Reasons Why It Is Essential To Have Regular Termite Inspections In Sydney

The CSIRO has estimated that an adult termite community can consume 1 metre of 4x2 solid timber weekly. That's 52 metres in a year! How many metres of wood are there in your house?

Termites do not ever rest. They are constantly busy night and day, millions of them taking a bite of wood and then returning it to the colony, over and over again. In a short while a serious degree of damage can be made.

There are many species of termites in Sydney that we investigate, each having specific characteristics in accordance with the manner they do the job, survive and destroy wood. A termite inspection specialist in Sydney must be more trained than those in other places due to this. A homeowner cannot possibly do a complete examination of the premises considering that it normally requires a trained termite inspector years to get adequate understanding of the pest and its ways of combat.

Being subterranean by nature implies that termites will not be attacking from above ground but from below the ground where they have purposely constructed number of tunnels intended to permit the best possible volume of traffic every single way to establish quicker delivery of the cellulose from the property they are targeting back to the community for sharing to the other members of the colony.

For a termite inspection to fulfill its purpose, the examining technician must have been competently educated in termite identification, their habits and have the procedure to follow when applying that details to use. There are numerous approaches needed by an inspector when carrying out the job however it is expertise that will guide the technician relating to when to make use of them.

The process AS3660.2 sets out all of the different regions of a home that need to be examined, investigated and noted upon. A brief outline is listed below. With the Pestec system determining the sequence in which it is conducted.

• Inspect the backyard. This involves everything within 50 metres of the house like, retaining walls, trees, stumps, fences and other properties.
• Check the outside of the property. This includes sound of timbers on the exterior such as window frames, door supports, fascia’s etc.
• Inspect the sub floor area (if one exists). This includes a very careful assessment of all flooring and framing wood visible under the house, an assessment of the drainage and ventilation and examining to see that you will not find things beneath the house that make it more conducive.
• Inspect the interior. This includes going into every single room and sounding doorframes, window frames, skirtings and any other exposed timbers.
• Check the roof void roof framework and every visible framework wood. Often in a roof void you'll find padding obscuring the very members we need to check, in high risk locations and above wet areas, this padding is removed and replaced.

An annual inspection of your property by an appropriately certified technician can save you lots of money in fixing termite damage.

Source: www.pestec.com.au/Termite-inspections - Pestec are the termite experts. Call us at 1800 111 616 for your reassurance.