The most financially damaging pest on this list — and the one you are least likely to see before the damage is done.
Subterranean species nest below ground and travel to timber through sealed mud tubes that keep them humid and hidden. They eat the softer inner wood and leave a thin outer shell intact, which is why a beam can look perfectly sound right up until it fails.
Structural damage to doors, frames, roof timbers and furniture. Repair costs escalate quickly because the extent is hidden, and colonies do not pause — they continue feeding year-round in Qatar's climate.
Inspection and species identification first, then a chemical soil barrier around the structure and direct treatment of affected timber. The aim is to eliminate the colony, not to push it to a neighbouring section of the building.
Practical steps that make a repeat infestation far less likely after treatment.
Keep soil and mulch below the level of the damp-proof course, never banked against the wall
Fix leaking taps, AC condensate lines and irrigation close to the building
Store timber, cardboard and firewood off the ground and away from the structure
Have the perimeter inspected annually — termites work out of sight until the damage is structural
The things people ask us most before booking this treatment.
Termite-damaged timber sounds hollow when tapped and often looks sound on the surface because they eat from the inside out. Mud tubes on walls or foundations, and discarded wings near windows after a swarm, are the clearest signs. An inspection confirms it before any treatment is quoted.
They don't eat concrete, but they travel through expansion joints and service penetrations to reach everything inside it — door frames, skirting, fitted wardrobes, kitchen carcasses and roof timbers. In Qatar that's where almost all the damage we see actually is.
A soil treatment creates a treated zone around the structure that lasts for years, not months — but it isn't permanent, and it's broken by later landscaping, trenching or drainage work. We'll tell you what the treatment covers and when it's worth re-inspecting.
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