potential treatments for termites, so let’s look at them quickly. There are two main strategies conducted for termite control: one is the total eradication of the colony through baiting, and the other is with chemical treatments to create a barrier between the house and the white ants. Call us today for additional information on the costs associated with the various treatment options.

Typically, chemical treatments the most commonly used management strategy for termite treatment in St Ives. However, there are distinct advantages to interception and baiting that should be considered as well.

It is important to engage the services of an expert termite exterminator to check out your property so that the damage can be fully looked at.

If you think that your residence or building is under threat from insect invasion, don’t panic. Phone us to get the advice of the most experienced termite prevention team covering the St Ives area. We can help you to make an educated decision about this important service, and offer you a competitive price for treatment.

To learn more about termite prevention pricing, give our team a ring right away.

Chemical Treatment for Termite Infestation

Repellent Chemicals

Repellent chemicals are ideal for protecting places because termites quickly identify and strongly avoid them. However, if treated locations are compromised later onor some places can not be treated due to access problems, then white ants will detect those gaps and attain ingress via them.

Bifenthrin is a regularly used chemical repellent, with a residual lifespan of as much as five years.

Non Repellent Chemicals

Non-repellents are chemicals that termites cannot detect. Since they then do not avoid them, they will go through the residue and die. Additionally, individual white ants may often pass these chemicals on to other members in the colony, providing a compounding and efficient effect.

Because termites cannot tell apart treated areas to non-treated places, the possibility for termite access through untreated gaps is much lower.

The frequently used non-repellent chemical is Fipronil with a residual life expectancy of up to eight years.

Termite Control Baiting Systems

Above Ground Systems are used to eliminate termites from houses by placing bait stations at the site of activity, so they begin to feed on the bait matrix instead of the timber they were consuming. Worker white ants then feed the bait to other colony members and so a compounding effect is achieved.

In this way, the entire termite nest can be eliminated, even though you don’t know the actual location of the colony. 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 can be used similarly to Above Ground Systems. However they are typically installed around the property to provide early detection of termites. This method is particularly vital when the building design prevents the effective use of perimeter barriers, as they catch the white ants before the perimeter is breached.

Advantages Of Termite Baiting Systems

• Adaptable protection against white ants
• Unaffected by weather
• Safe for use around kids and pets
• Environmentally Smart

Common Signs That You May Have Termites

Here are some common signs that you have a termite infestation:

• Timber in the dwelling has small holes
• Wood is damaged or disintegrating
• Evidence of ‘mud tubes’ on the brickwork, wood, ceiling and sub floor areas
• Colonys or mounds in trees
• Winged termites (or alates) can be seen swarming from the colony

How Problematic Are Termites?

It surprises many homeowners to learn that white ants can do a lot of harm to buildings. In fact, just one colony of termites can render a building unlivable if the problem is severe enough. Set your mind at ease; call St Ives Termite Pest Control and have one of our termite prevention specialists inspect your St Ives home ASAP.

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• Termite Prevention & Protection
• Spraying For Termites
• White Ant Barrier
• Drywood White Ant Treatment
• Best White Ant Treatments
• Termite Fumigation
• Residential Termite Control
• Commercial White Ant Control
• End Of Lease Termite Control