If you are considering protecting your home or business from termites or you have unfortunately found termites, you may be asking, “How much does a termite treatment cost?”.
In comparison to the amount of money termite repairs can cost, a termite treatment can protect your property from the risk of a termite infestation.
Prices can vary from company to company, depending on what type of chemicals they use. At D-Tec Pest Solutions we only use quality products that comply with the Australian Standards.
When protecting your home or property there are a few different options depending on your situation.
If you’ve found live termites in your home, the object of the exercise is to eliminate the termites feeding in the house and eliminate the source nest. This is done by:
The first stage foaming treatment affects the termite’s behavior, stopping them from grooming one another, which is important in the termite colony. If we infect the nest and they stop grooming, a fungus that occurs naturally in the soil around your home attacks the worker termites first and kills them.
Without the worker termites in the nest, there is no-one left to do all the important things like chewing the timber i.e. your house, feeding the young and feeding and tending to the king and queen. Two weeks have passed, and the colony is unable to win the battle between the infection.
The first stage treatment can get you to this point, but it doesn’t provide the following:
With band-aid treatments, reinfestation occurs regularly because the colony numbers have not adequately been affected and are still looking for food.
D-Tec doesn’t charge for a first stage treatment when a full proposal has been accepted by the client.
Termite treated zones or 2nd stages provide further protection for your property and are used to protect the home against termites for up to 8 years. They consist of trenching around the perimeter of the slab of the home and drilling small holes through external paths to form a complete treated zone around the home.
The cost for a termite treatment barrier will vary between $2,000 to $4,500 for a small to a very large lowset home. Two storey homes are cheaper to treat because the footprint of the dwelling is smaller e.g. less area to be treated. Other factors relating to price depends on:
A Stage 1 and 2 premium termite control product that D-Tec has available is called Termidor and Termidor HE. Termidor is a top of the range termite treatment that quickly eliminates termites and provides long term residual control.
Termidor will protect your home for 8 years. Prices range depending on which product of Termidor you decide.
The only additional cost is a yearly termite inspection service agreement to ensure there is no conducive conditions or disturbance to the treated zone. This is a better option if you own a brick slab on-ground home.
Termite Bait systems will cost $1600– $3500 and include servicing, monitoring, and baiting for 12 months only. Each year after the service fee is usually calculated on how many stations were installed, to begin with.
D-Tec recommends the Sentricon system, pre-loaded stations with bait that will last in ground for 5 years. This is an option we normally recommend where a chemical treated zone cannot be applied e.g. environmentally sensitive areas, or if a home is built in such a way that a treated zone cannot be applied.
This method is very useful for larger commercial complexes or body corporate dwellings where the body corporate would like to monitor termite activity to the common areas.
Contact us on 1300 725 758 for a free termite treatment quote. We offer payment plans, a free general pest treatment, and termite inspection when you accept a termite treatment.
