Termites cause over 5 billion dollars of damages to homes throughout the United States each year.  (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill and many areas in the South are in an increased zone for termite activity).  Unknown by many property owners, homeowner’s insurance does not cover termite damages or the cost of treatment.  It is very important that homeowners understand the threat of termites and take the necessary steps to protect their homes.  Innovative Pest Solutions, Inc. offers a $250,000 termite damage protection plan when we perform a full termite treatment on your home.  Our protections plans are backed by a third party insurance company to ensure that your home is protected.  By treating and inspecting your home, Innovative Pest Solutions, Inc. is protecting your biggest investment against the destructive power of termites.

The type of termites that we deal with in the triangle area are called subterranean termites.  This means that the insect spends most of its time under ground or in very wet conditions.  Termites have to have moisture to prevent them from drying out and dying.  By traveling back and forth between the soil and wooden members of your home, they tunnel and eat wood 24 hours a day, every day of the year.  Taking advantage of this pattern, we treat the soil under and adjacent to you home/structure with the best termite defense product on the market Termidor™.   The termite then tries to access moisture in the soil by crawling through the applied product, killing the termite.

Termidor works in these ways:

Termites can’t avoid what they can’t detect.

Termidor is an advanced undetectable liquid technology. That means termites cannot see, smell, taste, or avoid it. Instead, they contact, ingest and share Termidor, completely unaware that doing so inevitably will kill them.

Termidor eliminates termites several ways.

When termites eat Termidor-treated material, they will die. But Termidor doesn’t stop there. It eliminates termites by contact as well. And since termites can’t detect its presence, termites can directly ingest and contact Termidor as they go about their normal routines.

The Termidor “Transfer Effect™”

Whenever a termite ingests or touches Termidor, it can become a “carrier,” transferring Termidor to other termites it contacts. These termites, in turn, can become secondary carriers, behaving normally while they transfer Termidor to other termites they contact—and so on within the colony. Because Termidor is slow-acting, it gives individual termites ample time to transfer it to others in the population. This unique, spiraling process is called the “Transfer Effect,” and its devastating results maximize the protection of your structure.

Several areas of your home are more prone to termite attack.  Dirt filled porches, expansion joints for basements, garages, and slabs, siding to soil and low siding areas, and areas of the crawlspace.  By applying material in the right places your home can be free of termites and protected from future termite attacks.