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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Judi_bk on 18 May, 2019, 06:11:24 pm

Title: Termites
Post by: Judi_bk on 18 May, 2019, 06:11:24 pm

We have something eating the roof of our conservatory.  I thought it was all metal, the roof is sandwich oanel, 2 sheets of steel with some foam stuff between.  We are getting piles of cream dust below a joint.  Any critters we see lok like ants and are black.  I thought termites were white.  All suggestions gratefully accepted

I once workedxfor a company who made those sort of panels and the foam had cyanide in it.  This obviously hasn't

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: frankie on 19 May, 2019, 07:38:49 pm

Would the people who installed it have any idea what to do?

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: Judi_bk on 20 May, 2019, 09:32:33 am

It was a long time ago, maybe 10 years

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: frankie on 20 May, 2019, 09:44:47 am

Is it that long?  Crikey.  He still may have had others with the same problem.  Worth contacting...

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: knowall on 20 May, 2019, 11:09:21 am

This may help, Judi:
https://www.kn0wall.co.uk/wordpress/hazards/termites/ (https://www.kn0wall.co.uk/wordpress/hazards/termites/)

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: Judi_bk on 20 May, 2019, 04:40:46 pm

Thank you.  I am fairly sure they are ants

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: frankie on 20 May, 2019, 06:58:19 pm

I have been fighting to get rid of the tiniest ants I've seen.  I've given them a tempting snack of Nippon and am hoping they will go elsewhere.

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: AnnieM on 20 May, 2019, 07:36:35 pm

Those tiny ants do my head in.  If the smallest piece of food ends up on the floor they suddenly appear in their hundreds from somewhere!  I’ve found Ant Stop to be the best thing to get rid of them.

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: frankie on 21 May, 2019, 08:48:30 am

Annie, I have used Nippn powder brought over for me from UK and it really does work.  No signs of the little buggers this morning despite Joey, my Burmese, dropping a teeny piece of his dinner last night.
Nice there is an alternative Annie. Where do you buy it?

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: AnnieM on 21 May, 2019, 09:48:11 am

I’ve bought it on Amazon for the past two years.

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: frankie on 21 May, 2019, 09:53:44 am

Thanks Annie, always useful to know....

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: Judi_bk on 21 May, 2019, 02:11:56 pm

Just had Tony the termite  man come to have a look and they are ants.  Said to keep spraying with Maton.  He is going to treat the car port/garage which does have beetles in one post but not termites.

Nice man 638 084 416  no call out charge in Arboleas

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: knowall on 22 May, 2019, 12:44:11 am

Good that it's not termites. I hate the critters, they are terribly destructive and really difficult to eradicate.
Ants are a breeze compared to them!

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: Raymondo on 22 May, 2019, 09:54:47 am

Cuchol  polvo insecticida in any hardware.  Sprinkle the powder wherever you want to stop ants and other creepy-crawlies getting in. It deters them and kills them.

Title: Re: Termites
Post by: Bea on 23 May, 2019, 08:53:04 am

The problem is you have to be really careful using powders and sprays when you have animals in the house.😾