Termites Melbourne are a real risk to homeowners. They live underground or hide in dark, warm and moist environments. They silently eat away from inside to out so by the time we know termites are in the home it’s usually too late. Here are a few common signs of termites that you might see (or hear) around your home or business:

• spongy feeling or papery ( hollow) sounding wood
• evidence of discarded wings particularly near light fighting and window sills
• Vacuum goes through the skirting board, door jam or architrave
• Tight fitting door or hard to open window
• cracked in the cornice or door jam
• termite mud---mud tubes on exterior walls or within cracks or crevices
• a collection of tiny wood coloured faeces which appear at tiny entry points to internal structures

If you are concerned about termites in your home, regulatory authorities recommend contacting an expert. We provide a professional and quality service to prevent termite damage and assist people to protect their home from the devastating impact caused by termite infestation and timber destruction.

Area's Inspected Where Accessible:

• Roof Void.
• Subfloor Area's unless the building is on concrete slab.
• Internal Timbers: Skirting boards, Door and Window Frames.
• External Timbers: up to 50 metres or to the boundaries of the property. Fences, Garden Landscape Timbers, Retaining walls.
• Suspect Trees & Stumps.

Pre-purchase home buyer inspection

Termite Treatment

Expest offers a full range of treatment methods that meets Australia standards using the latest chemistry available. Every home or structure is different and therefore requires a customised approach to ensure that termites are controlled in home or structure.
Chemical Treatment: This will involves digging trenches around foundations of your home. Around the foundations and stumps/piers under your home (unless it is on a concrete slab). We then apply the treatment and the soil is back filled and treated.
Holes are drilled through concrete slabs and paths to treat the ground beneath. Pavers will be lifted where possible and the soil treated and the pavers re-laid.
Baiting Treatment: Install 1-2 Above-ground stations inside your property, fill with termite bait. Once termites are eliminated from inside your home In-ground stations are set up outside & are monitored.
If we find termites in one of the stations, we add the Termite Bait. The termite digests the bait & brings it back to the nest, eliminating the colony.