STEPHENS PEST CONTROL are Brisbane’s foremost providers of termite and pest control systems, providing:

Pre-Purchase Inspections (Structural Pest Report)
Buying a home or investment property? Amongst the important things to consider is the termite and borer status of your intended purchase. You need to be sure your newly acquired building is free from both previous structural pest damage and current infestations.

Our popular PPI – Structural Pest Inspection is designed to conform to AS4349.3 (the required Standard) and includes a thorough
inspection of the property, identifying termite damage, termite activity, borer damage, borer activity, previous history of structured pest treatments (where evidence is gained), construction termite methods put in place during the building process, wood-decay, ventilation of subfloors (where applicable) and can include a Termite & Borer Management Solution for longer term protection of your valuable asset. Building inspections can also be arranged for your one-stop convenience. We offer 24 hour turnaround on reports if requested. 24/7 booking available for your peace-of-mind in this important function.

Termite Inspections for Home Owners & Absentee Landlords 
AS3660 series of standards Australia (Guidelines for protection of existing structures against subterranean termites) recommends the maximum period between professional termite inspections be 12 months.

This is where our popular ANNUAL SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE INSPECTION comes in. We carry out a thorough inspection to the property including boundaries, fence lines, garden furniture, retaining walls, pergola, something, house external gardens & garden beds, external house structure, all accessible timbers to the internal of the house including through the man hole to the roof void. Where applicable, soil-subfloor areas are also thoroughly inspected. We look for and point out to the homeowner any hazardous situations and provide options for continued termite & borer protection of the structure through out detailed report.

Eradication of Live Termites
Termites if discovered in fences, retaining timbers, garden furniture, the house structure can all be “topically” treated by the use of translocatable toxicant baits, the direct physical destruction of the nest or liquid pyrethroid solutions. This treatment will not prevent attack from other termite colonies; it only eradicates the colony treated.

This method of treatment may be most suitable in cases where the nest is positively identified, remembering however, that the best form of termite protection is “whole of house” protection. Liquid soil treatments are the most easily recognisable & effective means of achieving this “whole of house” protection.

Termite Soil Treatment (Chemical Barrier)
By far the worst experience a homeowner will ever have is finding LIVE TERMITES eating their home. In times past, this situation called for the installation of a very toxic chemical inside and around the perimeter of your home. These days the termiticides we use are of low toxicity. Once they are applied they pose no threat to humans or animals.

We install the chemical barrier by trenching soil on the external foundations of the house, drilling apron concrete & injecting these compounds into the soil very close to the house. The installation of a termiticide soil barrier to the house-structure before termites entrench themselves is money well spent. The termiticides will protect your home from termites for up to 10 years. Any termites that come in contact with the chemical barrier will die and in some cases you will kill their colony.

Camilleri Reticulation Systems
These underground pipe systems, installed under and around the perimeter of a structure, negate the need for drilling through concrete, tiles or paving every few years in order to replenish or refresh a termite chemical barrier. Because the new generation of termiticides is designed to bio-degrade over a few years after application, we at Stephen’s Pest Control became trained and accredited Camilleri Installers. Again, this popular product allows us to replenish the chemical barrier protecting your home when required, with no drilling, no concrete dust and an economically viable investment in the refreshed barrier.This system is applicable to most types of construction including existing buildings.

The initial larger investment by the owner in this system installation, we believe, should be recouped by the lower on-going system’s re-charging fees over a short number of years. We also foresee the future benefits to the owner of yet-to-be-released products, once registered, being pumped into the system at minimal rates in the future.

Kordon Termite Barrier   
Since the introduction of stainless-steel mesh & graded-stone termite barriers for new constructions, which have replaced the old dangerous Organo Chloride Deildrin type chemicals, we have noticed an increase throughout Queensland of industry nightmares eg. Forest Lake. After 20 years of installing the old style chemical barriers we searched the world for a physical barrier we could confidently use in new constructions. We finally narrowed-down the field to Kordon TB and TMB, being what we believe is the 5 Star Solution to pre-construction termite control for new dwellings. We gained accreditation, as Kordon Installers in November 2001 and since that time have been busy installing this premium barrier in new homes, extensions and numerous unusual new structures. This popular termite barrier is usually only suitable for new homes under-construction but is also registered as an existing structure (or Retro-fit) barrier. 10 year written warranty applies to our Kordon Installations. Highly recommended if air-borne chemicals are of concern.