Kelvin5717,

when they came for inspection, they scanned the entire house all beams, frames, cabinets (even moved some) used a thermoscan to scan inside walls, ceiling and even behind tiled areas. then upstairs to inspect every beam of the roof too.

if you take stoppest and there is any reason for you to call them (i had residual activity in two frames possible because i didnt let them drill inside the house but only outside despite having three frames attacked) they swiftly came, inspected the entire ground floor sprayed where required. if not enough they can always pump more agendy through the exisitng drill holes i guess. they have been very friendly so far and getting them to come never (!) was an issue. even after they had my money

i am impressed with agenda since we didnt have to do any drilling inside the house at all and could still quickly manage the termite issue without any significant damage happening in the house due to termites. stoppest didnt have to drill anywhere inside the house and didnt destroy any door frames (even the partially infected ones). so you dont have to drill inside the house at all if you are willing to accept the death of termites at a slightly slower rate. if will use them again once the agenda is worn out (maybe after 7 years to be on the safe side). you can probably avoid drilling inside on the sides where your house is not connected to the neighbour. connecting walls will have to bite the bullet and drill inside.

Just ignore your neighbour, and do what you need to do.
your role is inform them your house got termite, caustion step shall then taken from them, because is not somehting your could do.

Just ignore your neighbour, and do what you need to do.
your role is inform them your house got termite, caustion step shall then taken from them, because is not somehting your could do.

I found termite at my house staircase (picture upload 2night) so i call up a few pest control to give suggestion and quotation as i'm going to do reno shortly on september (expected) the problem is everyone have their own piece of mind 
1. Termiguard : Inspected the house, claim only the staircase infested and it's on early stage, suggest using baiting system Rm1600.00 - 1 year warranty (advise to do immediately)

2. Forget d name : Call up, explain, reco me to do baiting system also, Rm1500.00 (found from newspaper) 1 year warranty (advise to do immediately)

3. Antipest : Call up, explain, reco do drilling as claim termite can come from neighbor and protection 3 years (warranty) (advise to do immediately)

4. Rentokill : call up, explain, reco DUN DO ANYTHING ! [COLOR=red]  as he claim eventhou if put baiting, when i doing renovation the drilling and hacking on the wall will frighten the termite and they will run here and there and the baiting system become useless, and since i'm demolishing the staircase and do concrete and only staircase are infested, he told me only see if after reno got termite lagi go for baiting system from him then, but i worry to wait until finish reno  (suggest to wait and c after reno) - did not disclose pricing

5. Stoppest : Inspected the house, also agree only staircase infested, suggested drilling right now, using Agenda chemical from Bayer corporation  give 5 years warranty, he claim must do drilling, then he will free spray on the termite on staircase, he claim once he do drilling (1day can complete) then reno star working the termite will sure run around, but they will end up knocking to the chemical that has been injected to the underground and die    (suggest do before reno) - RM1800.00

who to believe ?

my house timber flooring staircase is also infected with termites, even though not as serious as kelvin. a piece of timber strip and a few strips of side skirting were infected. i bought thermifos from hardware shops and sprayed the side skirting and infected area. so far there has been no sight of termites or any further infection. i've checked other upstairs rooms/cupboards/downstairs store room and all seems clean. i've tried to have a quick view from the manhole on the roof beams and it seems clean from the manhole (didnt climb up the beams to check each beam).

the infection started just after the 5 yrs termite infection warranty provided by the developer expired. so now, question is should i proceed with further termite infection control, possibly from stoppest (due to good service for pjusa) or should i wait until there's further infection? i have yet to repair the damage done by the termites.

appreciate your feedback on what's the appropriate measure i should take. i'm living in the house now.

PS: pjusa, appreciate it if you could give contacts for stoppest. thanks.

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Added on August 1, 2011, 11:21 am

Hi Kelvin,

For stoppest. the drilling is on the staircase or outdoor?

Drilling is entire house, like 3 feet apart.

wow...that means all your floor tiles will be drilled? that's almost impossible to be done if you are staying in i guess.

Possible, just the house floor look bit odd.

how big is per drill hole? if it's few mm, possible to hide it with fillings....but any larger will be very unsightly.

how big is per drill hole? if it's few mm, possible to hide it with fillings....but any larger will be very unsightly.

so what is other option that other house owner who stayed in the same house which is infected with termites?

i dont think any stayed-in owner can accept their floors being punched 30mm every 3ft.

bait system no need to punch holes? then how to bait?

I'm using parquet flooring, so is there any risk if I store all the paper carton boxes (used for moving) for a year or two?

A bit worried now, since termite will attack paper products and I would like to keep the carton boxes as I move quite frequently.