By Chad Reese
Termite Product Manager, BASF Pest Control Solutions
Today’s business environment presents both opportunities and challenges for pest management professionals (PMPs) who rely heavily on termite treatments as part of their revenue stream. When termites swarm, business booms; when they don’t, business suffers.
Virtually every homeowner has a compelling reason to use professional pest control services, either curatively or preventatively: Termites cause more than $5 billion worth of property damage in the United States every year. This represents an opportunity regardless of whether termites are swarming.
PMPs should consider the following as part of a curative and/or preventative plan:
• Non-repellent liquid termiticides: Unlike repellent termiticides, non-repellent termiticides are undetectable to termites, making them unaware they have entered a treatment zone. Some non-repellent termiticides can even be transferred from termites that have come into contact with the treatment zone to those who have not.
• Conventional treatment: Conventional treatments seek to treat all potential areas where termites may live or enter a structure, specifically near the building’s foundation. This type of treatment may involve treating soil on both sides of foundation walls, cracks and spaces of foundation cinder blocks and the soil under plumbing penetrations in slabs and bath traps.
• Exterior perimeter/Localized interior treatment (EP/LI): This termite treatment focuses on treating the soil adjacent to the exterior foundation of a building to stop termite attacks. If termites dwell in interior areas, an interior treatment is also necessary to control termites active in the interior.
• Baiting and monitoring: Baiting and monitoring products are alternatives to liquid termiticide treatments. In fact, monitors may lay the groundwork for full curative treatments or full baiting system installations once a monitor reveals termites.
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