Advice on termite protection

by **fdimike** » January 27, 2012, 12:59 pm

Jack

It looks like they're using the same type of eradication program they started using in Florida before we left 6 years ago. They say it's actually better then the barrier method which was in use in Florida when we first built our house there some 25 years ago.

Let me know where they're located. I may pay them a visit.

by **rick** » January 28, 2012, 2:34 pm

Of course, you can plaster the area with highly toxic chemicals, but they will kill everything, not just termites. Also I do not relish spraying poison all around where I live. I think the first step is to ensure that there is little or no suitable food for them, and that it is hard to get at. Certainly some wood seems to be pretty termite proof - in my old Thai house we have 40 year old floor boards and never touched by them.

Personally, I like the borax or boric acid idea as less toxic to non-target organisms and more natural. And cheaper. Unfortunately, you cannot buy it from a thai shop - it is a restricted chemical. If anyone can get it, please let me know. It is also very good for ants (that's my problem) the only things attacked by termites in my house are paper and chipboard furniture.

by **qon** » February 20, 2012, 10:42 pm

Hi,
Go green solutions:
1) dig in manure into the ground around the house, termite don't like rich soil, but good for your flower bed.
2) ants and termite don't get on well, so some ants is good. Encourage some natural termite enemies.
3) for new house, fill in as much sand as possible under your concrete, termite can't dig their tunnels through sand.
4) consider creating termite feeding field with corn cobs, instead of your house.
5) don't forget ant caps on your piers.

Any chemical solution last around 5 years, then you need to retreat your property. Unfortunately with heavy rain, chemical will sip and wash away much quicker.

by **Alchai** » February 21, 2012, 1:13 am

OK so I looked up some old threads here on UM and decided to try the "cheap Charlie" version. I went to Home Mart and bought a bottle of Chaindrite Stedfast 4sc for 700B and got a guy to spray under the house for 500B. However, I understand that this is probably not a very good treatment and that it must be regulary repeated so I am going to find out what it will cost to put a layer of concrete on the ground.I guess I will need min. 5 cm and the area is 150m2. Has anyone done this?

by **thrilled** » February 21, 2012, 4:26 am

A friend of mine in the us has his own termite control company.I said to him I was having trouble with A house in Bangkok.He said the termites in asia are really bad.He didn't give me A solution except tear down the house and
build a new one.

by **fdimike** » February 21, 2012, 5:51 am

Al

A layer of concrete may not solve your problem either unless you apply a flexible sealant around everything that comes through that concrete. As the new concrete sets up it will shrink a bit and leave a small gap around pipes or old concrete footings, columns, pilings etc. Termites can get through an opening as small as a human hair. I lived in Florida for many years and our termite problem was not as bad as that here in Thailand and still it was a constant battle.

Advice on termite protection