Protection Built Into Your Home
Now builders can protect their homes from drywood termite attack as the home is being built. Drywood termites can infest homes in the coastal and southern areas of the country, and many times, those infestations can start even in the first year!
Prevent Future Problems
Any homeowner who has had to fumigate a home knows how hard it can be. The family must temporarily relocate, plants and pets must be removed from the home and power and ultiiites have to be shut off while the house is covered with tarps and pesticides are pumped inside.
While this difficult procedure will kill the termites, it does not prevent them from coming back-even in the same year. And in the areas with heavy drywood termite pressure, it is not a question of if the home will become reinfested, but when. As a result, more and more families are looking for additional treatment choices when dealing with potential drywood termite problems.
Another Solution
Now you have another option - have your pest control company perform a Whole House Drywood Treatment with Bora-Care. Bora-Care is an EPA registered termiticide and fungicide that is sprayed onto wood. The active ingredient in Bora-Care is Disodium Octaborate. Tetrahydrate, a borate mineral salt that is deadly to insect pests. And because it is a mineral salt, it will a not break down over time. When Bora-Care is sprayed on the wood, its patented formula penetrates deeply into the wood and remains there for years, providing residual protection.
An added colorant demonstrates Bora-Care's
penetrabon into wood over a 6-week penod
10 Reasonsto switch from Jitmigation to Bora-Care drywood termite treatments |
1. BORA-CARE IS A RESIDUAL SOLUTION. When Bora-Care is applied, it remains in the wood for years, providing residual protection against invading drywood termites. |
6. LESS DAMAGE T O ROOFING OR PLANTS. Since there is no tenting, there is less potential for property damage that may be associated with other treatment methods. |
2. ELIMINATE FUMIGATIONS & ELIMINATE HASSLES. Wood treated with Bora-Care will resist drywood termite infestation, helping you to prevent the need for fumigation. |
7. INHIBITS WOOD DECAY. Bora-Care will also stop existing wood decay and will prevent decay from starting. |
3. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. Fumigation can have a major negative impact on future tenants and management companies of your structure. |
8. GENERAL PEST PROTECTION. Wood treated with Bora-Care also provides an added protection against general pests such as ants and cockroaches. |
4. NO VOCS Bora-Care does not have any Volatile Organic Compounds - this means that no chemicals are being released into the environment. |
9. SAVES MONEY. While the cost o f doing a Bora-Care treatment may be an added expense during construction, the savings in time, effort and headache over the life of the structure is enormous. |
5. LESS RISK Bora Care is applied using simple procedures that minimize risk. |
10. TREATMENT CAN BE DONE OVER TIME Just like with painting, the crew can move from unit to unit - building to building until the project is finished |
PROTECT YOUR DEVELOPMENT
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TREAT THE WOOD Drywood termites tend to infest structures by gaining entry around doors, windows, soffits and attics. Once a nest matures, these termites may "swarm" every year and establish new colonies in other areas of the structure. By pretreating the wood, you can help prevent colonies from ever getting started. To control drywood termites, Bora-Care is applied at a 5:l ratio (5 parts water to one part Bora-Care) to the wood in the entire structure during a whole structure pretreatment. This helps prevent drywood termites from infesting the structure. |
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS As an added benefit, the treated wood also has properties which help protect the structure from other unwanted guests such as: Carpenter Ants, Powderpost Beetles, Anobiid Beetle,s Old House Borers, Longhorned Beetles, Algae Decay Fungi (wet & dry rot), General pests, including crickets, silverfish and ants |
SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE PRETREATMENT Bora-Care can eliminate the need for soil termiticides. Beacuse Bora-Care is applied directly to the wood and concrete during the dried-in phase of construction, no chemicals are pumped into the ground. To protect against subterranean termites, Bora-Care is applied to wood in a 1:l ratio (one part water to one part Bora-Care) in a two-foot band treatment from the foundation up. All wood that comes in contact with the foundation is sprayed, along with concrete and plumbing penetrations as well as any other foundation penetrations. This treatment can take place anytime after the structure is dried-in, but before the insulation is installed. |
MORE CHOICES, BETTER BUSINESS Bora-Care is an effective wood treatment that protects the structure now and in the future against both drywood termites and a host of other pests. This allows pest management professionals, builders and homeowners flexibility in protecting their homes. |
