If you are building a home or renovating, the builder is responsible for providing a termite risk management (TRM) system for the work.
If you're building a new house, you should research your options for materials to help minimise the attraction of termites, borers and rot.
TRM systems differ depending on whether your home is built on:
- a concrete slab-on-ground or
- a raised (or suspended) floor.
Termite risk can be minimised when an effective TRM system is in place and you carry out regular checks. Systems that can be used include:
- chemical barriers
- physical barriers
- termite resistant materials
- minimum termite risk construction
- landscape considerations.
IMPORTANT – Be aware that some building contracts may try to shift the builder’s liability for installing an appropriate TRM system to the owner. |
More information
Australian Consumers’ Association for information on termite treatments
57 Carrington Road
Marrickville NSW 2204
Free call: Australia 1800 069 552
How to recognise and manage termites
Australian Environmental Pest Management Association
Unit 6 12 Navigator Place
Hendra QLD 4011
Tel: 1300 307 114 or 07 3268 4210
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for information on pesticides
18 Wormald Street
Symonston ACT 2609
Tel: 6210 4701
Office of Local Government
5 O’Keefe Avenue
Nowra NSW 2541
Tel: 024428 4100
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) for information on termite risk management
Level 11, 10-16 Queen Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9927 3200
National Association of Steel-Framed Housing (NASH)for information about, and suppliers of, steel frames
PO Box 1085
Hartwell VIC 3124
Freecall 1800 656 986
NSW Department of Primary Industries for information on termites
161 Kite Street
Orange NSW 2800
Tel: 6391 3100
Department of Health for information about available treatments and hazards for termite protection
Therapeutic Goods Administration
PO Box 100
Woden ACT 2606
Info line 1800 020 653:
Timber Development Association (NSW) for information about termites including risk management
Unit 9 281 Pacific Highway North Sydney NSW 2060
Email: [email protected]