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Alternative Termite Treatment Methods
Termites - Why the Concern ?
There are many species of structural infesting termites and each one has developed effective ways to get at and attack the wood in your home. Preventing termite attack an killing these termites is vital if you want to avoid the damage they cause.
Subterranean termites live in underground colonies, although sometimes they can be within your home itself. The "worker" termite forages outside of the colony for food. It consumes the wood creating "galleries" and then returns to feed the rest of the colony. Telltale signs of termites include mud (or shelter) tubes on foundation walls, termite swarms and of course infested wood members. DFWPEST is a trained and licensed professional company that knows termites and the products available for eliminating and/or preventing their attack. The solution to a termite attack frequently involves:
* Eliminating termite entry points.
* Eliminating excess moisture.
* Creating a barrier around your home.
* Killing the termites that already infest your home.
Sodium Borate (Timbor / Bora Care) (Sodium Octoborate Tetrahydrate)
Sodium Borate has been a popular alternative treatment for subterranean termites in the last few years. Popularized in the early 1990's with the advent of BORA CARE (Sodium Borate and Glycol which acts as a penetrate), Sodium Borate is a form of Boric Acid, although it is not as refined as Boric Acid, but comes from the same basic element boron. Sodium Borate acts by killing the bacterial protozoa in the termites intestinal gut which acts as the termites food processor. This bacterial protozoa actually digests the wood which the termite eats, and processes it into an energy source (sugar), the termite then excretes a wood pellet (frass). When the termites digest wood containing sodium borate, the bacterial protozoa is killed which results in the termites not being able to digest their food. So in essence the termite starves to death. Sodium Borate is relatively inexpensive and is widely used in the termite control industry as a secondary backup treatment to a conventional soil treatment. Many homebuilders are now using Bora Care as a pretreatment alternative to soil treatments.
