Crawlspace Encapsulation Services

TIM-BOR® PROFESSIONAL

AT A GLANCE

• Water-soluble borate powder for use as a dust, liquid or foam
• The active ingredient is a borate: Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate
• Prevents and controls drywood termites, wood decay fungi, carpenter ants, old house borers and powderpost beetles
• Won’t discolor or stain wood surfaces
• Won’t corrode screws, nails and other components used in construction
• Use to treat wood in conjunction with other termite treatments, such as a termite bait application or a soil treatment (not labeled as a primary new construction termite treatment)
• Use as a replacement for fumigation or as an add-on to fumigation to provide residual protection
• Works best when wood has a higher moisture content.
• Highly effective & economical
• Virtually odorless
• For interior and exterior use
• Manufactured with a concern for the environment

A CLOSER LOOK

Tim-bor Professional is an efficient, fast and economical way to treat a structure for target pests. It can be used as a wood preservative, fungicide and insecticide on its own or in conjunction with other treatments as a supplement. Because of its application flexibility as a dust or liquid, PMPs can address many treatment niches with this single product – Tim-bor Professional can be applied as a dust, spray, foam or mist onto wood and cellulose materials or inside wall voids, cracks and crevices.

The active ingredient in Tim-bor Professional is Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT), a natural mineral salt with a low mammalian toxicity and no known resistance. Tim-bor Professional has strong brand awareness and a long history of effectiveness in the marketplace. Because it is well known in the industry, it is often requested by name, delivering a strong confidence factor for PMPs.

Tim-bor Professional is available in 1.5-lb. bags, 25-lb. pails, 250-lb. drums and 1500-lb. Super Sacks.

HOW IT WORKS

Tim-bor Professional’s active ingredient is Disodium Octaborate Tetrahydrate (DOT), a natural borate mineral salt and micronutrient. It is manufactured for use in the form of a water-soluble borate powder. Once it’s applied in a liquid form by foaming, misting or spraying onto wood or other cellulosic materials, the borate active ingredient creates a protective envelope and remains for years of protection. Often Tim-bor Professional is dusted into places like wall voids where pests like to hide as an additional protection. When the dust gets on the insects, they clean themselves and consume the boron during the cleaning process.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND TIM-BOR PROFESSIONAL

DOT is a natural form of elemental boron, which is essential for the healthy growth of plants and believed important in human calcium metabolism. Because animals and humans simply take what they need from their diet and rapidly excrete any excess via the kidneys, DOT has a low acute toxicity. As a result, Tim-bor Professional is about half as toxic as sodium chloride or table salt (in a laboratory setting), but very effective against insects and fungi that do not have the same excretion mechanisms.

DOT maximizes the solubility, the rate of dissolution and the boric oxide content to give a borate active ingredient far superior to traditional boric acid or borax. At the levels used in Tim-bor Professional applications, it prevents pest infestation by inhibiting pest metabolism on a cellular basis. The tetrahydroxyborate anion forms a chelate complex with the cis-adjacent hydroxyl groups in the ribose sugar of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), with the cationic nitrogen of the nicotinamide moiety providing electrostatic stabilization of the chelate. In this configuration, NAD and NADP cannot be used by the dehydrogenase enzymes of glycolysis, the pentose phosphate pathway or the tricarboxylic acid pathway, and so the cellular energy generating mechanisms, including adenosine triphosphate production, are shut down.

Vapo-Chek^®

Help stop hidden moisture damage and reduce the threat of wood destroying insects by having Terminix^® install a polyethylene barrier in your crawlspace.

Floor Supports

Help support termite damaged or sagging flooring by having Terminix^® install adjustable floor support systems in your crawl space.

Help Protect Foundations with Temp Vent

The foundation is critical to the integrity of the home. That’s why foundation ventilation is critical. Unventilated foundations are subject to built-up moisture that can eventually lead to costly damage.

Temp-Vent foundation vents help control moisture build-up and termites in crawl spaces. Temp-Vent products are designed for and available exclusively through Pest Management operators.

Temp Vent foundation vent systems help protect this critical area of the home. What’s more, ventilation can help control conditions that lead to mold, mildew, fungi, damp rot, and unhealthy air.

But there’s more. If there’s one thing termites are attracted to, it’s warm, moist, dead air environments such as those found under houses in crawl spaces or unfinished basements. Temp-Vent products have been specially designed for the pest control industry.

Temp-Vent foundation vents help to provide ventilation that can reduce moisture in these areas, which helps control termites.