Antonietta writes
We found subterranean termites had made tunnels in our wall by our entrance doorway. We have removed the sheet rock and will also remove all damaged wood. How can we treat the new wood going in. We are also going to do a Termidor treatment around our entire house and put in foam treatment inside wall before the new wood goes in. Is there anything else that we can do to protect the house from any further damage? We also wanted to install a bait system around the house when we are done. Would that be a good idea. Thanks so much for your help. Your website has been so helpful and saved us tones of money.
The Termidor trench treatment around your home is all that you would have to do if you have removed the damaged wood. If you wanted to treat the new as an extra precaution you would want to treat the wood with Boracare. Boracare can be sprayed or painted onto the raw wood and after treating all sides it will soak all the way through to the center and last for the life of the wood. Foaming your walls is not something you should do as this is only used to spot treat on active infestations in the walls. The foam will not leave behind a residual for more than a few weeks and even when treating an active infestation you are not foaming the entire wall void. If you want to do the termite bait stations to monitor activity in your yard after trenching that is a great idea, however again not necessary when doing a termidor treatment. It would be more of an extra protector and would just provide you with a way of physically seeing if there is activity. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Answer last updated on: 08/14/2013
