Termite protection

Protect your home against termites?

Termites cause more damage by fire, storm and tempest, earthquakes and floods every year. As more than one in three homes in Australia to get infested with termites, it makes sense to choose a reliable termite protection system that is applied by a company licensed termite, reliable and professional security. Our termite treatments are remaining compliant with Australian standards, and are extremely thorough.

Everything starts with an inspection of the house as to Australian Standard 4349.3 by a qualified electrician to see that the extension of the activities of termites and the damage is. During the inspection, design and construction of property can be assessed, and a termite protection plan for individual properties can be prepared.

We always recommend that after we completed our inspection on what action to take on "high-risk areas" within your property, or even how to protect your home from high risk areas that are within the boundaries of the property your neighbor. Termites do not discriminate and have no respect for fencing or boundaries.

Areas of concrete can be drilled, but compatible with Australian Standard and volume label must be achieved to have any chance of successful treatment. With perforated areas, volumes are labeled 10 liters Termiticide per meter drilled. Distances drill should be no more than 300 millimeters apart. We prefer to use non-repellent Termidor for the areas in concrete treated by a drilling and injection technique.

Rates of application

Registered chemicals are diluted to the desired concentration of label and then applied to the soil or fill the label prescribed rates of 5 L / sq m for a horizontal barrier, and 100L / m for a vertical barrier. To compensate for the tight soils such as clay as the application of these rates may cause run-off, concentrations greater than those prescribed may be used, with correspondingly lower rates of application, such as the concentration of the chemical can be doubled and The applied quantity halved.

What happens when the soil is not adequately prepared?

This can lead to violations of the chemical barrier. Termites can enter your property through gaps in the protected area and not be affected. Care should be taken to prepare the soil with consideration of the following factors;

Tillage

To enable the desired distribution of the chemical applied, and to allow percolation into the soil to a depth sufficient to prevent termites from breaching the barrier, the ground must be prepared as follows:

(A) removal of contaminants, all the scrap lumber, building debris, removable formwork and other debris are removed from the treatment area.

(B) clay soils, clay soils on sloping sites, where penetration is likely to be slow, and on sloping sites, where the outflow of the chemical mixture is likely to occur, the soil surface should be scarified along the contour so as to form grooves to a depth of not less than 50 millimeters to 80 millimeters or a minimum level of 50 mm of sand is used to maintain the chemical applied.

NOTE: all lumps of clay must be broken or removed from the area, some sand should be introduced and mixed with a mixture of organic soil in such a way that the crystals Termidor can be tied to the ground .. Sometimes it may be better to cut concrete and replace clay soils with mixtures of organic manure, rather than concrete drilling and injecting Termiticide in heavy clay soils.

Horizontal barriers

(A) a minimum of 150mm wide to a minimum depth of 50 mm unless otherwise specified on the label registered;

(B) essentially amounted walls on both sides;

(C) surround all other connections between the building and grounds;

(D) cover all areas of soil background when there is adequate access (see clause 2.5.3 of the standard for Australian Termite Protection) or where there are less than 400 millimeters game:

(E) and be continuously under a concrete slab-on-earth or filling.

Following these recommendations can save your home from becoming a statistic! ......