Termites of dry wood, as the name suggests, live directly on dry wood, do not make subterranean termite mounds. They can be established in the pillars, windows and frames of the doors of your house without being visible for years. They feed on any piece of wood they find around your home, from furniture to baseboards. However, our 60 60 60 board is a top line option for termite resistant building materials available at a very competitive price, here at Fire Crunch you’ll find them.

If you know that there are dry wood termites in your neighbourhood it is a good idea to make regular checks around your house or apartment to detect them as soon as possible and prevent termites from damaging your home. If you want to prevent their appearance then you should look for fire tested building products in Australia that can also help you prevent the appearance of termites.

These are some indicators of termites that you can have these unwanted guests living in your home:

Maybe you’ve wondered how termites sound like. A hint of the presence of termites is to hear quite a few clicks coming from your walls. Soldier termites bang their heads against the wood or shake their bodies to warn if there is any danger to the rest of the colony. Prevent this with our 60 60 60 boards which have become top termite resistant building materials.

Termites eat wood but they are very noisy when they do it. If you put your ear near any wood infested by termites you can hear them biting. This noisy eating habit was even mentioned by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder 2,000 years ago. But you can prevent the accumulation of termites in your building with our certified tested building materials.

A little-known fact is that termites like rock music! Queen, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, whatever. A recent study carried out on the eating habits of termites found that these insects addicted to wood work faster when they listen to rock music. But they will not survive in a material such as the one used to manufacture our termite resistant building materials.

Termites are small sensitive creatures. They can detect vibrations and noises using several organs that are at the base of the antennas and in the tibia (one of the segments of the leg). Scientists at CSIRO in Australia even believe that termites can tell the size of a piece of wood using vibrations to measure it from the inside – something even humans cannot do yet! But they will not be able to survive with our certified fire tested building materials.

Flying termites

Usually, the first sign of a termite infestation is the presence of flying termites – called swarms or winged termites. The flying termites are the males and females that have left the nest to find a mate and then establish a new colony – which could be near or inside your house. Why do flying termites mean a serious problem? Some species fly at night and are attracted to light sources. Others do it in broad daylight, but all termites of dry wood tend to make the nuptial flight after the rain at certain times of the year. They will not be able to survive without the resources they need and that can be achieved with our fire tested building products in Australia.

Another common sign of termites are discarded wings. Flying termites lose their wings shortly after finding a mate. The termites of the dry wood males and females are paired and look for a suitable place to nest where they are isolated to mate and begin the new colony. The king and queen begin by caring for their young until there are enough female workers to take over. The king continues to take care of the queen and the couple can live together in the growing colony for more than ten years. But none of this will happen with our certified fire tested building materials that are second to none in terms of quality.

Hollow wood sounds

Dry wood termites usually consume wood from the inside out, leaving a thin layer of wood or simply painting on the surface. When you hit or touch an area that has damage caused by termites, it will sound hollow. This is because part or all of the wood inside has been eaten. Termites cannot eat our 60 60 60 boards, these boards are second to none in terms of quality, premium termite resistant building materials.

Some of the most common stories you can read about termites is that a problem is only discovered when the vacuum cleaner goes through a skirting board or a finger that presses the frame of a door through it. Our certified fire tested building materials are a leading choice among the options you can use to prevent the appearance of termites.

Hinged doors and windows that are difficult to open

Often related to signs of hot and humid weather, rigid deformed windows and doors can also mean termites! The humidity that they produce when eating and the tunnels that they create through the frames of doors and windows causes that the wood is deformed, reason why windows and doors become difficult to open. Prevent these issues with our 60 60 60 boards with are excellent fire tested building products in Australia.

Tunnels in the wood

The tunnels, also known as ‘galleries’, are obviously very difficult to see from the outside, but if you see them on a piece of broken wood near or inside your house it is a sure sign that the termites have established a camp in your house. But they will not be able to build these tunnels with termite resistant building materials.

Here at Fire Crunch we are constantly innovating our practises and making buildings sustainable and fire-resistant, but our certified tested building materials are also excellent termite resistant building materials.