Termite control in Harat Al Amir, 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 Harat Al Amir

Old mud and concrete houses retain high moisture even in the open streets, and termites move easily underground between closely packed foundations. The method is set out in full on the full Termite control page.

The first reason

Mud houses pressed together with high humidity

The quarter is old mud and concrete buildings packed tightly together, and sea humidity settles in them permanently. Termites settle easily in mud foundations, and treatment requires excavation under each house to break the link with its neighbour.

The second reason

Shared drainage and common pipes

The town's narrow streets have active shared drainage beneath them, and broken pipes leak water constantly. Termites travel under the street from one house to the next protected from above, so bait stations must sit on the streets, not in houses alone.

The third reason

Water tanks and temporary tanker supply

Water arrives by tanker and household tanks leak slowly from poor maintenance. Water seeping under houses raises the moisture level, and termites use this moisture to move safely and live without surfacing into the open.

Landmarks of Harat Al Amir

Harat Al Amir lies near Thuwal Municipality Building and Al Shati Mosque, which anchor the quarter, and treatment is organised from the municipality office and carried out in phases depending on each house's distance from the shore.

Thuwal Municipality Building
Thuwal Corniche
Al Shati Mosque
Jeddah Madinah Road

Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

A small fishing town on the Red Sea coast where sea humidity stays high throughout the year and water arrives by tanker, so household tanks are numerous and water loss is constant.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes start in old mud foundations and spread under the street to reach the neighbouring house, and their ease of spread calls for quick inspection.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Shed wings appear in mud houses especially after the high humidity season, which is most of the year in Thuwal.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber starts in old beams, wooden doors and windows not made from treated wood.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

The water source is the sea itself: humidity seeps through walls, tanks leak, and drainage is full of groundwater.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes beams, posts, doors and old furniture sitting directly on the ground.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints and pipe entries between neighbouring houses and shared drainage are easy routes, and barrier material must completely fill the gap.

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 Thuwal Sub-Municipality

Thuwal sub municipality is a small fishing town on the Red Sea coast at the far northern edge of Jeddah governorate. Its old quarters are closely packed popular and mud built houses on narrow streets, with newer low rise concrete homes from the town's development programme beside them. Sea humidity stays high all year, the fishing harbour and the corniche form its seafront, water arrives by tanker so household tanks are everywhere, and the town sits on Wadi Thuwal, ringed by open ground and by the irrigated green campus of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Questions about this district

How does treating termites in an old quarter differ from treating a new district?

Radically. Old quarters have tightly packed foundations and shared drainage, so termites move easily underground. Treatment needs coordination with neighbours and deeper excavation to break the termite routes that parallel the sewer lines.

The neighbour will not treat his house: is treating ours alone enough?

Not entirely sufficient. Termites may return from his house through shared drainage or packed foundations. We treat your house fully, but lasting protection requires cooperation with neighbours.

Sea humidity is high all year: will treatment last through the whole year?

Chemical treatment lasts, but high humidity means higher colony activity. Checking bait stations every six weeks is more necessary in Harat Al Amir than in drier districts.

Our house sits on an old mud foundation: can we still inject under the slab?

Mud foundation already holds moisture, so injection helps. But mud soil may need deeper drilling to ensure the barrier reaches the full depth of the foundation.

Our water tank leaked for a long time: is this a sign of termites?

Not a direct sign, but ideal termite habitat. High moisture and damp wood attract them. We inspect the foundations and wood around the tank before we start treatment.

Can we treat termites before knocking down the old foundations and rebuilding?

Yes, absolutely, and we recommend it. Early treatment stops the active colony, and when you rebuild we use modern barrier material between the new foundation and the ground.

How much does termite control in Harat Al Amir 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 Harat Al Amir.