Termite Treatment is a term you do not want to hear if it is an experience you are bound to need for you house.
The destructive nature of the termite makes it a difficult pest to exterminate and a potentially expensive hazard.
Fortunately, they can be done away with and you can protect your home from continued infestations.
You only have to be aware of the right methods and your termite treatment plan will succeed.
Proper termite treatment is a multistep process.
If your home (or the home you are hoping to close on) has an infestation it is not necessarily a problem that will cause long-term effects.
For existing infestations, you will need to have the home fumigated.
Make sure to contract with the professionals for this.
Terminex or another company will be able to perform this application for you.
Follow the fumigation with a soil treatment, either baits or barriers.
And make sure to apply deterrent paints to susceptible areas such as chimney bases and dirt filled patios.
Barrier treatments come in rodding or a soil slab.
Rodding, applied about a foot beneath the soil prevents the termites from advancing back to your home.
Its major drawback is that it has gaps in the prevention barrier.
Soil slabs, holes drilled through concrete slabs in your home, prevent termites from entering your house through plumbing entries and other holes into the house.
Insecticide is injected to prevent their advances.
Continued treatment should prevent new infestations and vigilance is the best prevention.