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Termites may be DESTROYING your
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Many species of termites cause considerable damage to homes, furniture, and other structures. Subterranean termites would love to make a meal of your home, and they can cause enormous damage. Every year, more than 5 million homes in the United States are damaged by termites. The estimated cost to homeowners each year is a staggering $5 billion. What’s worse, their destruction generally isn’t covered by most homeowners’ insurance.
Types of Termite Treatments
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Liquid barriers. Quick-Kill will create a protective barrier around your home’s perimeter by digging a trench and applying a liquid termiticide to it. These treatments are non-repellent, so termites don’t notice them and carry the poison with them back to the colony after coming across it.
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Direct liquid treatments. There are also direct liquid termiticide treatments called “spot treatments,” where Quick-Kill will drill holes into the woodwork and shoot foam into them or apply foam to existing cracks and crevices. The foam works in the same way, killing the termites in the colony through poison transmission.
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Baits. Termite stations are bait traps placed strategically around your home’s perimeter. Termites are attracted to the wood, cellulose, or paper in the baits. Worker termites searching for food sources find it, eat it, and carry the bait back to the colony, spreading it to the others and eventually eliminating the entire colony.
4. The borate treatments are used for termite control in a completely different way. These products are applied as a liquid; however, the application is made directly to the wood and not to the soil. This results in a residue of the borate on and in the wood. Research has shown that the termites will not tunnel over more than about 1 - 1 1/2 feet of borate-treated wood. The most effective time to make this application is during the construction of a building because the applicator has access to all framing lumber so that a more complete treatment can be done at that time. However, it is possible to make an application of a borate termiticide after the construction is completed. This would, of course, be appropriate for a structure with a crawlspace which allows access to the wooden floor system.
