No other pests are perhaps as destructive to the structural condition of your home as termites; small they may be, but these pests can gradually weaken and bring down an entire structure.

While installing termite monitoring stations will help to detect the presence of termites near your home, you shouldn't stop at that. In that line, here are a few additional tips that you might have to follow.

Get Rid of Any Wooden Material in Direct Contact with the Ground

Any landscaping timber should certainly be taken out since it is a ready food source for termites, and this culminates in fast termite colony development.

Therefore, if your home is stumped using timber, you should probably consider restumping it with alternative material such as steel because any timber that is in direct contact with the ground encourages termite activity. 

Ensure Easy Inspection Access to the Structural Areas of Your Home

In order to detect termite activity early enough, you need to make ensure that inspection access to your home is unconstrained, especially in sub-floor areas such as suspended floors. If your house is built on a concrete ground flooring, ensure that you can inspect the exterior edges of the slab for proof of termite mud-shelters. 

Therefore, you shouldn't allow the ground area around your home's basal foundation to be concealed by footpaths, planter pots, pavers or any other landscape covering. Most often, termites enter a building through minute gaps and external weep holes hidden underneath the coverings.

Avoid Accumulation of Moisture within Your Home

The risk of termite attack in your home is particularly higher where moisture is present close to the central nest. Due to that reason, you should check whether there are wall cavities, faulty guttering, damaged floor tiles, and any other potential causes of moisture buildup in your home.

To make sure that the sub-floor area of the building stays dry, for instance, you can install Ag-drains. What is more, you shouldn't hesitate to contact a professional plumber immediately you detect water leakage or overflow in your kitchen, shower or toilet drains. Likewise, caulking wall cavities will discourage large scale termite attacks since it reduces humidity levels or dampness inside your home. 

Redirect Instead of Disturbing Live Termites Spotted Nearby Your Home

In case you find termites moving around a certain area in your home, it is advisable that you shouldn't disturb them by spraying insecticides. When sufficiently bothered, the termites will just move somewhere else and may not be found again until excessive damage has been discovered.

In that regard, you should approach a termite controller such as Jeffrey Hills and Associates to install termite baits, which are more effective in redirecting live termites away from your home.