Many people are trying to find the best termite control treatment.
Liquid or bait remedies are the most common treatments for termites today.
Most people do not understand how these treatment strategies work, but they can both exterminate termites in your home or business.
You will need to decide how you want to treat your home or business.
There are several types of termite control treatment products available.
In the United States, the most common liquid treatment available is Termidor.
It is the most powerful liquid treatment on the market today, as it works better than any other liquid treatment on the market.
Termidor is a non-repellant termiticide which means the termites do not avoid it.
After traveling through the barrier, a worker termite will carry the material back into the colony where the effect is spread throughout.
This in turn will cause the colony to be completely eliminated.
If your business is on a slab construction, the chemical is commonly applied by treating the perimeter soil around the structure of the building.
When termites have swarmed inside a building, termite technicians have to drill holes through the concrete floor to get to the heart of the termite infestation.
The interior structure has to be treated so that the colony will come in contact with Termidor and be completely eliminated.
Liquid treatments are very popular in crawl space homes because you can often treat the crawl space and the outside perimeter of the home without having to drill inside the structure of the home.
In crawl space homes, the garage is often the only room inside the home that is in direct contact with the soil.
Subterranean termites always come from the ground, so you can make sure the termites come in contact with Termidor by treating the entire perimeter around the structure of the home.
There are other products besides Termidor that can be used around the home.
They are much cheaper than Termidor, but these other products are not recommended because their lifespan is much shorter than Termidor.
Other termite control treatment liquid products like Premise only last roughly five years, but Termidor treatments can last for decades.
Drilling inside structures is not practical or cost effective for some basement homes and most businesses.
For this reason, it is often more cost effective to use bait around the outside perimeter of the building.
One of the most common bait systems today is Advance Termite Bait.
With a bait station treatment, Advance Termite Bait is placed ten feet apart around the entire perimeter structure of the business or the home.
These stations include bait that termites find and return to the colony.
The idea is that termites will find this bait before they come in contact with the structure.
Unlike liquid treatments that require a one-time treatment, bait stations have to be checked on a regular basis.
Stations that show signs of regular termite treatment are checked more frequently.
If a termite swarm occurs inside a building with termite bait stations around the perimeter, technicians can install stations above ground inside the building to eliminate colonies that are invading the structure.