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

Termite control in Jabal Al Noor Makkah

Jabal Al Noor stands north east of the Grand Mosque, with the Hira cave drawing a constant stream of visitors throughout the year. Apartment buildings and shops wrap its base along King Faisal Road and around Souq Al Arab, the ground is rocky with many natural cavities and old wells beneath the footings. Termites exploit these voids rapidly, and the ground floor shops provide moisture and food from stored goods.

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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 Jabal Al Noor

Ground floor shops store various goods that attract moisture, and the voids beneath the slab are hidden and difficult to reach, so once termites colonise the void they are hard to control. The method is set out in full on the full Termite control page.

The first reason

Natural gaps in the rock and old wells

The mountain holds many cavities and old wells under the footings that termites exploit and colonise easily because they are safe, damp and out of sight.

The second reason

Ground floor shops and stored food

Street level shops hold goods of every kind and stored materials, termites find food and moisture together, and the barrier between shop and flat above is weak and easily breached.

The third reason

Seasonal crowds and visitor moisture

The Hira cave draws visitors year-round, and the daily crowd brings moisture, dirt and food scraps, keeping the area perpetually damp and offering shelter for colonies.

Jabal Al Noor on the map

Jabal Al Noor sits about 1.5 km from Al Adl and about 2.5 km from Al Khansa.

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Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

The site is mountainous and rocky with many natural cavities and old wells running beneath the foundations, and pilgrims arrive year-round, crowding the area and adding moisture.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes begin in natural rock cavities and old wells and rise through footings and cracks towards timber.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Shed wings appear on flooring, furniture and wood in shops and flats.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber shows in floors, ceilings, doors and wooden goods stored in the shops.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

Water source is the cavities, old wells, visitors and moisture from the adjacent market.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes flooring, sills and wooden goods stored in shops.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints between shop and flat above, joints between adjacent shops, and pipe entries from the underground voids.

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 Al Maabdah Sub-Municipality

Al Maabdah sub municipality climbs from Al Abtah and Al Jumayzah beside the Al Mualla cemetery up through Al Khansa and Rai Adhakhir to Al Adl, Jabal Al Nour, Wadi Jaleel and Qurtubah on the outer ring roads. It mixes hotels and pilgrim housing near the Grand Mosque with old popular houses on hillside passes, new housing schemes on valley floors that carry flash floods after rain, and industrial plots, workshops and warehouses along Al Hajj Street in Qurtubah. Street widening and expropriation leave partly demolished frontages in Al Khansa.

Questions about this district

Shop is ground floor and flat is above: do termites travel from shop to flat?

Shop and flat above share connected footings and the barrier between them is weak, so termites travel easily from shop to flat through shared voids and pipes.

The void below the slab goes very deep: can it be treated?

Deep voids under the rock are treated with bait stations placed carefully and left for termites to carry back to the colony. Monitoring takes longer but is thorough.

The old well below the footing leaks moisture: is this the main cause?

The old well provides constant moisture and capillary action carries water around the footing, which encourages termites greatly. Treatment targets soil around the well.

Shop beside shop and both below a residential building: are the shops the source?

Neighbouring shops may share a single colony through connected footings, so if one is infested the next is at risk and the housing above is also exposed.

Visitors come daily and the place stays damp: does cleaning reduce the risk?

Cleaning reduces food and dirt but mountain moisture and natural cavities provide the environment regardless of how clean it is kept.

Souq Al Arab is beside us: is the market a certain source of termites?

The popular market has moisture and abundant food, but the real source is the cavities and old wells beneath the footings, not the market itself.

How much does termite control in Jabal Al Noor 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 Jabal Al Noor.