Subterranean Termites Concrete 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.

Subterranean termites concrete slab.

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. The most common type of construction in florida is concrete slab resting on the soil. The soil underneath and around the concrete slab should be treated with insecticide before the concrete slab is poured. 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.

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. Often the slabs crack or shrink away from the foundation wall allowing termites to infest the wood above. Subterranean termites live below ground and may enter the structure passing underneath the concrete slab. They pass through this opening and arrive inside an exterior wall cavity wall studs and wood bracing becomes their food.