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Did you know, that the number of termites in the world a lot more than the number of existing human on this earth?

Building anything can rotted because of termites. This makes us worry, especially for users of wood materials for other than cause damage, resulting from termites also makes us have a lot of money to fix it. But there are some specific types of wood that is resistant to termites, but it was kind of wood is scarce and relatively expensive wood, like Teak, Ironwood, and Merbau wood. That is because the wood contains extractive that are toxic to fungi and termites.

However, wood users no longer need to worry about the threat of termites, because today could be prevented by anti termites. Here are 4 ways to prevent termites in your home.

For those of you who are starting to build houses from the early stages, it is desirable to spray liquid into the termite’s hole or by injection anti termites into the soil around the (plan) the building or house. As for you that his house was attacked by termites could provide a liquid chemical anti termites in injections into the inner and outer walls of buildings that have been hollowed with concrete drill. The distance between holes of about 40-50 cm and each hole is sprayed as much as 2-3 liters.

The frame using wood materials, preferably heated, the system of draining the water content in wood material to be used. Once in heating, dip into a liquid timber in anti-termite chemical.

And the last way is with termite bait. The work of this termite bait is by giving feedback in the form of paper or other material that has been enriched with a kind of enzyme-containing Hexafumiuron that serves to inhibit the formation of the outer skin. When the termites eat the bait troops continuously and simultaneously provide feedback to the queen, then within 2-3 months termite colony will die because they can not form new skin.

The durability of these anti termites ranged from 4 -5 years, after that need to be re-injected for a termite colony is not growing again. Regular check-ups every 6 months also needs to be done to detect if the initial weathering occurs.

Do you can imagine how much hassle that may be caused by an attack on wood termites in the house.

We have to dismantle and replace it with new wood, plus put off the substantial costs to anti-termites implementation package, or install the roof truss of mild steel material cost many times more time compared to using a wooden roof truss.

But even so, most people still remain fond of wood as part of the structure of the house and also as an element interior. For people who like the use of wood materials in the building structure and interior elements of their house, there are several ways to anticipate the attack by termites.

Anticipation of the earliest done when the structure of the building (house) just started the process, by “injecting” the anti-termites serum into the soil around the (planned) buildings or houses. In other phases, to the wooden support structure, such as door frames / window and frame the roof, do ovenisasi and treatment. Ovenisasi is a system for draining water content in wood material to be used. Treatment is an immersion into the liquid timber material special chemical that can prevent termites.

In conditions in which the house has existed, the anti-termites process work on the structure of the wood material applied in a spray (spraying) or using a roller (brush) is directly applied to the material. Moreover, to seep down and soaking device such as a wardrobe furniture, mostly made of particle-board sheets are very vulnerable to termites . Damp and the smell of wet wood will lure the termites from the soil through the concrete and cement floor with a fast break through the layers ceramics in an effort to build a dream palace mereka. When termites begin to attack your home, no matter how small the attack, as soon as possible Overcome thoroughly. Never “give heart” to these little creatures that reproduce very fast.

The kitchen is one room that are very important in your house.

Before you design the kitchen, you should first plan the location of the shelf and consider the type of goods to be stored, for the kitchen shelves can be used in accordance with its function, eg for dry food or groceries at the supermarket put in a special cupboard used to store food rations .

For food supplies such as plates and glasses, there is usually a separate place that is located above the sink or the sink. Shelves are usually installed above and its has it own function, so after washing dishes, cups or spoons, these objects can be directly placed to drain the remaining water is still attached. It is also more efficient, thus creating a kitchen well, healthy, and comfortable.

But there is one important thing that should not be forgotten, namely choosing the right shelf material. For the cabinet, there are actually quite a lot of basic material selection and finishing it. Generally fall into two categories, namely wood and metal. Wood as an alternative material for the most demanding easily processed and in-finishing. If you want to spend more affordable, can be affixed to the wood veneer, takon, Formica, or decosheet.

Unlike the use of wood, the price of making the metal relatively expensive materials and workmanship even more difficult, which is necessary pressed metal, welded, and is finishing in particular. Metal can not be attached to materials such as wood veneer or takon.

For specific shelf, such as storage rack plates, cups, spoons, cooking tools, as well as basic foods, should be selected material ‘skin friendly’, because the material the racks are always rubbing directly with goods that will be used.

For example, for metallic materials, choose one that does not easily rust or fade. If the material wood, then make sure the rack is not easy to keep moist fungal and bacterial growth. If the material to be used is plastic, make sure the plastic does not smell and have any toxic and comply with health standards.

• When buying, choose the air conditioner that equipped with a converter, which functions as a regulator of the electrical load so that when the temperature in the room has reached what we want, the AC will reduce the cooling load automatically, and does not force the engine air conditioner work harder.

• The cooling capacity must be fits to the needs of space, not too small and also not too big. For example for the space <20 m² simply use AC ½ PK.

• By setting sun barrier on the east and west outside the building, can help reduce the cooling load. Installation of vertical blinds in the building had no effect, because solar radiation has already entered the room and will remain a burden of AC machines.

• Should the AC is turned on 15 minutes before the room is used, without lowering the air conditioning temperature to 16-18 º C.

• We recommend setting the temperature was not too cold, because the colder the temperature the higher the AC power is required.

• Rooms that are closed tightly to reduce the workload of air conditioning.

• Do not smoking in air-conditioned room, because in addition to harm the health, cigarette smoke can cause heat and create air conditioner can be easily damaged.

• Turn off air conditioning when the room was over used.

• Clean the air filter in, at least once a week and clean the air conditioner compressor on a regular basis, at least 4 months to reduce excessive engine work as well as to reduce electric power consumption becomes smaller.

• Fosters awareness and discipline to save electricity to all users of the building, both at home and in the Kanto

Now, what corrective actions, if only a rusted frame? It turns out easily. Frame does not need to be released from the wall, simply cut at the very porous and replaced with a block of wood the same size. New beams were then placed on a porous blocks were used.

Cutting wood like this can be done if only a few blocks of porous frame. Part of the beam is cut and discarded. But remember, the wood is cut is not exactly a part that is porous, but excess it approximately 5 cm. Instead, choose a good timber and cut according to need. Wood pieces are then mounted on the frame and nailed a long time. Furthermore, this section is ready on-finishing.

Now, what if one of the sills beams rods is hollow? Means a damaged beam on the frame it needs to be replaced. Replacement of single stem on the frame is not as simple beams cut off part of the beam.

To do this, the anchor and the timber need to be removed from the frame unit. After that, clean this part of the splinters of rotten wood. Then put the new block which had been prepared, complete with the anchor. Finally, trim back wall bordering the beam frames with mortar.

This method can be used if the number of blocks that must be replaced no more than 25% of the sill. Suppose that the beam must be replaced more than 25%, then the better frame is replaced in its entirety.