Termite mud shelter tubes galore!
Photos of termite mudding to help you identify it if you come across it in your home
Read MoreUsing shipping containers for storage = termite haven!
These drawers were stored safely in a shipping container, so the owners thought.
Using a shipping container for short or long term storage of furniture and other goods may seem like a good idea, however, termites can pose a significant risk. Find out how you can minimise the risk!
Read MoreBeware of hazards in your home!
See how you can reduce your contact with pesticides and a quick tip which shows if your pest controller has been doing his job properly!
Read MoreConcrete as a termite Barrier.
Ensuring a concrete slab is poured to Australian Standards can potentially make an excellent termite barrier for your property.
How big a gap do termites need to get through concrete? Read a study on how a concrete slab can be used as a termite barrier. It's food for thought for anyone building a home on a concrete slab. A few tweaks and you can have the termite protection permanently built into your home!
Read MoreTermite swarmers.
What are Termite swarmers, or Alates as they are correctly called? How can you identify them? Are they a threat to your home? Find out in this blog post.
Read MoreBaiting in concrete
Termite baiting allows a home to be protected from Termite colonies by eliminating the colony before it gets to the home.
Baits are installed around the perimeter to feed the termites a bait that eradicates the colony. But what if the home is surrounded by concrete?
That's where we use in concrete bait stations.
First - we make a nice round hole in the concrete..
BORING! Hmm.. Soft like butter!
A Sentricon Always active bait rod, along with it's built in extraction plastic ring thingy and a stainless steel cap.
Next - We clean up our mess and install a Sentricon Always active termiticide rod in the hole.
And Voila! We put a beautiful stainless steel cap on top which seals with an expandable rubber grommit.
The Sentricon Always active rod will now protect the home from any termites foraging in the vicinity of the home. The termites will feed on the rod and take the termiticide back to the nest, this will gradually eliminate the colony so it's no longer a threat to the home!
An in concrete baiting system ready to go!
The cap is installed and seals the rod in it's little hidey hole!
Why every place needs termite protection.
Wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer set up a camera trap in the Peruvian Amazon, after returning what did he find? Termites had infested his camera setup and had done some significant damage to the camera, which, by the way is not wooden!
Before you dismiss his post, we'd like to highlight that the genus of Termite was Nasutitermes, a common genus in the Central coast, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie regions we service. We often find them around homes during our inspections, and have done many eradications in homes infested with this genus of termite.
So, even if your home is made of steel, and you don't have a termite management system in place, imagine what these termites could do to your camera, or computer, or Tv, bookcase etc.?
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Termites infested this camera. Photo Copywright Jeff Cremer.
Nasutitermes in the shutter/mirror mechanism of the DSLR. Photos Copywright Jeff Cremer.
A sad sight for any photography lover. Termites all over the lens, effectively destroying the optics!
The termites completely destroyed the camera, fortunately he was able to recover data from the memory card.
Extreme Termites!
Deep in the recesses of your roof.
See some termite damage found in Newcastle when our inspector went deep in a roof void!
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