Jasin wrote on Jun 13^th, 2019 at 10:42pm:


Why refer to them in the plural?

I had them in an old house.
Don't disturb them. Get bait from a pro and let them carry that back to the nest.
When the bait is no longer being eaten, they will be gone.
Then we put in a monitoring system.
About 20 small black plastic pots full of pine chips placed around the gardens and paths around the house.
Check these monthly.
If chips are being eaten, fill pot with bait and keep filling til it is not being eaten.
Only had to do this once in 10 year.

The high pressure sprays into the soil  is dear and only lasts about 5 years

aquascoot wrote on Jun 14^th, 2019 at 3:27pm:



I'm familiar with the monitoring stations you are talking about ...we used to have them in a complex I used to manage. Despite having them, and they were checked every 6 weeks,  every property in the complex was still checked internally for termites once a year ... and occasionally we'd still find the termites active inside a dwelling. If you place your stations a couple of meters apart, there is nothing to stop them going up the middle between two stations and bypassing the monitoring stations altogether.


A good friend of mine is a pest controller ...He used to do the work for me at the complex, when he first installed them he actually tried to talk the body corporate out of them. Keep in mind that for him, they're a virtual gold mine. He made very good money first installing and then inspecting them ... and the inspections are perpetual, at $3000+ every six weeks for half a days work to inspect them  (there are 350+ stations throughout the complex)... they're almost as good as a printing press for money. Despite that, the only thing he recommends to customers is chemical barriers ... and they do him out of work because for the next 8 years he won't need to come back for termites .

Aussie wrote on Jun 14^th, 2019 at 7:00pm:



they inject a 'chemical barrier' around (and below?) the foundations of the house .... termites will not cross this barrier (i'm not sure if it kills them or if it's just a repellent). I've been told that even if the area suffers from frequent flooding, the barrier will still work.

Aussie wrote on Jun 14^th, 2019 at 7:09pm:


the cost has been covered in previous posts ... it ultimately depends on the size of the house but i believe it's around the $4k mark

In the past house pads were sprayed with heptachlor or dieldren before the concrete went down
Those organochloriens lasted virtually forever
Tha only time you got problems was when something disturbed that barrier
Since organochlories were banned none of the replacement chemicals last as long
We have a reticulated system under the pad and get injections all around the house every few years
Aussie termites are great adversaries....you cant take chances with them