Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Step1
Keep your rain gutters clean. Wet leaves can provide moisture and food, and since the gutters are attached to your home, it makes for an easy way for the pests to get in.
Step2
Piles of wood, boards touching the ground can all be food sources. Keep wood stored in a shed away from moisture and the ground itself.
Step3
If you are building extentions to your hold like a deck, be sure to make concrete barriers and use borate-treated, pressurized wood.
Step4
Make sure the air conditioner tank is at least four inches from your house. Don't let it leak near your house.
Step5
Dryers should vent away from the house -- the warm air is moisture-saturated from dried clothes. Washers should drain away from the house, too.
Step6
Check for leaky faucets. Make fixing them a priority.
Step7
Keep flower gardens and storage containers away from your home. Their roots feed the termites, and the leaves give the termites the moisture and shade they crave.
Step8
If you are infested with termites, it is best to call a professional pest control company. They have the proper equipment to rid your house of the pests.