11-11-2020, 01:51 AM
Sorry to hear you have this to deal with. I recently had my home tented for a minor dry wood infestation, and the inspector also looked for evidence of ground termites, telling me that "they're unusual, but not impossible to get around here." Fortunately he found none. Is your home in an area with deep soil? I've been told (not by a professional) that the only places in Puna that get ground termites are the old sugar cane lands with deeper soil than the usual pahoehoe.
I had ground termites at my last home on the mainland, and the treatment involved injecting chemicals into the ground around the home, but there was no fumigation required in that particular instance because we caught it early. That injection treatment would be very hard to do in most of Puna. Please let us know how this goes since it is something others will no doubt experience.
I had ground termites at my last home on the mainland, and the treatment involved injecting chemicals into the ground around the home, but there was no fumigation required in that particular instance because we caught it early. That injection treatment would be very hard to do in most of Puna. Please let us know how this goes since it is something others will no doubt experience.