Termite management
Eliminate the colony, then keep it out
Spraying the termites you can see kills the ones you can see. The nest keeps working. Here’s how it’s actually done — and what each stage costs.
Four stages, in order
Inspect and identify the species
Brisbane has several species and they don’t behave the same way. Coptotermes acinaciformis — by far the most destructive here — nests in tree stumps and under slabs and will travel 50 metres to your house. Others are far less serious. The treatment depends entirely on which one you have.
Eliminate the colony
Usually baiting: stations go in where the termites are actively feeding, the workers carry the bait back, and the colony collapses over six to twelve weeks. Slower than spraying, and it’s the only approach that reliably kills the nest you can’t find. Where baiting isn’t practical we use a non-repellent treated zone that the termites walk through and transfer.
Install a barrier
Killing one colony doesn’t stop the next. A full perimeter treated zone — trenched and injected around the footings, drilled through paths and driveways — gives you an eight-year protected zone. On Queenslanders with an accessible subfloor it’s more straightforward and cheaper than on a slab home.
Inspect annually, forever
No barrier is permanent — landscaping, plumbing leaks and new garden beds all breach them. An annual inspection keeps the warranty live and catches a breach while it’s still a $300 problem. We diarise it and call you.
Baiting or barrier — which do I need?
Baiting system
For live activity, or where the nest can’t be located.
Chemical barrier
For prevention, and after a colony is eliminated.
Think you've got termites right now?
Don’t spray them and don’t break the mud open. Call us and leave them where they are.