Recent industry surveys suggest that about one third of all unprotected properties are subject to attack by termites. Most homes are at risk … especially if well established gum trees are nearby the building – within a 100 metre radius.
Termites live in the Ground and can eat Your house down ….
PLEASE NOTE: Severe termite damage to a building is not uncommon. To compound the problem, your Home or Building Insurance Policy will NOT usually cover the repair costs of any timber damage caused by termites.
Termites are small in size and soft bodied insects. They build a central colony nest from which they construct underground tunnels that radiate in a 100 metre radius from a central colony nest in search of a timber (cellulose) food source.
Termites travel in these mud shelter tubes as protection from predators, sun-burn, dehydration and to maintain a high humidity environment which is essential for their survival.Termites are highly secretive, preferring to enter a building through areas inaccessible to inspection, such as, through in-fill patios, fire heaths, expansion joints and cracks in concrete slab (on-ground) flooring.Termites can pass through a 2 mm crack or an expansion joint (eating through the rubber compound) between adjoining concrete on ground flooring. They can also travel under parquetry and floor tiles to get to the wall framing timbers.
There are some things that you can do to ensure you lessen the chance of attracting termites to your house:
Termite barrier installation
Reticulation installation
Termite Damage
