i've met quiet a few people like myself who reckon if you create an
area in your garden and put old tree branches even unwanted pieces of
timber the white ants find this as a food source and stay away from
the house, i've never had termites in my houses despite using app' 30
or 40 cu/mtrs of chipped tree mulch over the years.

after all the termites are there all the time we mostly don't see them
when they are seen, some panic and pest controllers make a killing.
plus as one pest man who seemed more down to earth that others said
there is nothing that says the ones you see are of the sort that will
attack your home.

seems to me like a lot of work has been done for at best a dubious
result. with my gardens full of tree mulch i also had centricon
installed in the 2 years i used the system there was never any
evidience that the house was at risk. in the end it all comes back to
a common sense approach to the whole subject, proaction instead of
reaction.

happy new year

len

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