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Will injecting non-repellant inside of termite infested wood then spraying the outside with repellant work?

Over the past few days, I've had subterranean termite alates swarming "inside" of my home for about an hour each day and it's really freaking my wife out. The termites appear to have come in through a crack in our slab and have infested the 2x4's under a section of raised wooden flooring. I'm thinking about treating the inside of the infested timbers with some kind of non-repellant dust or liquid (to try and take out the colony the slow way), then spraying around the perimeter of the raised floor (where the alates have been emerging into my house from) with a repellant termiticide (e.g., bora-care) to keep them from coming up into the house and freaking out my wife. Does that sound like a good plan of action?? Then again, maybe I should try injecting some Jecta or liquid Bora-Care into the wood instead? Or maybe I should try drilling some holes in the plywood between the studs of the raised floor and squirting in a bunch of Bora-Care foam to fill up the empty cavities between the studs? Just trying to figure out the best way to take out the colony in the longer term, whilst still preventing the alates from ruining my wife's day in the short term. I think my wife would be fine if the alates would just stay under the floor unseen, as opposed to coming up into the house from the edges of the raised floor section. Any thoughts you might have on how to deal with this situation would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help!

Answer:

We would not recommend to apply a repellant in the areas you are using non repellents. The idea is that you want the termites to come out and come in contact with the treated area. Please call us at 866-581-7378 so that we can better assist you with this termite treatment.

Answer last updated on: 02/25/2014

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