Termite Barriers: A Long-Term Solution

For years, Suburban Pest Management has provided quality barrier treatments to property owners in the Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast areas. We not only have knowledge of termites and other pests overall, but we know how the climate, soil, and lay of the land affects how pests behave.

We offer an effective range of termite control services. Termite treatment barriers are one of the most effective and longest-lasting among all those services.

Termites can track through the ground, often up to half a metre below the surface. When they hit the footing, or the foundation of the building, they will often come up and try to enter the building via that first course of bricks.

Different barriers work in different ways but they are all constructed to serve as a protective ‘zone’ that administers a lethal dose of a termite-specific chemical. This chemical lasts a long time which means it will protect your home or business from termites in the years to come.

With the knowledge and experience that Suburban Pest Management brings to the table, you can rest assured that your termites will be gone in no time, thanks to our expertly trained technicians and leading-edge equipment and products.

There are three basic types of termite barriers:

• Chemical Soil Treatments
• Physical Barriers
• Chemical Reticulation Systems

Chemical Soil Treatments

Chemical soil treatments provide extensive, long-term protection for existing buildings.

Termites can track through the ground, often up to half a metre below the surface. When they hit the footing, or the foundation of the building, they will often come up and try to enter the building via that first course of bricks.

We apply a powerful liquid chemical to the soil that forms a protected zone around your building’s foundation.

Completed chemical soil treatment

We use a chemical that destroys, not repels, entire colonies of termites within your property. The trouble with repelling termites is that the termites don’t carry the chemical back to the nest.

The risk with repellent chemicals is that as they break down over time, termites may find a weakness in the barrier, which they wouldn’t look for with non-repellent chemicals. The only way to ensure that they won’t be back is to use a chemical that termites carry back to the nest, killing every termite in the colony, including the queen—who can lay up to 30 thousand eggs a day.

The beauty of this chemical is that it’s completely undetectable by termites. When the termites march into your home, the chemical won’t kill them right away.

After they return to their nest, every other termite they meet will also come into contact with the termiticide, eliminating them as well. Termites who come into contact with this chemical will die within five to 21 days.

With a chemical soil treatment, our expert technicians will come to your property to apply the chemical to the soil around the building. They will drill tiny holes into concrete or tile areas, such as walkways, so the chemical can get underneath those areas as well.

We can apply plugs in the same colour as your walkway or tile, so you’ll never know they’re there.

We use Termidor – A Trusted Solution

Suburban Pest Management has been using Termidor for more than 15 years. There are other non-repellent products out there, but none have been proven to be as effective.

Termidor is considered the best product on the market thanks to its non-repellency features. This essentially means termites are not aware the treatment is in place until they’ve already tried to pass through the system in which time it’s too late, and the termites will have been affected.

We are so confident about Termidor that Tom Aldridge, the owner of Suburban Pest Management, put together a video addressing some of the most commonly asked questions: