Elite Building & Pest Services

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18/10/2025

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07/10/2025

We are hiring, Senior pest technician and trainees.

Due to an increase in work load we have an exciting opportunity available to join our growing team in Newcastle/Central Coast

02/09/2025

🚿 Leaking Shower Causing Major Subfloor Damage
During a recent inspection, we identified a leaking shower that had already caused significant hidden damage.

🪞 Several cracked bathroom tiles were allowing water to seep behind the walls. From there, the moisture travelled down into the subfloor, creating a chain reaction of issues:

Fungal decay in the bearers and joists

Corrosion of the ant capping designed to protect against termites

Termites actively attracted to the damp conditions, as seen in the termite workings discovered on-site

🛑 Why it matters:
Leaking showers are one of the most common – and overlooked – sources of building damage. Left untreated, they don’t just compromise the bathroom but can undermine the entire structure beneath your home and provide the perfect environment for termites.

📍 Servicing Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Hunter Valley, and surrounding regions, Elite Building & Pest Services provides comprehensive inspections that detect these problems before they turn into costly repairs.

📞 Call Mitch on 0411 779 029
📧 Email: [email protected]
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✅ Elite Building & Pest Services – protecting your home from hidden water and termite damage.

15/07/2025

🏚Concrete Piers Spalling – Building & Pest Inspection –🏚
Many high-set or low-set homes built in the middle decades of the last century were set on concrete piers (stumps) which were cast by the builder on site. This approached allowed the builder to cast piers of the required length and unlike timber stumps, they were not prone to fungal decay or termite attack.
Often these piers were cast with hand mixed concrete and the quality of the castings was variable, particularly in regard to the positioning of the steel reinforcement which corrodes when it is too close to the external surface of the concrete.
The problem occurs once the steel in the stump is exposed to moisture and air causing corrosion to start. This corrosion expands the steel and breaks the concrete apart, this is called “spalling”. If this is allowed to continue it can eventually lead to structural failure of the pier.
You may hear the scary term “concrete cancer” used to describe this problem. However, there is no need to panic as it is often relatively easy to fix.
Should you have concrete pier defects which mention spalling or corrosion of embedded steel in your Pre Purchase Inspection Report, We recommend you get a quote from a re-stumping professional so you are fully aware of the costs that are involved in fixing the problem. A pier can be replaced or repaired.

15/07/2025

🪵Landscaping and termites🏚
While we all love a well presented garden. Unfortunately so do termites. Some of the products used in creating a nice garden are highly attractive to termites. These old wood railway sleepers are one of the easiest places we find termites and generally the first place we look. We recommend removing these and replacing with a non wood product to reduce the chances of termites being attracted to areas around your property

15/07/2025

Here is a little example of how some of our tools work in detecting termites during a property inspection.

04/07/2025

A vermin infestation at a Cairns home improvement outlet linked to a case of an employee contracting a potentially deadly bacteria infection has now attracted scrutiny of the workplace safety regulator 📍What we know ➡️ https://bit.ly/4468wVw