The Method of Treatment:
When you enter into a five /seven years contract for your entire building our method of treatment which is based on the ISI specifications, consists of chemical treatment of the following areas:
- The soil around the foundation of your building (External Treatment).
- The base of the masonry walls (Internal Treatment).
- All vulnerable wooden portions of the building.
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Infested woodwork sprayed with insecticide
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1. Soil (External Treatment):
A chemical toxic barrier is created between the termites in the soil and the building that has to be protected. This is achieved in the following manner: If there exists a concrete cover or masonry apron around the walls of your building, holes are drilled as close as possible to the plinth wall about 300mm (1ft) apart from each other. Insecticide is then poured, so that it reaches the soil to eliminate the termites present there and to stop them from re-infesting. If your building is on pillars, the holes are drilled around the pillars and insecticide poured into the soil.
If there is loose earth around the walls of your building, trenches of a 'shovel width' are dug, exposing the external surfaces of the foundation wall up to a depth of 500 mm from the ground level. While re-filling the trenches, the dug up earth is returned in layers & insecticide is sprayed over the back fill earth.
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Holes made at the base of the building wall along the perimeter from outside
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Chemical Barrier
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The dotted portion in the above picture indicates the drilling operation carried out inside the building. The black shaded portion shows the chemical barrier created by the soil treatment along the perimeter of the building from outside. |
2. The Base of The Masonry Walls (Internal Treatment)
The internal treatment of base of masonry walls and treatment of woodwork is carried out as per the one-year maintenance contract mentioned in Para-A. Termites, which originate from the soil are controlled effectively when your building is treated at the ground level as per the above mentioned method. But, as an additional precaution, the outer walls on the first floor are also subjected to the masonry drilling treatment. Above the first floor, the drilling operation is carried out only in areas infested by termites.
3. Vulnerable Wooden Portions of the Building:
Further, on all floors, wood work like doors and windows, which are highly susceptible to termite attack are also protected by treating them with the drilling operation. Spot treatment of spraying on infested areas in the walls and ceiling is also carried out. On completion of the initial treatment, about 80% of the termites are eliminated from your building. The remaining which are hidden in the walls are eliminated within 6 months, during the check up visits of our operator. In remote cases, it may even take 2 years to eradicate the termites.
Warranty
5 Years
In case of comprehensive anti-termite treatment of the entire building, we give a warranty of five years. Any re-infestation of termites during the warranty period is treated without any extra charge.
7 Years
If you allow us to put a board in your society, we give a warranty of 7 years. The board will simply say that the termite control treatment of your building has been done by Pecopp.
Frequency of Check Ups:
- After the initial treatment a check up of the entire building is carried out every month for the first six months.
- A check up is carried out once every six months for the next two years. Intimation will be given in advance by post about the time of arrival of our operators. The check up visit is to find out whether there has been any re-infestation of termites. Necessary treatment will be carried out in case of re-infestation.
- You can call us as and when there is re-infestation during the entire contract period of five years.
Preventive Treatment:
- Prevention is always better that cure.
- Ideally a building should be treated before it is constructed. If not, a preventive treatment can also be done in individual flats, offices and shops.
- Spraying of termite resistant chemicals such as Creosote (black chemical). Wood Guard or Termiseal does not prevent termites. The chemical is hardly absorbed by the wood. Even so called termite resistant ply wood can be damaged by termites.
- Termites can only be prevented by creating a chemical barrier as shown above. If you are going to change the flooring please call us after you fix the new flooring, but before putting the skirting.
- In case of preventive treatments, there are no check up visits.
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