When it comes to gaining access to your home, termites are amazingly proficient. The last thing you want to do is make their job easier. Follow the following 3 steps to effective Termite Defense and make sure that your home doesn't become their home or contact Brock Lawn and Pest Control immediately.
Premise is a non-repellent termite treatment, meaning that termites unknowingly enter the Treated Zone™. Applied to soil, Premise creates a protective Treated Zone™ between termites in the soil and wood in your home. Other repellent termite control products rely on a complete barrier to be effective – one small gap in the treatment and termites will find it. Premise works by killing termites, not repelling them. Its unique chemistry binds to soil and won't wash away. Read more here.
Termite SoldierSTEP ONE - GET PROFESSIONAL HELP
Small holes in wood, crumbling drywall, sagging doors or floors, insect wings, and small mud tubes are some of the more obvious potential signs of termites. But even if you don't notice any of these signs, that doesn't necessarily mean termites, or the conditions that invite them, aren't there.
Regular inspections by a licensed pest professional are the only way to ensure your home truly is, and remains, free from termites and the damage that they cause. Qualified pest professionals have the training in termite biology and behavior to identify, prevent, and treat termite problems. A pest professional will perform a thorough inspection of your home to determine if, where, and how termites are getting in. They can also explain how to correct any conditions in your home that invite termites.
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Don't affix wooden trellises to exterior walls.
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Keep mulch, wood debris, scrap lumber, sawdust, and firewood away from your home. If you do keep firewood outside your house during the winter, keep it raised off the ground.
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Trim all shrubs, bushes and other dense greenery away from the foundation of your home. Move mulch away from the foundation as well.
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Don't bury wood debris near your home.
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Remove infested trees and stumps.
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Repair leaking faucets and water lines, both indoors and outdoors. Fix leaky roofs and gutters.
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Don't allow leaves to accumulate in gutters and drains.
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Grade soil so that water (including air conditioning condensate) runs away from foundations.
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Ventilate crawl spaces and attics to reduce humidity.
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Cover at least 90% of the soil in crawl spaces with plastic sheeting.
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Ideally, wood siding, stucco, and foam board should be at least six inches away from the ground.
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Seal all cracks and holes in your home's foundation, which may provide a handy access point for termites.
Don't try to deal with termites on your own, call, email or fill out this short form to schedule a free inspection today.
Premise gets rid of termites in several ways. First, termites are eliminated as they ingest or contact Premise in the Treated Zone™. Second, termites transfer Premise through social interaction and cannibalism. Termites survive as a colony and are in constant contact with each other. Premise uses this against them to protect your home!
Your family's well-being comes first when deciding what's best for your home, and you get that with the Premise family of products from Bayer. Premise has delivered responsible termite elimination that has been proven in more than 1 million homes. Premise is applied at very low rates — up to 10 times lower than some other termite treatments. Best of all, rigorous testing to meet Environmental Protection Agency standards and more than seven years of real-world use show Premise eliminates termites without affecting people.
Signs and Symptoms of Infestation
- Termites need only 1/64th of an inch to enter the home. Common entryways may include a slab wall, lumber in contact with the soil, an earth-filled stoop, expansion joints, brick veneer, and foam insulation in contact with soil.
- Helpful Hint: Be on the lookout for wall cracks or blistered areas on a floor, wall, window frame, joist or stud.
- Helpful Hint: Be on the lookout for wall cracks or blistered areas on a floor, wall, window frame, joist or stud.
- Since termites die when exposed to open air or sunlight, they travel in shelter tubes made of mud, bubbled paint or wooden surfaces that are damp and cool to the touch.
- Helpful Hint: Be on the lookout for narrow mud tubes along the base of the home.
- Helpful Hint: Be on the lookout for narrow mud tubes along the base of the home.
- Reproductive termites generally swarm during spring, in or near a building or windows.
- Helpful Hint: Be on the lookout for termites swarming inside or outside the home and discarded piles of wings or seed-like pellets lying around.
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Premise, the original non-repellent termiticide from Bayer Environmental Science, is the right choice for termite extermination. Pest management professionals across the country have found that Premise provides:
- strong, consistent protection for their customers’ homes and businesses
- improved customer satisfaction
- peace of mind that comes from a solid safety record and effective control
