Termite control in Al Bawadi, Jeddah

Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Bawadi

Furnished flats on Quraish Street are most prone to termite infestation because constant guest turnover and surface cleaning miss the deep colonies hiding in floor voids. The method is set out in full on what Termite control involves.

The first reason

Ageing pipes supply moisture and pathways

Water and drainage pipes decades old leak constantly and keep the space under floors damp. Termites use the pipes as routes and the leaks as an endless water supply. Treatment is injected round pipes and voids.

The second reason

Commercial kitchens feed colonies and export them

Furnished flats, restaurants and hotels on Quraish Street provide uninterrupted food through the year. Termites from a hotel or restaurant next door may migrate into an ordinary flat. Bait stations are placed in shared corridors.

The third reason

Voids beneath floors hide colonies intact

Raised floors and gaps between columns and walls in old buildings create dark damp voids where colonies thrive. Termites are active but shielded from view. Survey sometimes needs an initial bore hole.

Landmarks of Al Bawadi

Work in Al Bawadi is organised along Quraish Street where the largest clusters of flats, restaurants and hotels stand, and treatment starts from the Engineering Roundabout and spreads via Al Hijaz Mall and the surrounding streets where raised floors and sensitive voids are concentrated.

Quraish Street
Al Khatib Al Tabrizi Street
Al Hijaz Mall
Al Bawadi Park
Engineering Roundabout
King Fahd Road

Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

Water and drainage networks in Al Bawadi are decades old, dense commercial kitchens on Quraish Street leak termite food daily, and floors are raised with gaps beneath them.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes in Al Bawadi travel through gaps and voids beneath floors from one part of the building to another.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Termite wings in flats appear seasonally, but the deep colonies under floors are active all year.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber in flats begins in the dark damp voids beneath raised floors.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

The water source in Al Bawadi is leaking aged pipes and water pooled in sub-floor voids and irrigated plant beds on roof and street.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes the timber frames of floors and the wood lining touching soil or damp voids.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints between flats and shared corridors need special attention because termites spread between flats through them.

How we work

1
Inspect and trace

We sound the timber and the skirting, take moisture readings, and follow the tubes to the point where they leave the soil. We also settle the species, because one that lives inside dry wood is not treated like one that lives in the ground.
2
Treat the soil around the building

A narrow trench at the footing and injection at regular spacing, so the treated band runs continuous with no gap to walk around.
3
Drill the joints, inject the timber

Small holes at spacing along the slab joints, the wall bases and the pipe entries, direct injection into the galleries inside the affected timber, then the holes are closed and made good.
4
Bait stations and monitoring

Stations in the soil carrying a slow-acting material the workers pass through the colony by mouth-to-mouth feeding, and we come back to read them, because an empty tube on a wall proves nothing on its own.

What termite control includes

A traced, recorded inspection

Sounding, moisture readings, tubes traced back to the soil, and the species settled before anything is applied.
A treated band at the perimeter

Trenching and injection at the footing, spaced so the band is continuous rather than a set of patches.
Joints and service penetrations

Slab joints, pipe entries and floor drains, which are the ways up through the concrete.
Bait stations in the soil

A slow material carried back through the colony by feeding exchange, rather than stopping the workers at the wall.
Aftercare instructions

What not to dig or water near the treated band, what to keep off the walls, and the ventilation time we set for your case.
Scheduled monitoring visits

Reading the stations, sounding the same timber again, and treating any new activity.

What is different about Airport Sub-Municipality

The Airport sub-municipality covers some of the oldest established districts of northern Jeddah, gathered around King Abdulaziz International Airport between Madinah Road, King Fahd Road and Prince Majid Road. The stock is villas, single family houses and apartment blocks built decades ago, many served by ageing water and sewer lines. Commercial streets such as Quraish, Sari and Sultan bin Salman are lined with restaurants, furnished flats and popular markets. Dense commercial kitchens, worn pipework and the gaps in older buildings give cockroaches and rodents steady food and shelter, and the high resident population keeps that pressure constant through the year.

Questions about this district

The furnished flat next to us has termites: will they move into our flat quickly?

Termites will seek new food source if their colony gets crowded. Shared walls and separating corridors do not stop them if untreated. Treating the shared corridor and voids is essential.

The drain below us smells strange: are old pipes causing our termites?

Old smelly pipes mean constant leakage. Leakage keeps the space under the floor damp, which is ideal termite shelter. Repairing the leak comes first, then chemical treatment.

First floor next to the hotel: do we have termites hidden in voids under the slab?

High probability. The hotel above you provides food and water, and the voids under your floor are ideal shelter. A survey from below or through engineering cavities shows the extent.

Can we treat a flat without touching the voids under the floor?

Treatment from the surface and outer walls stops entry from outside. But termites already in the sub-floor void need direct injection into the void or joint treatment with the ground floor.

New flat in Al Bawadi: should we treat early before we move in?

In Al Bawadi, with aged pipes, adjacent commercial kitchens and floors with gaps, early treatment gives a year or more of protection. Waiting until termites show means wider work later.

The restaurant next to us is very clean: is it still a termite source?

Surface cleanliness does not affect termites in the sub-floor voids. Clean restaurants host termite colonies in the sub-slab just as often as dirty ones do.

How much does termite control in Al Bawadi cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Bawadi.