You need to bring in pest control professionals if you even suspect a termite invasion of your home.
Termites do extensive damage every year.
They eat on any dead organic materials.
They especially love untreated lumber in domestic homes.
Once a termite colony gets established in your walls, they can move through large amounts of wood quickly.
Many people do not know they have termites until they start seeing the damage done to the wood.
It might appear as a piece of wood disintegrating.
It could be that a wall unexpectedly starts to sag.
It might be that you accidentally press against a piece of wood and your finger goes into it.
All of this shows a termite invasion.
Painted wood often provide an excellent place to see if you have a termite issue.
Quite often the termite will start tunneling into a piece of wood.
When they emerged under the painted surface, they will eat the wood but not the paint.
This often leaves the painted surface with a bubbled or distorted look.
As the wood underneath begins to disintegrate, often the paint will start to crack.
When you start seeing signs of painted wood disintegrating, it is important to inspect it for potential termite problems.
You can bring in professional pest control experts to do this for you.
Another thing to do to prevent termites from getting a strong hold in your house is to inspect your foundation regularly.
That means looking for signs that termites may have come in.
If you have any wood in contact with the ground, that is a prime location for termites to enter the building.
If this wood shows signs of deterioration, you may have termites in the house.
Termites also love moist wood.
If you have a leak in your plumbing, they will likely migrate into the wood surrounding this moisture.
This gives them both a source of food as well as a source of water.
A sure sign of a termite invasion is the presence of shelter tubes going up the side of your foundation.
If you see any signs of termite invasion, bring in the pest control professionals.
Prevention is critical.
That means getting any wood away from the soil.
Termites look for easy ways in.
When you have untreated wood against the soil, it is like opening the front door.
There are physical barriers you can put up that will prevent them from penetrating.
There are also chemical barriers you can use as well.
Taking precautions before the invasion is always better than dealing with an invasion.
Pest control experts can help you prevent as well as destroy termite predators.