Before you go on ahead in buying a home, it is best to have it properly inspected for termites. As many know, termites are a major factor when it homes to homes, as they can destroy your home slowly and without your knowledge till it is too late. Termites can and will destroy your home slowly beginning from your home’s foundation and all the way up. This is why, inspectors fully inspect homes, bother inside and out to make sure that your house is termite free or if there are termites, as to what the degree of the infestation has become.
Many have lost their homes to these termites because they were not able to save their homes as early as possible from the destruction caused by termites. That is why when you suspect that your home is already infected by termites; a full termite inspection has to be done to help save your home from being eaten away.
A Little About Termites
Termites live in a colony that has 3 castes. The first being the reproductive caste where these termites’ sole role is to lay eggs to reproduce more and more termites for their colony. Another is the workers caste who has the most active role, as they are ones in charge of looking for food, harvesting and bringing it back to the colony, where they then feed the other termites and care for the eggs and larvae aside from maintaining the nest. And there is the soldier caste that has the sole role of protecting the nest and strengthening their defenses against other termites and insects.
Termite Control and Prevention
Termites can be controlled and prevented through the help of a termite inspector who have the qualified expertise in identifying the type of termite that is infesting your home. These termites have to be found and treated immediately. They are treated by chemicals provided by termites’ inspectors, controllers and other termite professionals. There are companies that offer free inspections and then offer to sell their service of eradicating termites. Only qualified professionals know how to handle these chemicals and the right way to treat termite infestations, so to keep everyone in the household safe. Termite exterminators also put chemicals in a trench surrounding the house so as to help get rid of the termites by dividing the house and the soil.
Termite professionals use wood substances as bait for the soldier termites who would inform the worker caste who hunts for food. These workers will hunt the food down, retrieve it and bring it back to the reproductive caste. This is when the termite professional then switches the real food source to the bait that has the chemical or termicide.
This is an effective way that termite professionals use to help eradicate termites as this method can kill all the termites slowly and the chemical poison can reach the colony or nest. That is why professionals would prefer to use this method. So seek a professional’s help immediately upon realization.
