Termite control in Jarwal, Makkah

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 Jarwal

Old buildings cycle through guest stays quickly and no one resident manages the upkeep or reports termite signs early, so infestations spread fast across the structure. The method is set out in full on the full Termite control page.

The first reason

Old buildings and weakened footings

Heritage Makkan houses had sections rebuilt in concrete and steel, but the original footings are weak and the cement is old. Termites exploit cracks and gaps easily, and treatment targets the joints between new and old construction.

The second reason

Seasonal intensity and neglect

Successive waves of pilgrim visitors and no permanent resident managing maintenance means termite colonies build silently and infestation is discovered too late.

The third reason

Historic flood paths and constant moisture

The old wadi flowing from Jabal Qaiqaan beside the buildings leaves silt and moisture, soil never fully dries, so termites find an ideal damp home beneath the footings.

The character of Jarwal

Apartment district: residential blocks, repeated floors and shared entrances

Apartment blocks with repeated floors mean termites travel easily through vertical joints from floor to floor, and shared entrances mean easy transfer from one flat to another through connected footings.

Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

The quarter sits among old apartment foundations, a failing sewer system and permanent moisture from the historic flood paths that drain down from the mountain.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes begin in damp soil beneath the block and from flood moisture, rising through cracks between foundation and concrete.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Shed wings appear on wooden floors, sills and old doors in furnished flats.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Hollow timber shows in flooring, internal walls and fixed furniture used for years.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

Water source is failing drainage, historic flood paths and seepage from beneath the footing.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Cellulose on the floor includes old wooden floors, sills and the old timber base.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints between footings and different floors, pipe entries and gaps between old and new construction.

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 Ghazza Sub-Municipality

Al Ghazza sub municipality wraps around the north and west of the Grand Mosque, from Al Shamiyah, Al Qararah and Shaib Amir round to Jarwal and Al Taysir. Large tracts were cleared for the northern expansion and the Rua Al Haram scheme, leaving excavated ground and open construction sites beside ageing blocks that now serve as dense seasonal lodgings in Jarwal and Al Taysir. Old flood paths still fall from Jabal Qaiqaan and Jabal Khandamah towards the mosque, and markets and eateries crowd Al Masjid Al Haram Road and Umm Al Qura Road.

Questions about this district

The building is very old and the drain smells bad: is chemical treatment enough?

Leaking drains keep soil permanently damp, chemical treatment protects the footing but fixing the drain removes the fundamental attraction for termites.

Furnished flats with guests changing weekly: do termites travel in the furniture?

Termites colonise the building and footings, not moveable furniture, but infested furniture may introduce termites to another building if it is vulnerable.

Flat above flat and the one below has termites: will they reach the upper flat?

Termites travel through shared footings and vertical joints, so if the lower flat is infested the upper flat is at risk and needs treatment too.

Walls are shared with the next building: is treating just ours enough?

Shared walls allow transfer, so treating your side stops transfer from your building, but if the next building is infested infestation may return through the wall.

My flat is on the third floor: do termites reach this height?

Termites climb through footings, vertical shafts and wall joints, so the third floor is at risk just like lower floors if the foundations are infested.

The mosque is beside the block: are mosques more at risk than residential buildings?

Mosques and apartment buildings in the same location face equal risk. Risk depends on footing condition and soil, not on building type.

How much does termite control in Jarwal 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 Jarwal.