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This is an L-shaped building, slab on grade, a total of 8 units, with 4 units per stroke. Construction
began in 1987 and was completed in 1989. Termite pre-treatment was reportedly performed, but there are
no hard-copy records to prove this. The exterminator remains unknown today, as is the identity of the
chemical used for treatment. Termite problems have been mostly to the outside, doorway entrances or added
patio slabs. Since chlordane was still in legal use by exterminators, we treated this structure, with the assumption that the building was pre-treated with a chlorinated hydrocarbon. |
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| First, all holes are drilled into the concrete aprons around the buildings. On this job, this was the only concrete, so the job was (more or less) easy. It gets harder when the concrete is thicker. Or there's more of it. |
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Then, each of the holes are treated with a termiticide. Here, we are using Premise 75, [ label ]
[ MSDS ] a product manufactured by Bayer, the aspirin people, and was, at that time, our weapon of
choice. It is odorless, tasteless, and much less toxic (to you and me) than was almost anything else
on the market at that time. It means that we don't have to wear the fancy protective gear that we are
supposed to use with most of the other termiticides. Although, safety glasses ARE in order here. Yo,
Bob! Where did those glasses go? |
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Lastly, all the holes are patched with concrete. And although it isn't shown, the entire perimeter
was treated also, to form a chemical barrier that, in theory, termites cannot penetrate. At least that's
what the book says. Sometimes it doesn't work out that way, more on the order of "trial and error."
You must not forget, we're dealing with Mother Nature here, and sometimes she doesn't cooperate fully. |
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