Termite control in Harat Al Shuruq, 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 Shuruq

Water arrives by tanker so household tanks cluster around the buildings, and leaks from old pipes keep the soil constantly damp. The method is set out in full on how we approach Termite control.

The first reason

Constant sea humidity and termite activity

The salty sea air carries high humidity all year, providing termites with continuous water supply even without rain. Treatment focuses on breaking the routes from damp soil into the footings.

The second reason

Household tanks and pipe leaks

Clusters of storage tanks around the buildings and water loss from old piping increase the moisture, and termites track the water from soil into the building interior.

The third reason

Packed and mixed buildings

The old popular houses tightly built may hold long established infestations, and newer apartment blocks beside them risk transfer through shared soil.

Harat Al Shuruq on the map

Harat Al Shuruq sits about 0.5 km from Harat Al Sawalhah and about 0.5 km from Harat Al Kanadirah.

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Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

The quarter sits on the Red Sea coast in a small town ringed by open ground, and sea humidity remains high the year through, supplying water to pests.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes stay damp all year because of sea humidity and reach footings quickly from deep soil.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Shed wings appear from termites active all year with no summer dormancy period.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber shows in floors and joists being eaten away faster because of constant moisture.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

The water source is sea air, household tanks and old pipes leaking water continuously into the ground.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes wooden footings, floors and fencing and anything close to the damp soil.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints and pipe entries where services enter the building from damp soil need precise treatment and constant monitoring.

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

Underground tank with water seeping: does this bring termites to us?

The seepage keeps soil around the footings constantly damp, and termites trace the moisture upwards into the building. Fixing the leak is part of complete treatment.

The adjoining flat is old: it might have termites already, what do we do?

Preventive treatment of your flat on the shared side cuts off transfer, but your neighbour may also need treatment to stop the infestation spreading further.

King Abdullah University beside us has irrigated gardens: do they send us termites?

The wide irrigated campus provides shelter and moisture for termites, and the distance from the university grounds to the quarter is short enough for them to travel.

The Jeddah-Madinah road beside us: can termites travel under it in deep soil?

Termites can move in deep soil layers beneath the road, and treating around your own footings gives you protection.

High sea humidity: does it reduce how well chemical treatment works?

High humidity provides constant water for termites, but correct treatment around footings and floor joints stays effective without needing repeat applications.

Does summer dryness protect Harat Al Shuruq from termites at all?

Sea humidity stays high even in summer, and termites remain active all year unlike in dry inland areas.

How much does termite control in Harat Al Shuruq 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 Shuruq.