Termites and MHS aluminum structure

By virtue of its metal composition, MHS is naturally immune to damage from termites, carpenter ants, and other wood damaging pests. MHS also offers other benefits with regard to pest resistance. The hollow wall cavity structure of conventional wood frame structures is often prone to pest infestation because the hollow spaces hidden behind wall board, plywood, and other cladding present a virtual highway by which animals can move freely through the unseen structure of a home. Many forms of insulation also provide pests with nesting material. The conventional approach to resisting pest infestation has been to apply chemicals such as pesticides and formaldehyde to insulation and lumber products in order to either kill pests when they enter a structure or make the structure uninhabitable to them. However, this also tends to make these products latently toxic with potential health threats to human inhabitants. By using SIP wall panels, MHS resists pest infestation by employing a more monolithic structure.

SIPs are not entirely pest-proof - unless they are of the metal clad type - but the continuous foam fill eliminates the spaces that pests can exploit while the surrounding frame structure presents an impassible barrier between sections of structure.

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