Does My New Home In Pre-Purchase Need A Termite Inspection?
It's no small financial decision to buy a home. Even if the purchase hasn't been finalised, you might want to protect that asset from damage, especially damage wrought by termites. Thankfully, Conquer Termites Northside can help you with all matters related to termites, including getting a termite inspection for a pre-purchase home. If you're suffering from termites Jollys Lookout, you can reach us on (07) 3356 8801.
Getting a termite inspection for your pre-purchase home is an excellent choice that can help prevent termite damage in the early days of owning your new house. Generally, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission recommends that you get both a general building inspection and termite inspection carried out on your property before you finalise the purchase. These inspections, at this stage of the purchase, focuses entirely on the accessible areas of the property, and are entirely visual in nature. Additionally, this inspection will also tell you whether or not there have been termite management systems installed in the home previously, and how to maintain them if so, as well as the general risk of termite attacks in the area. Thanks to their complicated nature, you can't perform these inspections yourself, and will need a licensed team of termite inspectors, like Conquer Termites Northside, to perform them. Carrying out a termite inspection during pre-purchase is an easy way to prevent some unnecessary termite damage to your new home.
What Are Baby Termites Called?
Like most other things in life, termites are not created as adults, and must grow from infancy. How that life cycle transpires, however, is not common knowledge to most people. Thankfully, Conquer Termites Northside can help explain the journey that a termite undertakes from birth to their adult form. For all matters related to termites in Jollys Lookout, call our team on (07) 3356 8801.
There are three main stages in a termite's development, which constitute an 'incomplete metamorphosis'. The first stage is the egg, which range in colour from white to light brown and are translucent. Despite their tiny size, these eggs can be seen by the naked eye. Nymphs hatch from these eggs, and are cared for by the young workers of the colony. To determine whether these nymphs develop into workers, soldiers, or other castes, the queen uses pheromones to control their development. As part of their incomplete metamorphosis, there are three phases in the development of a termite.
Will Termites Eat Plasterboard?
It's normal to think of termites as eating wooden supports buried in your walls and not much more. Whether or not termites will eat the rest of their walls, such as the plasterboard, remains a mystery to some people, however. Thankfully, Conquer Termites Northside are the leading experts on termites, and can help you understand exactly what the pests will and won't eat in your home. If you're experiencing issues with termites in Jollys Lookout, you can reach out to our team on (07) 3356 8801.
Termites are insatiable, and they will eat anything they can find that contains cellulose. That includes the plasterboard commonly used to construct interior walls. Even though there is no cellulose in the plaster panels themselves, to make drywall, those panels are wrapped in paper, which does contain the substance. Additionally, allowing moisture to build up on your walls can make them a more tempting target for termites, and may increase the threat of an infestation in your home. In the event of a termite infestation in your home, you might be able to track them by the pinholes they leave behind in your drywall, and if you have even the slightest suspicion, you should contact a professional team of termite inspectors to be sure. Due to their need to constantly consume cellulose, termites are constantly searching for a source of the substance, and will eat plasterboard if they can find it.
