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

Termite control in Yamamah Makkah

Yamamah is the former Sharai scheme five, north of settled Al Sharai and outside the Haram boundary, stretching from King Faisal Road toward Al Jaranah Road. Villas and apartment buildings stand among many vacant plots between Al Shifa hills to the west, with building still patchy and incomplete. Termites now lie beneath undisturbed ground, but advancing construction will expose and activate them.

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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 Yamamah

Disturbed ground between the houses provides pathways for termites, and each new foundation digs into ancient moisture trapped in deep clay. The method is set out in full on Termite control in detail.

The first reason

Vacant land and dispersed building

Wide vacant plots between holdings provide natural barriers now. But disturbed ground between the buildings holds dormant termites, and long distances do not protect against termites spreading through continuous subsurface soil.

The second reason

Al Shifa hills and heavy clay

Hillside-derived soil is hard to excavate but rich in heavy clay. Deep footings reach into damp clay layers. Moisture trapped in the clay provides a permanent highway for termites.

The third reason

Wadi Al Sharai and seasonal floods

The wadi runs at the eastern edge and carries water after rain, then dries leaving damp silt. Houses near the wadi may suffer trapped ground moisture.

Landmarks of Yamamah

Work in Yamamah spreads from Al Jaranah Road westward toward Al Qubbah Mosque to the east, through palm farms and villages between Al Shifa Hills and the advancing housing schemes.

Al Jaranah Road
Al Qubbah Mosque
Al Shifa Hills
King Faisal Road

Before treatment

The evidence that decides the treatment

The district sits on hillside slopes below Al Shifa. Soil is heavy clay, and Wadi Al Sharai runs at the eastern edge carrying seasonal flash floods.

Mud tubes

Mud tubes in heavy clay lie very deep, originating in hillside clay layers, and new foundation digging may cut through them.

Discarded transparent wings on a window ledge

Shed wings

Discarded wings appear more after seasonal floods when moisture reaches the deep soil layers where termites lie.

A damaged timber frame showing internal galleries

Hollow timber

Timber in new footings is exposed because the damp layer sits shallow, and even deep footings here reach it.

A dark damp patch below a pipe at a wall base

The water source

Moisture here comes from heavy clay holding groundwater and from seasonal wadi floods raising the water table.

Cardboard boxes and timber stacked on a store floor

Cellulose on the floor

Ground-contact timber in new footings is exposed because the soil immediately around it holds permanent moisture.

A concrete joint and a pipe passing through a floor slab

Joints and pipe entries

Joints and pipe entries in the buried footing may sit close to the permanent moisture layer deep in the hillside clay.

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 Sharai Sub-Municipality

Al Sharai is the eastern growth front of Makkah along King Faisal Road and the Taif road. Settled quarters sit beside recently renamed schemes where plots are still vacant and buildings are going up, so construction sites, fill and open excavations lie next to occupied homes. Wadi channels such as Wadi Mudarraja, Wadi Al Sharai and Wadi Al Mughammas carry flash floods after rain and dry out to damp silt, while dust blows off the open hills. Roadside shops, restaurants and warehouses line the Taif road, and to the east the area shades into villages, palm farms and springs.

Questions about this district

The district is new and building is happening everywhere. Have termites already appeared or are they hidden?

Termites may be dormant in original soil now, but they are certainly present. Ongoing building will wake them. Treating new houses from the start is better than waiting for infestation.

There is much vacant land between the houses. Does it protect my house from termites in the neighbours' buildings?

Distance offers temporary protection, but the soil beneath it is continuous and carries termites underground. If a vacant plot next to you is developed, termites may migrate.

Al Shifa hills are very close to the building. Are they a certain source of termites?

The hills hold natural soil with termites, but not all hill termites move into houses. Risk increases when excavation disturbs them.

Wadi Al Sharai beside us carries water seasonally. Does it increase termites?

Seasonal floods raise soil moisture near buildings close to the wadi. Extra moisture accelerates termite activity in winter and spring.

How often should a new house in a hilly area like this be inspected?

Inspect every three months initially, more often just after floods. Heavy clay and the Al Shifa setting mean higher risk.

The heavy clay soil here - does it protect from termites or support them?

Heavy clay holds moisture longer and supports larger, deeper colonies. Protecting it needs strong treatment.

How much does termite control in Yamamah 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 Yamamah.