Termites ...... the enemy!! Can travel up to 100+ metres away from the nest. They can travel & eat a house on the other side of the road or in the next street, all at the same time. Not uncommon for them to be attacking several houses at once. We have treated termite nests in units on the 26th floor of a city building. In the mountains, valleys and city high-rise.

Termites live everywhere.

Termites live under the ground. Everything eats them. Birds, other insects & animals love them, especially ants. They cannot defend themselves because they are blind. That's why they build underground highways from the nest to a food source. You will never see a termite foraging for food in an exposed position. They live in underground tunnels. That is why they are called "Subterranean Termites.". 90% of the time you never find the nest. It's hidden under the ground, inside trees or within the walls of buildings.

The caste within the colony that does all the damage has no eyes!!! There can be well over 500,000 termites within a single colony. They never sleep!! Termites can penetrate brickwork through the mortar joints of brickwork once you cover up the brickwork with gardens, pavers, concrete paths, veranda's etc.

Get serious about Termites. For sure if they enter your home, they will get serious with you !!!!

 

The enemy

Screwdriver pushed through this thick beam by hand.

A mud termite tube enters the timber frame and gets over the ant capping

This house was bulldozed due to termite damage

Bottom plate timber "gone"

Replacement roof needed

New bathroom please!!!

Wall stud now none existant due to termites. Look at the mud packing where they grow a fungus to help them digest the cellulose out of the wood. Cellulose is the sugar linked mollecules of timber.

Timber frame of this home is destroyed

No strength left in this timber. Needs replacing.

Mud packing from a kitchen. Huge damages bill from the repairing builder.