Buying a home is a significant decision, with the potential to have financial ramifications for decades to come. Wanting to protect that asset from damage, especially damage caused by termites, is perfectly normal, but the best time to start protecting it is before you even complete the purchase. With a team of experts in termites, you can trust Conquer Termites Northside to help you with the termite inspection for any pre-purchase home. Contact our team on (07) 3356 8801 if you have problems with termites Wilston.

Unnecessary termite damage might be able to be avoided by performing a termite inspection in pre-purchase for your new home. Any new home should undergo both a termite inspection and a general building inspection, according to the Queensland Building and Construction Commission. These inspections, at this stage of the purchase, focuses entirely on the accessible areas of the property, and are entirely visual in nature. The maintenance needs of any installed termite management systems, as well as the risk of termites attacking your home based on its locality, will also be returned as a result of this inspection. Due to its detailed nature, it's important you hire a team of licensed pest controllers, such as Conquer Termites Northside, to undertake these inspections. With a termite inspection in pre-purchase, you'll be able to help protect your new home from termite damage.

Just as many other creatures, infancy marks the beginning of a termites life cycle, before slowly growing into adults. However, the life cycle of a termite is not common knowledge amongst the general population. Thanks to the expertise of our team, Conquer Termites Northside can help you understand exactly how termites grow from infants to adults. If you're suffering from termites in Wilston, contact our team on (07) 3356 8801.

Over three distinct stages of development, a termite will move through a process called an 'incomplete metamorphosis'. Ranging in colour from white to light brown, translucent eggs are the starting point for a termite's life cycle. Despite their tiny size, these eggs can be seen by the naked eye. From these eggs hatch nymphs, and the young workers of the colony care for these infants. Finally, using pheromones, the queen is able to control how these nymphs develop, creating adults that may be workers, soldiers, or other castes. Despite the fact that they transition from infancy to adulthood, termites are considered to undergo an incomplete metamorphosis.

If you're asked to think of what termites might eat in your home, your first thought might be anything directly made of wood. However, not everyone is certain as to whether or not these pests will eat the rest of their walls, including their plasterboard. Luckily, answering that question is no challenge for Conquer Termites Northside and our termite experts. When you're facing termites in Wilston, call our team on (07) 3356 8801.

So long as a material contains cellulose, there is very little that will stop termites from considering it a viable food source. It's common for construction companies to use plasterboard, a material termites are all too happy to eat, to build the walls inside your home. 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. The termite threat only increases if you allow the drywall to become moist, as that moisture is another resource coveted by the pest. If termites have started eating the drywall in your home, you may be able to identify them via small pinholes they leave behind in the plasterboard, but it's best if you organise a professional termite inspection instead. When termites find themselves within your home, your plasterboard and the cellulose it contains may present an enticing meal.