From our Mohali office, SKUAS treats termites in existing homes across Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula and Zirakpur by drilling the floor-wall junction and plinth, injecting Envu Premise SC and sealing the holes, as set out in IS 6313 (Part 3). New buildings at plinth stage should get reticulation. We quote a rate after a free inspection.
Termite trouble in Chandigarh often starts in the sector houses. Kothis in the older sectors have wooden doors, almirahs, staircase railings and, in many cases, their original wooden window frames, while the large front and back lawns put soil, roots and garden moisture right against the plinth. In these homes, termites can go unnoticed until a frame gives way or the back of a cupboard crumbles.
Across the Tricity, the picture changes. Mohali's phases and newer sectors, Zirakpur's high-rise societies, Panchkula's sector houses and the growing townships of New Chandigarh and Kharar each have their own mix of flats, floors and independent homes. SKUAS has an office in Mohali at D180/C, 4th Floor, Industrial Area Phase 8B, Mohali 160055, so inspections and treatments across the Tricity are handled by a team that is close at hand.
Thin tunnels of soil running up the plinth, walls, pillars or behind skirting. Subterranean termites build them to travel from the soil.
Door frames, skirting or wardrobe bases that sound hollow when tapped, or crumble at the bottom edge.
Small wings near windows, lights or door sills after warm days followed by rain. A swarm means an established colony is close by.
Tiny, dry pellets under furniture or frames point to drywood termites, which are found mainly in coastal cities.
Bubbling paint on walls or fine tunnels in wood panelling and wiring battens.
Chandigarh sector houses are known for their lawns, hedges and mature trees, and many share boundary walls with green belts. Roots, mulch, fallen branches and wooden garden fittings give subterranean termites food right next to the plinth. We regularly find mud tubes on garden-side walls, on boundary walls and around the base of trees standing close to the house.
Termites in the Tricity swarm in the monsoon and post-monsoon period, after a few warm days followed by rain. Swarmers fly toward lights at dusk and shed their wings soon after landing. Wings found indoors on window sills, near the main door or around lamps show that an established colony is living close to the house, often in the garden soil or under the floor.
Coptotermes heimi occurs throughout India and is a common pest of household woodwork and furniture. Research on the arid north-west, which includes parts of Punjab and Haryana, reports Heterotermes indicola causing extensive damage to woodwork in buildings. Both live in the soil, so treatment for Tricity homes is aimed at the soil below floors and along the foundation.
Mohali's newer sectors, Zirakpur and New Chandigarh were farmland and open ground not long ago, and termite colonies from those fields remain in the soil after construction. Ground-floor flats, shops and houses on the edge of new development are often where termites appear first. Once interiors are fitted, treatment has to be done by drilling, since the floor is already laid.
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For a building that is already finished, the chemical has to reach the soil under the floor and along the foundation. We follow the method set out in IS 6313 (Part 3), the BIS code for treating existing buildings. This is commonly called drill-fill-seal.
We use Envu Premise SC (imidacloprid 30.5% SC), one of the termiticides listed by CIB&RC for building termite control, mixed at the dilution on its label. It is odourless and non-repellent, so termites carry it back to the colony.
Drill-fill-seal as described above, plus treatment of affected woodwork.
A reticulation pipe system laid before the floor is cast, refillable for years without drilling.
The open floor is a chance to lay reticulation pipe along the wall lines.
If your builder laid pipes, it may only need a refill through the junction boxes.
The chemical we charge it with
Imidacloprid 30.5% SC from Envu (formerly Bayer Environmental Science). It is odourless and non-repellent: termites cannot detect it, carry it back to the nest and pass it on to the colony.
Why we use Premise SCWooden doors, almirahs, staircases and window frames, with garden-side and boundary walls drilled along the plinth after inspection.
Independent houses and floors in Mohali phases and Panchkula sectors, treated room by room with attention to kitchens, wardrobes and puja rooms.
Kitchen, wardrobe and bedroom walls inside the flat, plus lower floors and shafts when more than one flat in a tower is affected.
Offices, stores and record rooms in the Chandigarh Industrial Area and Mohali's industrial phases, where cartons, pallets and paper are kept.
Tricity jobs are handled from our office at D180/C, 4th Floor, Industrial Area Phase 8B, Mohali 160055. Because the team is based nearby, a follow-up check after treatment, or a second day for a large kothi, can be fitted in without a long wait. Call or use the form to book an inspection in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula or Zirakpur.
Sector 7, Sector 8, Sector 9, Sector 10, Sector 11, Sector 15, Sector 16, Sector 18, Sector 19, Sector 21, Sector 22, Sector 27, Sector 33, Sector 35, Sector 36, Sector 44, Manimajra, Mohali Phase 3B2, Mohali Phase 7, Mohali Phase 11, Mohali Sector 70, Aerocity Mohali, Kharar, New Chandigarh, Zirakpur, Dhakoli, Panchkula Sector 8, Panchkula Sector 11, Panchkula Sector 20.
Our engineer visits, measures the plinth and shares an itemised quote. The best time is before the plinth beam or floor PCC.