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Booking a termite treatment for the first time can feel worrying. Will they break the floor? Do we have to move out? Is it safe for the children? This guide walks you through the whole termite treatment process — what happens before, during and after — so you know exactly what to expect and how to get the best result.
Before the Treatment
1. The inspection
A good treatment starts with a careful inspection. Our expert checks the ground floor, door frames, wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, skirting, wooden floors and false ceilings, and looks for mud lines, hollow-sounding wood, damp patches and discarded wings. To find termites hidden behind surfaces, we scan with Termatrac iTraker, a device that senses live termite movement without drilling. The findings are recorded in our app with photos.
The inspection answers three questions: where the termites are coming from, how far they have spread, and which treatment the building needs.
2. The right treatment for your building
- Existing house, flat, shop or office: post-construction treatment by the drill-fill-seal method.
- Building under construction: pre-construction soil treatment at each stage of the work.
- New building where you want easy renewal later: an anti-termite piping system.
You get a clear price before any work starts. If you are not sure which option fits, read termite control methods compared.
3. How to prepare your home
- Move furniture slightly away from the walls on the ground floor, so the joints between walls and floors are reachable.
- Empty the lower shelves of wardrobes and cabinets where termites have been seen.
- Tell us where water pipes or electric lines run under the floor, so drilling avoids them.
- Tell us about marble, granite, wooden or other special flooring before the visit.
- Plan to keep children and pets away from the rooms being treated during the work.
During the Treatment: Step by Step
For an existing building, the treatment follows the drill-fill-seal method described in the Indian Standard IS 6313 (Part 3):
- Marking: the technician marks drilling points along the joints of walls and floors, at regular gaps, around every room on the ground floor.
- Drilling: small holes are drilled through the floor at these points, down to the soil.
- Injecting: a government-approved termiticide is injected through each hole into the soil, forming a continuous chemical barrier under the walls and floors.
- Sealing: the holes are sealed neatly with white cement, so the floor looks almost the same as before.
- Wood treatment: infested door frames, wardrobes and fixed furniture are treated so the termites inside them die.
- Outside walls: where termites can enter from the garden or open soil, the soil along the outside walls is treated too.
- Clean-up and report: the team cleans the drilling dust, and the visit is recorded in our app with the chemicals used and your warranty.
The time needed depends on the area and the number of rooms; our team tells you the expected duration when you book.
For a building under construction, the soil is treated in stages instead — the foundation, the back-filled soil, the plinth and the outer walls — so our team visits as each stage is ready. See pre-construction vs post-construction treatment for the details.
Special Cases
Flats on upper floors
Termites can reach upper floors through the walls, shafts and wooden furniture of a building. In a flat, we treat the joints between walls and floors, and the door frames, wardrobes and fixed furniture where termites are active. If several flats in your building have termites, the best long-term answer is to treat the building from the ground floor and the soil around it — speak to your society about a whole-building treatment.
Marble, granite and wooden floors
Tell us about special flooring before the inspection. We plan the drilling points with you before any work starts. For new buildings with premium flooring, an anti-termite piping system lets you renew the protection later without drilling at all.
Before a modular kitchen or new interiors
Get the termite treatment done before new woodwork, modular kitchens and built-in wardrobes are installed. Treating first protects your investment, and it is easier to reach the walls and floors while they are open.
Old or newly bought houses
Older houses may have termites in wooden ceilings, beams and staircases that are rarely checked. A thorough inspection before you move in shows the real condition of the woodwork and lets you plan the treatment.
Is Termite Treatment Safe?
The termiticide goes into the soil below the floor and into the woodwork, not into the air of your rooms. We use only government-approved chemicals registered with the Central Insecticides Board (CIB&RC), and our trained technicians explain the precautions before they start. Keep children and pets away from the area during the work and follow the technician's advice afterwards. The details of every chemical used are saved in our app.
After the Treatment
What is normal
- Some termites for a few days: termites already inside the wood cannot go back to the soil for moisture, and they die off. Seeing a few in the first days is normal.
- A mild smell: some products have a light smell for a short time. Keep windows open for ventilation.
- Sealed holes: the white cement on the drilled points may look slightly lighter than your floor.
When to call us
If you see fresh mud lines or live termites a few weeks after the treatment, raise a complaint or re-service request directly in our app, or call us. We will inspect again under your warranty.
Simple habits that help
- Fix leaks and damp walls quickly, because moisture attracts termites.
- Do not stack wood, cardboard or old furniture against the walls.
- Tell us before breaking the treated floor for new work, so the barrier can be repaired.
- Get an inspection at least once a year, ideally before the monsoon.
How Long Does Termite Treatment Last?
No termite treatment lasts forever, because termites keep living in the soil around every building. A proper soil barrier protects for years. Our post-construction treatment comes with a written warranty of 1 to 5 years and pre-construction treatment with 5 to 10 years, decided after inspecting your property. With a piping system, the barrier can be renewed later simply by pumping termiticide through the pipes.
Termite Treatment Cost
Post-construction treatment and the anti-termite piping system are charged per sq ft, at a rate that depends on the size of your property. Pre-construction treatment is priced after a site visit. See the current rates in our termite treatment cost guide.
Prices are plus GST, and the final price is confirmed after a free inspection, before any work starts.
Book Your Termite Treatment
Indian Pest Management provides termite treatment for homes, offices, hotels and factories, with an IIT-trained team, government-approved chemicals and a written warranty. In Dehradun, see our termite treatment in Dehradun page. Elsewhere, find your nearest team on our branches page.
Call or WhatsApp +91 94111 22334, or book a free termite inspection online.