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

Termite control in Al Tandabawi Makkah

Al Tandabawi is an old Meccan suburb close to the central zone between Al Shubaikah and the shopping streets, with tightly packed lanes preserving medieval street patterns now threaded with newer buildings, cafes and small hotels. Moisture from ageing drainage and mountain rainfall and high groundwater mean termites are very active here, requiring careful treatment through narrow passages and closely built structures.

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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 Tandabawi

Small hotels and cafes hold constant water and moisture, and termites enter via shared footings and walls between one building and the next. The method is set out in full on our Termite control service.

The first reason

Narrow lanes and tightly built structures

The lanes are very narrow and buildings sit almost touching, with entries nearly back to back. Treatment needs careful access from Al Mansour Street and through tight passages. Termites enter via shared footings between adjacent buildings.

The second reason

Ageing drainage and high groundwater

Drainage networks here are very old and run deep beneath the narrow lanes, and constant leakage raises the water table around footings. Water seeps from pipes into soil year round, opening the termite route continuously.

The third reason

Seasonal hotels and constant moisture

Small hotels serve pilgrims through very old plumbing networks, and kitchens and sanitary facilities provide constant moisture. Termites enter via pipes and shared floor joints between flats.

The character of Al Tandabawi

Historic district: close-set buildings, narrow lanes and ageing services

Tightly packed ancient buildings mean termites may occupy one footing and reach dozens of neighbouring structures, so treatment must include shared footings and dividing walls, not just one building but the whole area around the quarter.

Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

The district sits on a hillside between Al Shubaikah and the old centre near the Mosque, with seasonal rains sweeping water through the narrow lanes and very old drainage running deep underground, building foundations cut into ancient rock.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes appear on internal and external walls and on ancient stone, and may be hidden inside porous stone and walls between buildings.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Shed wings are abundant in high humidity seasons and constant drainage leakage, appearing densely in hotels, cafes and restaurants.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber includes doors, windows, very ancient wooden ceilings and roof beams; wood is eaten from inside and may collapse if touched hard.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

Moisture comes from old drainage, constant seepage, groundwater and mountain rains flowing through tight lanes into ancient footings.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes very old wooden foundations and wooden floors and ancient beams and old wooden furniture and roots from neighbouring plants.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints and pipe entries include joints in stone, very old walls and pipes penetrating footings and underground drain lines and seepage from old pipes.

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 Ajyad Sub-Municipality

Ajyad sub municipality takes in the districts that press against the Grand Mosque from the south and west: Ajyad, Al Hajlah, Al Shubaikah, Al Tandabawi and Al Mansour. Hotels and rented apartment blocks for Umrah visitors stack up along Ajyad Street and Ibrahim Al Khalil Street, with kitchens and restaurants running aday and night in season. Behind them, Al Shubaikah and Al Tandabawi keep narrow old lanes on hillside ground where buildings and drains are ageing, and demolition and construction sites are a constant presence around Jabal Omar and the central zone.

Questions about this district

Do small hotels that serve pilgrims need a different treatment approach?

Yes. Hotels have more water and moisture than ordinary homes and furnished flats may hold old furniture containing termites. Treatment must include every flat and shared passages.

Do termites in Al Tandabawi move from a hotel into the neighbouring residential flat?

Yes, they enter via shared footings and walls between buildings. If a hotel sits next to a residential building termites may cross from one to the other.

Will repairing old drainage reduce the termite problem in the district?

Yes. Old drainage and constant leakage keep the termite route open year round. Upgrading drainage is an important part of the lasting solution.

Do mountain rains increase the termite problem here significantly?

Yes. Rain sweeps water through the tight lanes and into footings carved from rock, and water stays trapped around footings for long periods.

Do newer buildings mixed with ancient ones offer better protection?

Newer buildings may have sounder footings but shared walls with old buildings provide termite routes. Treatment must include the gap between new and old structures.

How often must Al Tandabawi buildings be treated because of old drainage and water?

Regular monitoring is essential and buildings need inspection every three months at minimum. Old drainage and high groundwater mean colonies may keep returning.

How much does termite control in Al Tandabawi 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 Tandabawi.