What to do if there are termites? Methods for preventing and controlling termites

Termites are a type of ant and are relatively harmful small animals. If there are some leftovers in the kitchen, they are likely to attract termites. Not only can it easily spread diseases, but it can also cause your furniture to be eaten by termites. Therefore, if termites appear in your home, you must take effective prevention and control measures in a timely manner to avoid further damage to your health and home environment.

6 Tips for Termite Control

1. Wood fiber, cardboard, and books are all termites' favorites, and they especially like to eat pine wood. If there is a pine scent in the wood, it will attract termites to "feast their appetite". Therefore, pine boards and pine ceilings can easily become termites' food or hiding places, so you should pay more attention.

2. After building a nest, termites are particularly afraid of being disturbed or vibrated, so still wood or furniture are the best hiding places for termites.

3. From 5pm to 8pm is the time when termites are most likely to fly around. At this time, it is best to close the doors and windows to prevent termites from flying in. You can also put a basin of water under the light. The termites will fly towards the "light" in the water and drown after falling into the water.

4. Before renovating a new house, it is best to do a whole-house termite prevention and spray anti-termite medicine (but the medicine can only last for 3 years). Try to use as little wood as possible when decorating.

5. Termites usually build their nests along walls, corners, ceilings and other places where they rely on the walls. There is usually an "ant path". The "ant path" is actually black or grayish white termite excrement. The ceilings infested by termites will have signs of rot or mold, and the floor will become soft and swollen.

6. Insecticide can relieve flying termites, but if the termites have already built a nest, you cannot use insecticide to spray them. This is because it will not eradicate the termites and will only "alarm the snakes", scaring them away and causing them to move to other places to build nests. Use ant-killing powder to eradicate the ant nest. Ant-killing powder is contagious. Sprinkle it on termites and let it spread in the ant nest to achieve a cure. And the larger the ant colony, the more obvious the effect.

The best way to prevent termites in home decoration :

1. Before starting work, spray all parts of the wall that may come into contact with wood (specifically window frames, door frames, wall skirts, embankment corner lines, and walls where various cabinets come into contact with the wall);

2. After the wall construction and line modification are completed, spray the wire trough and wire box (before sealing with cement);

3. Spray all wood when it arrives on site (both sides, but don’t spray the panels, spray more on the lines);

4. Spray the ground before installing the wooden floor (ceramic tiles and other floors do not need to be sprayed).