Subterranean Termites Concrete Slab

The soil underneath and around the concrete slab should be treated with insecticide before the concrete slab is poured.

Subterranean termites concrete slab.

Formosan termites are subterranean termites which usually live in the ground build mud tubes and construct carton nests which consist of soil and wood cemented together with saliva and feces. They pass through this opening and arrive inside an exterior wall cavity wall studs and wood bracing becomes their food. To control a termite infestation underneath the slab a pest control professional typically will recommend a termiticide treatment that can be applied through rods reaching under the house or holes drilled in the slab. One of subterranean termite s favorite modes of slab entry is by building a tunnel out of surrounding dirt particles traveling up the outside foundation wall from ground level up to a crack or fault in the siding or brick.

Treat termites under the home slab a slab is a type of concrete foundation that does not have a basement or crawlspace. The termite treatment method is to apply a liquid pesticide termiticide to block this possible entry point. If you have a question about what that is or if you have a home on a crawl space a hollow block foundation a structure on piers or a structure on a floating slab we recommend you give us. Subterranean termites live below ground and may enter the structure passing underneath the concrete slab.