Termites and timber pest risk in Craigieburn VIC

Craigieburn produces more termite findings than most suburbs in the area, and the pattern is specific. Barriers installed when the house was built have since been breached or bridged, usually by landscaping, added paving or rendered edges built up over them in complete good faith. Previous termite management notices often cannot be located, so nobody knows what treatment exists or when it lapsed. Add planting grown hard against the foundation and you have the conditions that make a house the easiest option on the street.

A timber pest inspection runs under AS 4349.3 and is separate to the building inspection.

A bridged barrier lets termites pass around the treated zone without crossing it.

Raised garden beds, added paving and rendered edges are the usual causes.

A missing management notice means the treatment history is unknown, not that none exists.

Treatment and its warranty come from a licensed pest controller, never from an inspector.

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Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Craigieburn. Licensed building practitioners.

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Termites and timber pest risk in Craigieburn VIC: common questions

How often should an established home be inspected?

Annually is the general guidance for Victorian conditions, and more often where known conducive conditions have not been cleared.

What if no management notice can be found?

It means the treatment history is unknown. The report records that, and a licensed controller can advise whether a new management system is warranted rather than assuming the old one is still working.

Will clearing conditions solve the problem?

It removes the invitation and it is mostly cheap work. It does not replace inspection, because termites do not require an invitation to arrive.