- 20 child-resistant stakes with locator shields
- One digging auger
- Instruction booklet
- Interactive CD-Rom
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Bait stakes install in the ground in minutes and they detect termite action with a pop-up indicator. Stakes have easy to find locator shields. Bait kills subterranean termites. Kit comes with 20 of 7" stakes and a interactive CD Rom to help consumers determine placement and coverage.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A ripoff,
By big nick (Ormond Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Termite Detection & Killing Stakes - 20 Stake Kit
When I bought this product I thought I could replace the stakes by simply buying new ones as needed. Unfortunately, United Industries decided to stop sellig replacement stakes. Now you must buy the entire kit when you need new stakes. I now have 3 steel augers, 60 plastic stake markers and 3 hard plastic carrying cases which are of absolutely no use to me. When I phoned United Industries to find out how I could order stakes only, I was told that the company decided it was not "cost effective" to sell replacement stakes. "Cost effective" for whom? It is simply their way of increasing their bottom line by forcing customers to buy items that are totally useless after the first kit purchase. Meanwhile, I'm looking for a replacement product.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A neat trick to make them work better,
By Howard Ferstler (Tallahassee, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Termite Detection & Killing Stakes - 20 Stake Kit
I have been using these spikes for about two years, and admittedly it is going to be impossible to tell if they work until termites do serious damage. Otherwise, you are just basically hoping the things do their jobs. Of course, even regular termite services can fail, but in that case a good service will have a contract with you to make required building repairs. Basically, a commercial outfit is offering you insurance and betting that their procedures will work. No such deal with the Terminate spikes, but they may work as well as most other bait systems, provided one uses them carefully.
One problem some have found with the spikes is water damage. The cardboard inside goes to pot fairly fast if it stays wet for a while, and that probably nullifies the effectiveness of the poisoned bait. My solution is to go to Home Depot or Lowe's and purchase lengths of 1.25-inch dowels. I cut them down into 9-inch lengths and then insert them into pre-drilled holes around the house perimeter made with the Terminate drill bit. (Incidentally, for hard soils a powerful drill is not a bad idea and I use a 9-amp Hitachi model that is strong enough to drill holes through solid rock.) Anyway, I check the dowels monthly (rather than every three months) and if I see termite activity I then replace the dowel with a Terminate spike. This has happened several times since I started the program, and when I check later on some of the bait will have been eaten and no live termites can be found. The advantage of this is that you do not waste spikes and the ones that are inserted are interacting with active termites right then and there. In addition, while the Terminate instructions say that you need not use more than 20 spikes with a house of 2000-2500 square feet (my place is 2100, with a garage), I drilled more than 30 holes, with dowels in each initially, and drilled a dozen more around my workshop out back. Over time, I have replaced a number of dowels with spikes, but in no way did I have to deal with false alarms (popped up indicators that resulted from soggy cardboard), nor did I have to spend big bucks on scads of baited spikes. The dowels are not expensive, and if they get a bit worn for wear over time, just reinsert them upside down. Keep spares on hand to replace worn versions or bait spikes that have done their jobs. Finally, the instructions warn the user to not depend upon the spikes as the only defense. I followed that lead and have done two more things. First, every spring I use Bayer termite-killing granules around the perimeter to kill any activity working under the slab. Second, some time back I used Great Stuff hard-foam sealant around all incoming water pipes and under the bathtubs (which normally are open to the soil under them on the ground floor) to make it harder for invasions from that direction. (The main reason for this was to reduce radon-gas intrusion, but it works to decent effect for termites, too.) Doing the incoming pipe sealing work did require cutting into the walls from the inside or outside, following up the work with decor-friendly covers. I also have a radon fan on one side of the house ventilating the concrete block frame around the slab, and that may keep the area there dry enough to further discourage infestations. No telling if this all will work, but it probably is as effective as most professionally done termite baiting programs. Howard Ferstler
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great warning system,
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This review is from: Termite Detection & Killing Stakes - 20 Stake Kit
We had professional pestr control who service our house every quarter for the past 2 years. Last year, two houses down, our neighbor had termites. We always thought termites will not affect us since we have professional service done. This spring, they detected the flowerbed borders the neighbors had termites. I paid $160 extra for that treatment. I was pretty upset that the pest control service doe not cover the termites treatment, it needs another $119/quarter. We decided to do the pest control ourselves.
Trim back all the bushes and shrubs, got rid of all the mulches in the flower bed. We put in this Bait System around the house, everything is all good until 4 month later where the bait pop-ed in the veggie garden (about 10 meter from the original site). Termites has eaten away the two baits within two week (The two bait poped within a week of each other). We monitor the progress of how fast they eat the baits. In the instruction, it says every 2 - 3 month and check, but I think it is a good idea to check on it every other week. Once it has poped, the bait will be gone within 2 weeks and they will move on. I am going to Home Depot and purchase more of the baits. Many people would put the chemicals trying to kill the colony themselves, NOT recommended through my research. If you are not sure you can kill the WHOLE colony, just leave it alone. Add more baits to the site. Once you know there is a problem, just check for mud tunnels around the house to make sure that they are not enterring the house. The little bait are like a little biology experiement, you can see the progress of how these little creatures are doing. Many are scared of the termites, DON'T. They will eat the wood only. Learn their pattern.
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