Subterranean Termites Concrete Slab

Often the slabs crack or shrink away from the foundation wall allowing termites to infest the wood above.

Subterranean termites concrete slab.

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. The most common type of construction in florida is concrete slab resting on the soil. 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.

The termite treatment method is to apply a liquid pesticide termiticide to block this possible entry point. The soil underneath and around the concrete slab should be treated with insecticide before the concrete slab is poured. 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. Treat termites under the home slab a slab is a type of concrete foundation that does not have a basement or crawlspace.