This is how a colony of termites sees your home.
They see only a meal, a pile of dead timber; their means of survival.
The roof is supported by the timber frame, not by the outside
brickwork which is only cladding. Termites can eat their way up
to the roof via the vertical timbers in the walls called studs.
Termites usually use the baseplates to travel around your home.
Fact: Termites predominantly travel through your home in two ways.
- Sometimes they build mud trails on the surface of the timber while they explore and size your home up for invasion, or whilst searching for a more desirable timber such as the softwood found in your skirting boards and architraves and around windows and doors.
- Usually they travel from one room to another as they eat their way undetected through the middle of the timber that makes up the frame of the house.
Fact: These termites would have been detected much earlier
if Ec2c Windows had been installed throughout the house.
Fact: By the time you discover termites are in your home,
it's usually too late.
Hence, if you are unlucky enough to get termites,
the sooner you discover them the better.
Termites can be very well hidden.
Very often termites are doubly concealed:
- First of all, they are usually hidden inside the walls of your home.
- Second, even if you do open up the walls to look for them, they may remain hidden inside the timber framework.
The timber may look and feel perfectly sound, yet still have termites in it. Even professionals can be fooled. Their very survival depends on complete concealment. A house can look perfectly sound, yet it can be steadily gutted by termites and most of the time you won't even know it.
Unfortunately, many people discover they have termites too late... when the damage is already done! Termite treatments are usually costly and additional repairs can be very expensive.
Fact: Many termite reports FAIL to detect all past or present termite activity.
Fact: The early detection of termites in a home is extremely hard to achieve, even for highly experienced professional termite inspectors using the very latest electronic equipment.
There is simply no need to be a victim of termite attack.
Repeating from our home page: Logical inexpensive steps can be taken to greatly reduce your risk.
In a nutshell you need to do three things.
- Install and maintain a Green Termite Bait System or some other effective means of reducing the risk of termites getting into your home.
- Install an Ec2c Termite Windows System throughout your home and check them regularly.
- Have your home inspected by a trusted professional at least once a year and follow their advice.
It's wise. It's affordable.
If you want to spend the least amount of money for the most amount of effect, then don't procrastinate. Termites depend on your apathy. You can beat termites. You can win.
Why consider installing Ec2c Termite Windows®?
The early alert of termites in your house gives you extra safety. If you do decide to install a set of Ec2c Termite Windows and they help you to discover termites inside your home at an early stage, won't it be worth it? You bet!
None of us ever want to see if the airbags work in our car, but it's reassuring to have them.
Similarly, we hope that you will never find termites in your home, but if you do, and your Ec2c Termite Windows help you to spot them early on; you'll be very glad you had them installed.
Who can install?
Any reasonably competent handyman can install these windows. If you can work a electric drill, then you can do it! Indeed, it is very easy - but it does take some time and some careful planning - all of which is clearly explained in the installation manual.
Alternatively, residents of SE QLD can contact us for a full install for just $395. This normally takes about 2 - 4 hours.
How to install?
It's simple. Just two steps:
- Drill a neat hole.
- Then press in an Ec2c Termite Window. Done!
How simple is that?
Full directions, hints and tips are provided in the D.I.Y. installation manual.
How to check?
They are so easy to check you can do it anytime you are passing by.
This is what you hope to see - a nice clear Ec2c Termite Window.
How do they work?
The Ec2c Termite Windows work by using the natural behavioral instincts termites to reveal their activity to you.
If termites have ventured into your home you will most likely discover them once they reach the point INSIDE the timber where the Ec2c Termite Window is installed. They don't like the light so they will mud over the inside of the window just like they do on our external termite baits!
This image is greatly enlarged so you can see how the window appears when termites are present. The Ec2c Termite Window gives you a way to see into their concealed world inside your walls.
Where can termites hide and travel in your house?
If you conduct a little research on the internet you will note that there are very few ways to check for termites inside your home yourself. Some over-complicated D.I.Y. products are available for monitoring termite activity within the walls of your home, but the problem is, for a variety of reasons, they simply don't work.
One obvious reason why most internal termite monitors don't work is because they sit on top of the timber baseplate in your walls, which isn't a logical place to locate them because termites are likely to totally miss these devices. Why? Simply because termites usually travel through the baseplate, not on it.
To repeat; termites are usually hidden in the timber that makes up the frame of most homes.
This is a section of a baseplate and skirting boards.
The Ec2c Termite Window allows you to check for termites
in both the baseplate and the skirting board.
Here you can view a section of a door jab and architraves.
(Viewed vertically from the top.)
The Ec2c Termite Window can reveal if termites
are hidden deep inside the walls.
Where to Install?
Obviously it's imperative that the windows are installed where the termites are most likely to hide!
The windows can be installed on any flat surface such as a wall where there is a stud behind it, or a window frame, door frame, a skirting board, floor boards or... you name it. Ec2c Windows are very versatile. In fact they have dozens of uses outdoors as well!
If you are imagining a bunch of ugly holes in your walls and thinking to yourself - "no way chum," then slow up for a minute and we'll explain further.
They are very neat and tidy when in plain sight.
However, most of the time the Ec2c Termite Windows will be invisible! Why? Simply because they are mostly installed in places within your home that are normally concealed from a casual glance. They will be placed inside built-in wardrobes, behind doors, furniture, curtains, etc. In most cases you will need to know where to look, before you will actually spot them! Even with Ec2c Termite Windows installed in every room of your home, few guests will ever spot them, even though they are right under their noses.
They can also be camouflaged with a removable sticker and colour matched for enhanced concealment, though few people feel this is necessary.
If you look carefully you can see the Ec2c Termite Window under the door hinge.
It's simply smart to install Ec2c Termite Windows. They are an innovative and useful addition to your regular home termite security and provide much needed ongoing peace of mind about the safety of your home.
In fact, they are essential if you want a better chance to detect termites in your home early. They could very well save you a lot of money and anguish later on.
