SKUAS treats subterranean termites in existing Mumbai flats, bungalows and offices by drilling at the floor-wall junction and plinth, injecting Envu Premise SC and sealing the holes, following IS 6313 (Part 3). Drywood termites living inside furniture need separate treatment of the woodwork. Buildings under construction should get reticulation. We give the rate after a free inspection.
Many Mumbai homes are in buildings that have stood through decades of monsoons. In older societies in the suburbs and the island city, termites usually show up in wooden door frames, built-in cupboards, wooden flooring and the false ceilings that many flats have added over the years. In the bungalows and row houses of Juhu, Bandra, Chembur and the Madh and Gorai side, garden soil and old roof timber add to the exposure.
Mumbai is also a city where two kinds of termites can turn up. Subterranean termites come up from the soil through mud tubes and are treated by drilling and injecting along floors, walls and the plinth. Drywood termites, found mainly in coastal areas, live inside the wood itself and leave small dry pellets instead of mud. Telling the two apart at inspection decides how much drilling your home needs and how the furniture is treated.
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.
Drywood termites of the genus Cryptotermes are found mainly in coastal areas. Unlike subterranean termites, they live inside the wood and do not depend on contact with soil, so they can infest an upper-floor wardrobe or door frame far above the ground. Their sign is small heaps of dry pellets of excreta below the wood, rather than mud tubes on the walls.
Mumbai stays humid for much of the year, and the monsoon brings months of heavy rain. Damp walls, seepage around windows and leaking plumbing in older buildings keep nearby wood moist, and moist wood is easier for termites to attack. Seepage patches next to a wooden frame or cupboard are among the first places we check in a Mumbai flat.
According to IS 6313, subterranean termites cause most building damage in India. Coptotermes heimi, which occurs all over the country, attacks woodwork and furniture in houses. In Mumbai, termites of this kind enter ground-floor flats, shops and bungalows from the soil, and can climb through cracks, shafts and wall voids to the floors above, especially in older structures that have seen many repairs.
Winged termites leave mature colonies to swarm after a few warm days followed by rain, which IS 6313 places in the monsoon or post-monsoon period. In Mumbai flats, swarmers gather at tube lights and window grills in the evening. Wings found inside, under a door or along a window sill, indicate a colony close by, either in the wood or in the soil below.
Free inspection in Mumbai
Tell us what you need. Our team calls back with the inspection slot and rate.
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 SCDoor frames, built-in cupboards, kitchen units and wooden flooring, checked for both mud tubes and drywood pellets before the treatment is planned.
Ground floor, plinth and garden-facing walls drilled for subterranean termites, with roof timber and staircases inspected for damage.
Kitchen, wardrobe and bedroom walls in newer flats, with lower-floor units and common areas checked when several homes are affected.
Wooden partitions, display units, record rooms and stores, worked on after office hours or on holidays where the premises allow.
In Mumbai, our central team travels from New Delhi for scheduled treatments; we plan visits in advance. Please share photos of any mud tubes, pellets or damaged wood when you contact us, along with your society's rules on work timings, so the inspection and treatment can be fitted into one planned visit where possible.
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Our engineer visits, measures the plinth and shares an itemised quote. The best time is before the plinth beam or floor PCC.