Do it Yourself Termite Control Treatment Tips, Pros and Cons

Termite control is one of the pressing issues for most homeowners, whether they are old or new. Many homeowners realized that controlling termites and its colony to grow big and wreak havoc on the wooden parts of the house could be a great savings for them. Not to mention the freedom of being free from stress and erratic high-blood pressure. Those you cannot afford to hire termite control contractor or just don’t trust them, resort to work on their own termite control treatment.

This post will tackle some tips on do-it-yourself termite control treatment and its pros and cons. Let’s dig deeper.

Termite control is needed because termites are more than a nuisance. Termites can cause costly structure damage. Therefore, termite control information is important to homeowners wanting to prevent termites or those facing an active termite infestation or a business owner trying to make the right decision about which termite control treatment is right and is the best value for his/her home and wallet. At the Homeowner Guide to Termite Control – Termite MD, you’ll find pictures of termites to help you identify which kind of termites you have; subterranean termites, Formosan termites, dry wood termites or damp wood termites.

Let’s cite and example. Drywood termites are secretive insects and are difficult to detect. They live deep inside wood and, except during periods when they swarm or when repair work is being done on infested homes, they are seldom seen. Colonies are small (usually fewer than 1,000 individuals), can be widely dispersed, and take years to mature. While a homeowner may initially detect the presence of termites when they swarm or if fecal pellets are discovered, inspecting for drywood termites and determining the extent of an infestation require experience. So learning how to detect and early termite infestation is the best foundation on how to manage pests.

While a professional termite treatment by a reputable company is a good thing, particularly if you are buying or selling a home, it’s possible to treat your home yourself without using a pest control company or toxic pesticides. Richard Fagerlund suggested to use the least-toxic methods of pest control.

On the other hand, TermiteTrap.com.au promotes the use of termite trap method. In trapping termites, they follow 3 simple steps. They are:

Step 1 – Placing the traps
Step 2 – Inspecting the traps
Step 3 – Adding bait

Termites live in nests underground, often quite a distance from where you may have found them.

Termite ‘scouts’ leave the nest to forage for food. By placing traps around your house and garden you provide termites with an easy to find food source – once they have found the trap – they move in, setting up home.

TermiteTrap.com.au suggested that it’s best to place the traps around the outside of the house, near expansion joints in concrete and near wood and wood piles in the garden.

DoMyOwnPestControl.com also promotes termite control to be done with liquids, termite bait systems, or both. Liquid termite spray products are fast acting, can be applied closer to the infestation, and require less maintenance. While termite bait systems are less intrusive, no drilling or trenching is needed, no expensive equipment is required, and bait systems can help you identify a problem before the termites reach your home.

But termite control has too many obstacles to getting a good and effective treatment for the homeowner. Read Do-It-Yourself Termite Control is Not a Good Idea where you find pros and cons of using traditional barrier treatment and baiting systems.

One reason why homeowners shouldn’t attempt barrier treatments themselves is specialized equipment is needed to do a proper treatment. Injection rods, concrete drills, a large tank with a pump are so expensive it is cost prohibitive for the homeowner. The other reason is homeowners don’t have skills and experience to do an effective treatment.

Right now, the baiting systems that have the best chance of killing the colony are those that contain an insect growth regulator (IGR). The worker termites take the bait back to the colony where it gets passed to other termites. The growth regulator does not kill the queen or adult workers, but kills immature termites by disrupting the molting process. When the adult worker termites die a natural death, there are no young termites to take their place. With no workers, the colony slowly starves to death.

You can watch this video to learn some how to do-it-yourself termite treatment.

There it is. I hope that this post gives you the right information and insights on how to do-it-yourself termite control treatment. Control termites now and save money and your home from further destruction.