what is the best home termite treatment method

South Africa
August 27, 2009 11:00am CST
Home Termite chemical treatment and control measures can serve as temporary means of preventing the activities of Termites around a home. Termites specifically eat untreated woods in a building and cause severe structural damages when not controlled or stopped on time. They can be controlled or stopped in a number of ways including a home base borax mixture, bait blocks, fungal spores, nematodes or pesticides. Borax mixture plus propylene Glycol is one of the commonest and most effective Home Termite chemical treatment and control you can use for temporary slowdown of Termite actions. You can mix one part of Borax with one part of propylene Glycol. You need to discover the Termite trail and sprinkle the mixture on the trail. You must repeat this sprinkling for all the Termite trails within and without the building. This process is performed for 2 weeks continuously until the number of Termite Trails begin to decrease. Alternatively Termite Bait blocks can serve as a potent and effective Home Termite Chemical treatment and control measure. They are simple termite traps which contain treated wooden pieces of food for Termites. The termites will either devour the wood or take such treated wood to their nests where they eat it including the reproductive ones . This is a perfect way of stopping reproductive termites from producing new Termites.
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• Philippines
27 Aug 09
Termites only fly in the spring when they swarm to form new colonies. They really need moisture to survive. The mud tunnels protect them as they go from the soil to the wood in your house. The tunnels can be as small as the lead in a pencil. Many times you will find ants very near by, because the ants farm the termites as we might cattle. The best and safest thing to do is have a professional take a look. Most will inspect for free in hopes of getting a contract to treat. Just be careful they don't try to sell you a bill of goods. Ask your friends and neighbors for referrals if possible before you call. However, I just read an article a few weeks ago and bookmarked the site http://www.dfwx.com/boric.htm , this tells you how treat termite infestation yourself, hope this helps and you can take care of your problem economically.