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HOMEOWNERS QUICK GUIDE

Step 1 Check the Garden, garden structures & fences

Walk around checking under any loose timbers for active termites. Check stumps, trees, garden structures, retaining walls – any timbers that are in contact with the ground. Check under garden-bed plastic especially if it is next to your home, termites love to travel under it. Remember, they love moist areas.Termites can easily build a tube of mud up a fence post. This is for the termite’s protection from predators and the environment. They will often pack mudding over exposed timber to protect the working colony.

Get into the routine of checking your home regularly - at least once every month.

It doesn’t take long and the rewards are signifi cant - you may detect a termite infestation

before severe damage can occur.

Termites are subterranean (mainly operating underground) and are masters at concealment,

but often leave “tell-tale” signs. Here’s a quick guide to help you detect early signs of termite

workings. Inspect your property regularly and don’t forget an annual inspection by a FMC

HomeGuard Accredited Operator to keep your FMC Million Dollar Warranty up to date.

Step 2 Check the External Perimeter, Sub-Floor & Roof

Termites build earthen tunnels (mud tubes) known as leads or galleries which radiate out from the nest to forage for food sources (your home!) so you need to check beneath your home as well as around the outside. Above is a termite gallery extending across the ground and onto a timber prop. To gain entry into your home termites can build a lead over the ant capping, or from the ground, up the wall and into the structure through a weep hole or crack.Your HomeGuard Accredited Operator will also check the internal roof and the top plates and trusses for any damage.

Step 3 Internal Check

The inside areas of your home should also be monitored. When present termite activity usually presents itself as either disfi gurement (blistering) of the timber surface or through obvious damage (see above) an example on a timber skirting board.

If you think you have active termites, never pierce the timber or disturb the termites. When disturbed, termites fl ee back to the nest making treatment much more diffi cult.

If termites are detected contact the HomeGuard Accredited Operator who undertook

your installation or FMC Australasia on 1800 066 355.

Quicktips to help detect termites on your property.

Quicktips to help Homeowners prevent termite damage.

A regular monthly, homeowner self-inspection of the home and garden.

Quick guide to Subterranean Termite Identifi cation.

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AntAntennae elbowed

Compound eyes

Constriction between

thorax and abdomen

Soldier termiteAntennae bead like

No eyes

No constriction between thoraxand abdomen

“ You can trust FMC and our Accredited Operators to be here for you today and tomorrow.”

Male & femalewings shed

King

QueenEggs

Nymphs

Developing winged form

Winged

reproductives

(“alates”)

Worker

(incomplete metamorphosis)

The owner of the building during the warranty period, must at the

owner’s expense, arrange for thorough and regular inspection

of the Building to Australian Standards 4349.3 for the presence

of termites at intervals not exceeding 12 months by a FMC

HomeGuard Accredited Operator.

If termites are detected or are found to have breached the

HomeGuard barrier, the Owner must immediately notify your

HomeGuard Accredited Operator.

The Owner must comply with the HomeGuard - Subterranean

Termite Management Maintenance Guidelines provided with this

Warranty and made a part hereof.

Protect your property and your FMC Million Dollar Warranty with an annual termite inspection.

Homeowner Warranty Responsibility - Annual Termite Inspections

Differences between ants and termites Termite Life Cycle

Who is FMC?

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Ian Pegg Managing Director, FMC Australasia Pty Ltd

FMC is the name behind HomeGuard, Bifl ex and Efl ex.

Since 1883, the world’s leading companies and their customers

have relied on us for agricultural and pest control solutions. In

Australia, FMC has provided quality pest and crop management

products to home and industry since 1975.

As an innovative R&D based company, FMC has always been

committed to improving the way pest control products interact

with the living and built environment. Over time this has been

refl ected in our associations with respected industry authorities

like the APVMA, BCA, CSIRO, MBA and HIA.

More recently FMC has set new benchmarks with the

introduction of our ultimate termite management commitment

to the Australian consumer – the FMC One Million Dollar

Manufacturer’s Warranty against termite damage.

FMC will always be a company that backs its products and

supports its customers. You can trust us and our Accredited

Operators to be here for you today, tomorrow and for the lifetime

of your home.