Termites are also knows as white ants, They live in colonies, Consists of Queen, king, Few Soldiers & large number of workers, Queen control the colony through chemical stimulus, Queen can lays more than 10,000 eggs in a week. King support queen in reproduction, both king & queen live in anti chamber. Soldiers protect the colony & worker are the damaging caste who infest the structure, collect the food & feed the colony, also muddy channels formation & colony structure repairing is done by workers they are blind & work 24 hours.
The infestation caused by the termites are huge like strom, cyclone, fire, flood etc. They can damage any structure in search of material containing cellulose, like wood, paper & cloths.
If muddy channels are seen in building/wooden structure, there was the problem of termite in that structure. Sometimes infestation will be done to internal structure but we can’t detect it, muddy channels are also not seen, the structure get totally infested & we can’t do anything after damaging of structure, so to avoid the undetectable infestation, treating the premises against termite is so important.
Termites - The winged termites are called as swarmer (alate) The colony of termite consists of- Queen, king, soldiers & workers (searchers)
The winged termites are called as swarmers; the wings are rub off after the mating & develop the new colony. They are also called as alates.
Life Span of Termite - 2 yrs to 10 years
Post Construction Anti Termite Treatment - The Treatment is done by drilling the building structure to wall & floor junction as required, filling the holes with anti termite chemical & sealing the holes with cement. If muddy channels present, channels are also treated with anti termite chemical. The chemical used for termite treatment are of international quality, supported with quality technical work.
Anti Termite Treatment
For Inside Premises - The inside premises is drilled with 12mm diameter drill having 6 inch length, the drilling is done to the effective depth of 4 to 5 inches. The drilled holes are filled with anti termite chemical and the holes are sealed with cement.
Then the muddy channels made by termite are sprayed to kill the live termite inside the muddy channel and after that the channels are removed and the minute hole from where the termites enters in to the premises are injected with the anti termite chemical.
For Outside premises - The outside wall of the building, columns are drilled with the drill bit having 12 inch length & 12 mm diameter to the depth of 1 feet. If the building is stilt the side corners of the columns are drilled and the holes are filled with anti termite chemical.
If the muddy channels are seen the channels are treated with anti termite chemical and then removed. All stair case, passage area and all other common portion was drilled and filled with anti termite chemical and sealed with cement.
This is an important practice to protect the building from termite infestation. This treatment was effective and we can avoid the infestation by treating the premises before construction.
Treatment to the Top surface of the Plinth.
Treatment at the Junction of the wall & the floor.
Treatment of soil Along the External Perimeter of Building.
Treatment of the soil surrounding pipes and conduits.
Treatment to the Expansion Joints.
