Termite Control for Homeowners
By Mifang Ruan
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This book is arranged into two parts. The first part will present general termite knowledge. Knowing termites is a key to prevent termite from attacking properties and to catch early signs of termite infestation to avoid severe property damages. In the second part of this book we will present our newly invented termite detection and baiting solution based on a US patent we obtained in 2015 - Ruan's Termite Solution(R). It allows you to construct termite detection stations onsite using readily available materials, no devices to buy. Only when termites are detected you will need to buy a type of chemical to destroy the termite colonies; that chemical costs a little more than $20. Compared with other existing termite baiting methods, our method is faster, more effective and more reliable.
Termites cause billions of dollars of property damages each year in the United States alone. The first reason is that homeowners often lack of termite knowledge and termites always hide from us, it often happens that termites cause severe damages to houses before homeowners even notice. The second reason is that termite control is difficult. For subterranean termites, that is the type of termites causing majority of property damages, they nest deeply underground where you will not be able to reach and find. Although many people might not see termites, the fact is that termites live in the yards of many American homes, and surely in the yards in other countries.
The existing termite control methods for subterranean termites include barrier treatment that block termites to enter your house and termite baiting methods with objective of killing the termite colonies before they enter your home. The existing methods all have shortcomings. Barrier treatment is more costly and not environmentally friendly. It pours lots of chemical around your house. The existing termite baiting methods are not as effective as homeowners would have hoped. Using the existing termite baiting devices, it is commonly believed that it will take 4 months for termites to find the devices or the devices will never been found; even after termites found the devices they might not feed on the devices continuously; and also the poison used in most of the devices will kill only those young termites and will not affect termite already grown-up. Those shortcomings of existing termite baiting methods make them not as reliable as needed. In this book, we will explain in details why our new invented method can overcome all those shortcomings.
We hope that after reading this book, readers will have a correct understanding of termites and know the ways to deal with termites. Also reader will be able to use our new method for detecting and eliminating subterranean termites by themselves with minimal costs. And the result is much better than using other existing termite baiting devices.
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Termite Control for Homeowners - Mifang Ruan
Termite Control for Homeowners
2nd Edition
By Mifang Ruan
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Preface
I am not a professional pest exterminator rather I am a homeowner with a computer background. It happened that I invented a so far most effective and most reliable termite detection and control method (named Ruan’s Termite Solution®) and obtained a US patent in 2015. I will compare my new method with all other existing methods and explain why it is faster, more effective and more reliable.
During the long road of inventing this method, I gained quite a lot of termite knowledge, and the knowledge will be presented in this book too. Lacking termite knowledge is often the reason that homeowners might suffer from severe termite damages because of the failure to notice important early evidence.
This book will be arranged into two parts. The first part will present general termite knowledge and the second part will present my new termite detection and control method – Ruan’s Termite Solution, the reasons why it is so effective and the comparison with other methods.
We are offering free license to homeowners for their home usage and to schools and institutions for non-profit research..
Table of Contents
Introduction
Quick Start Guide
PART I. The Termites
Type of Termites
Identifying Termites
Flying Termites (Swarmers, Alates) and Termite Reproduction
How Subterranean Termites Enter the House
Subterranean Termite Control Methods
Control of Drywood Termites
Formosan Termites
Termite Inspection
Termites and Ants
Termite Pretreat and Pressurized Wood
PART II. Ruan’s Termite Solution
Our Method
Preparation
Construct Stations Onsite
Inspect Stations
Kill Termites
Termite Habits and Three Types of Toxicity for Termite Baiting
Existing Subterranean Termite Baiting Solutions
Compare Our Solution with Existing Methods
Our Bait
On Missed-Detection and False Alarm
About Eliminating the Whole Colony of Termites
Will Building Stations Attract Termites to My Yard or Home
Standardized Method
Implementation Reminders
Summary
Usage License
Disclaimer
Introduction
Termites have bothered most of the homeowners. We know termites cause billions of dollars damages in property each year in the United States alone. On the other hand, termite treatment and prevention are also costly; therefore homeowners also spent billions of dollars each year for preventing termite damages.
One of the difficulties in dealing with termites is that termites might enter homes and cause severe damage before homeowners even notice them. Termites are different from ants that you can see everywhere; termites will always hide. The other difficulty is that the mostly found subterranean termites nest deeply underground where you will not be able to reach; therefore it is difficult for you to destroy the