I recently put up a modular house on my farm. I was living in a pole barn structure nearby that I had built living quarters in. My old structure was getting infested with termites, but I didn’t do anything about them because the could not affect the structural components of the pole barn. My new house is about 75 feet away from the old structure and sits on a tall crawl space. Should I consider a preventative termite treatment or do you think it would be a waste? The new house has no wood anywhere near ground contact.
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termites will build tubes (up a wall or free standing) to get to food.
I would suggest getting treatment.
you don't say where you are or what type of termites, I assumed subterainian, not formosa (in the air)
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"But when you're a kibbutzer and have no responsibility to decide the facts and apply the law, you can reach any conclusion you want because it doesn't matter." SHG
The name of the game with subterranean termites is to eliminate (not minimize, ELIMINATE!!) any and all earth/wood/house pathways. No cellulose debris in the crawl space, and at least 8" between the ground and any wood.
Yes you should do some preventitive measures unless you'd like to throw food to the little buggers. I've either had chemical treatments or baiting stations installed. But if it is new construction I'd have a piece of sheet metal shaped like a c section installed over the foundation. Have it bent at a sheet metal shop. The flashing should fit over the foundation wall and overhang each side by about 1/2". So far termites haven't figured out how to build their tunnels around the edge of a sheet metal flange.
Seems like you have given me a consensus. I'll call the pest control company.
I live in a double-wide, and the only problem I had with termites is when I ran left-over siding around the sides for skirting. Bad mistake. Replaced it with plastic on the originial treated frames, and no problems for fifteen years. Watch your sewer and water lines for tubes. Crawl under once a year and do an inspection. I fired the last "termite inspector" when I found him laying under the house smoking a cigarette hollering out "nothing here."