A pest control technician checking the base of a concrete wall with a torch

Termite control in Al Jamiah Makkah

Al Jamiah is an eastern district of mixed residents and rotating pilgrim visitors, with apartment blocks and pilgrim hotels standing closely together between Makkah Mall and the main hospital. Termites here thrive on constant moisture seeping from the hotels' many air conditioning lines, water pipes and drains, and the overflow reaches the neighbouring residential foundations.

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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 Jamiah

The hotels use large quantities of water daily for laundry and climate control, and the moisture leaks from shared pipes beneath the adjacent flats and houses, saturating the soil around their footings. The method is set out in full on our Termite control service.

The first reason

Hotel pipes leak constant moisture beneath neighbouring building footings

Hotels have hundreds of pipes distributing hot and cold water and carrying away waste. This abundance of pipes means repeated leakage around the neighbouring footings. Flats beside hotels benefit from this moisture, and colonies find it an ideal environment.

The second reason

Makkah Mall and shopping centres dampen the ground from inside and below

Large malls have restaurants, water features and public restrooms, all of which leak. The ground below the mall is constantly wet. Footings near the mall receive this moisture from the side where the two properties meet.

The third reason

Hotel staff villas and residential flats may share footings or sit very close

Staff villas and residential flats stand next to hotels, and sometimes they share a footing or the boundary is very close. A colony in the hotel soil moves easily to the neighbouring flat across this shared edge.

Al Jamiah on the map

Al Jamiah sits about 1 km from Al Mursalat and about 1.5 km from Al Sanabel.

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Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

A dense apartment neighbourhood with residential blocks and pilgrim hotels, broad modern streets, major shopping centres and a complex central drainage network shared between buildings.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes show on lower flat walls, especially at footing corners and gaps where the flat boundary meets an adjoining hotel.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Shed wings are rare here because buildings are tall and upper floors sit far from soil, but we may find them on ground floors and in basements.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber starts in furniture and door frames in lower flats of buildings close to hotels, and in any wooden beams or lintels that absorb moisture from below.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

The water source is first the leakage from hotel pipes, air conditioning lines and hot water distribution, and second the drainage around shopping centres.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes furniture in lower flats, thresholds, wooden doors and the few wooden beams supporting apartment blocks.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints and pipe entries are numerous around footings because hotels and malls need many pipes, and each old pipe run becomes a pathway up which termites climb.

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.

Landmarks of Al Jamiah

Al Jamiah lies between King Khalid Road on the west and Al Masjid Al Haram Road on the east, and our inspection traces how termites spread from hotels and shopping centres along these main axes that cross the district.

King Khalid Road
Al Masjid Al Haram Road
Makkah Mall
Alawi Tunsi Hospital
Abu Raysh Park
Al Iman Park

Questions about this district

Is my flat next to a hotel automatically at much higher risk?

Yes, the risk is higher. Hotels are major sources of moisture. A flat beside one faces higher pressure, and we often recommend preventive treatment or intensive monitoring.

Is the colony in the hotel and the flat a single colony or two separate ones?

It could be one large colony split between the sites, or two separate colonies from the same soil. Inspection determines this, and treatment may need coordination between the hotel and the flat owner.

Does hotel pipe leakage affect only the hotel or also the flats next door?

Leakage from the hotel affects the shared soil around it. The adjacent flat sees the impact of this moisture in its own footing. Treating the boundary between hotel and flat is essential.

Are upper flats in the block less infested than lower ones?

Yes, lower flats are more at risk because they sit closer to the damp footing. Upper flats may be infested but at lower rates if moisture is limited.

Is preventive treatment of a new flat next to a hotel possible?

Absolutely. Before buying or leasing a flat next to a hotel, preventive footing treatment provides long-term protection.

Is the hotel responsible for treating colonies that spread to my flat?

Legally, each owner is responsible for their own property. In practice, if the hotel's leaking pipes are causing the problem, you may ask for their assistance or cooperation in treatment.

How much does termite control in Al Jamiah 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 Jamiah.