This is also a major problem across SE Asia. They had already eaten 4 teak door frames even before we moved in to our brand new house. Same with neighbour's houses. All fixed now with pesticide and less attractive metal frames. The big nest was removed last year from an adjacent piece of land, it went down and across for many metres underground. Kind of unbelievable how large their city and army was. Cheers Bill, hope your new home is termite-free.
I am very surprised that they have eaten teak timber, because teak is a timber with natural oils that they do not like. I guess they were quite hungry.
Great video Bill. Copto termites are the most aggressive I've been told from an expert. We had them in the garden so got them treated and installed a barrier system around the house. Just get annual checks from an expert now and all is good.
I live on a bush block and my yard is full of termites. It is a constant job keeping an eye on the house, making sure there is no trails in and ensuring there is nothing to give them easy access.
Thanks for showing us Bill. Scary stuff. I've got a termite barrier as my house was built in the last 8 years, plus yearly inspections. Do you think the terminate plasmite barriers work well?
My place looked even worse than this. The extent of the damage was devastating. . The bathroom @ the laundry was completely destroyed. They even got under the carpet in the bedroom. Cast half a years salary to fix it. 😢
A number of years back my father renovated a steel frame house, it did have termites (which surprised me). But clearly they would not eat the steel part, but any other bits of wood they find.
@@Spacemonkeymojo There was damage, but I really did not get a close inspection of what went on. Other than I was really surprised to hear about damage to a steel framed house.
Sagging ceiling and cracking in the cornice, that looks like my ceiling but I know in my case it was of really crappy builders. How old is the house Bill? It must have been built before treated wood became a requirement.