Termite control: better check with a specialist

Termites are insects that live in colonies underground. In the colony there, as in ants, a hierarchy: queen, king, soldiers, workers, larvae, nymphs. Soldiers protect young workers, who are from 80 to 90 percent of the colony, build galleries in which they live and go in search of food. And, in fact, termites eat wood.

The wood termite workers eat is digested and then passed to the colony as nutrition. Not just any wood is good for termites. Normally they are interested in dead wood and dry. This makes the wood we have here an ideal candidate for their meals. However, for the people, it is not so ideal because if the termites attack the house, they put the structure and stability of the building in danger.

Lumber, beams, doors, windows, floors, stairs, ... There are wood home. We imagine the damage that termites can cause so no termite treatment has been applied. Even more annoying is the case for the stable and the stables, because often they are made entirely of wood, exactly.

The south west of France and the Paris region are areas that are most affected in France by termites. In these regions the temperature and humidity are ideal for these insects. There he must therefore provide a barrier between the house and the termite colony as a treatment. There are three types: chemical barriers, physical or physico-chemical properties.

Chemical barriers are the least suitable because they cause when they plant damage and nuisance to residents, which may force them to relocate temporarily. They are not without risk to health.

Physical barriers are conceived as material that prevents passage. If you know that termites spend even concrete to reach the source of wood, we imagine that this must be a very good system. The film consists of layers of granite particles or very fine mesh stainless steel. So, termites do not pass without doing harm.

Physicochemical barriers isolate housing of the termite colony by physical means and prevent termites moving through his treatment termites. Termites are killed by the insecticide in the film.

In addition, there are also trapping. They contain fiber such as wood, but when he stocked the termite feeds on them. The poison is so slow that the termite has time to return to the colony and poison others.

Gates must of course be placed at the time of construction. It must be very careful when placing the films, because the slightest crack renders the film useless as termite control . Check with a specialist is therefore not a luxury!