Termites are very small insects that can cause big damage to your home and property. Termites work silently and build colonies with thousands of workers that can ruin all your wooden furnishings and furniture. Termite damage repair is one of the major costs of maintaining a home in most places.
Termites are usually very small, and they constantly eat away at your wooden components without you even noticing till much later. The worker termites feed on the cellulose in the wood. They usually build nests in the form of mounds of earth outside or narrow mud shelter tubes on trees or walls or other surfaces.
These little insects can cause a lot of damage to your home. They hollow out wooden doors and windows, making them weak. They also feed on wooden furniture, turning them creaky and ugly. Termites even dig up the soil in your home’s foundation to build nests, making the foundation weak.
How to identify a termite infestation?
Signs of termite-induced damage will be visible everywhere if your house is infested with termites. Look for the following to be sure:
- Dried wood fecal pellets at the base of doors or windows.
- Hollowed wood in the doors, windows, flooring, or furniture.
- Mud shelter tubes running across the walls of your house, inside or outside.
- Flaky or blistered wooden components.
- Mounds of earth near your foundation or in the lawn.
- You can also hear a constant grinding sound coming from termite-infested wood.
How to control a termite infestation?
Termite infestation control is very difficult to manage on your own. Though there are products available in the market, you do not know how deep the problem runs, and so, DIY methods may be ineffective. Contact Zorro Pest Control if your home in Houston, Texas, is infested with termites. We are a licensed pest control company with substantial experience in termite control as well as other pest control treatments.
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