How To Get Rid Termites

If you are wondering how to get rid of termites, also called white ants, from your house then the first thing you have to know is how bad your infestation of termites is. If you have become aware quite recently that wood termites have just moved into your house, then you could have caught the problem early enough to be able to deal with the termite extermination yourself, otherwise, you will almost definitely have to get the professionals in to give you a price and tell you how long it will take for them to get rid of your termites.

How To Get Rid Of Termites

There are several ways of getting rid of termites, but the first piece of information that you have to have is how bad your infestation is which depends on the size of the colony and the species of termites - are they subterranean termites, Formosan termites, damp wood or dry wood termites?

If your house has been infested by a serious species for some time or if your termite colony is particularly large, you will have to get on with eradicating the colony very quickly in order to limit damage to buildings.

If you take the fastest route to get rid of the termite infestation, you can destroy all the colonies in your house, even the subterranean termites, within three days. How do you go about getting rid of termite colonies this quickly? Here is a crash course on termite extermination for beginners.

By tenting your house and fumigating it. Eradicating termites by tenting and fumigating is achieved by erecting a tent around your house and driving a gas that is poisonous to termites around your house. This form of termite control has to be carried out by professionals.

The gas is forced around the house - into the attic, the basement, the cavity walls and between the tent and your exterior walls. The gas is left there for about twenty-four hours to kill the pests and then the tent is removed and the fans are used to expel the air from the house.

Some time on the third day, an expert in the use of this gas carries out an inspection on how much gas remains in your house. When it is down to safe levels, you will get the all-clear to return and start the remedial work to repair the termite damage to buildings caused by the infestation. You will get a guarantee on this type of job.

If your termite infestation is not so advanced, you may have longer to treat it. If you choose this route how to get rid of termites, you can either use a professional firm or do it yourself. There are several do it yourself treatments on the market. One of them is Termidor.

Treatments such as Termidor kill termites in two ways. First it is a contact insecticide and second it is a poison. Therefore, you have to spray your house from top to bottom (or have it sprayed).

Termidor is meant to stay effective for a long time, but to kill slowly. Therefore, as termites go about their daily chores, they will brush against the Termidor termite treatment and take it home with them.

These insects will die, but termites are very sociable animals so this termite control will be passed on to hundreds of others. They will also die. This is a very effective method of termite pest control.

It is also a poison, so when the workers take the termite bait home for the nymphs, soldiers, alates and the king and queen, they will also die from poisoning. This method of how to get rid of termites will see the population drop off quite quickly after a week, but it can take three months for the extermination of a whole colony or nest from your house.