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| Robert Reznikoff 2005-06-21, 6:26 pm |
| I bought a new home in Alabama and received a "Subterranean Termite
Treatment Builder's Certification and Guarantee". This guarantees that if
an infestation is found in one year the builder will have the pest control
company treat the infested area at no cost to me.
Along with the above warranty I received a statement from the PCO noting the
following:
Slab Construction
Approximate depth of footing: In and Out 1.8 Type of fill: sand
Date of treatment: 12/21/2004
Product Used: Dursban T. C. EPA Registration No. 6271947
Approx. Final Mix Solution: 1%
Approx.Size of Treatment Area 3065 Linear Feet 249
Approx. Total Gallons of Solution Applied 205
Was Treatment Completed on Exterior? No
Service Agreement Available Yes
Purchaser Should Contact our Office to Schedule Final Grade Treatment to
Exterior of Foundation
So far I have contacted them and they made an appointment to come out and
do the Final Grade Treatment, but failed to show.
My questions are:
1. Is this treatment considered standard and adequate protection against
termites?
2. What further treatment is advised to protect for the next 5 or 10
years? Any specific chemicals that you would advise using?
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| bugs@bugs.com 2005-06-21, 11:26 pm |
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On 21-Jun-2005, "Robert Reznikoff" <2rreznikoff@charter.net> wrote:
quote:
> I bought a new home in Alabama and received a "Subterranean Termite
> Treatment Builder's Certification and Guarantee". This guarantees that if
> an infestation is found in one year the builder will have the pest control
> company treat the infested area at no cost to me.
>
> Along with the above warranty I received a statement from the PCO noting
> the
> following:
>
> Slab Construction
> Approximate depth of footing: In and Out 1.8 Type of fill: sand
>
> Date of treatment: 12/21/2004
>
> Product Used: Dursban T. C. EPA Registration No. 6271947
> Approx. Final Mix Solution: 1%
> Approx.Size of Treatment Area 3065 Linear Feet 249
> Approx. Total Gallons of Solution Applied 205
This is a slab construction of 3065 square feet if that is correct then
there was not enough chemical used on the pretreat there should have been
306.5 gallons used to treat the slab area alone not including the backfill
which is another question you have.
quote:
> Was Treatment Completed on Exterior? No
> Service Agreement Available Yes
>
> Purchaser Should Contact our Office to Schedule Final Grade Treatment to
> Exterior of Foundation
>
> So far I have contacted them and they made an appointment to come out and
> do the Final Grade Treatment, but failed to show.
Call them again and keep calling them and make them come out and do the
final treatment. If they fail to show you can always contact the Department
of Agriculture to have them see why they wont do what they are supposed to
do.
quote:
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1. Is this treatment considered standard and adequate protection
> against termites?
Dursban is adequate, that is a good word for it. I have seen many cases
where it has failed miserably. But I will say this in many of those cases it
very well could have been operator error. Dursban is not nearly the product
that Termidor, Phantom, or Premise either one is.
quote:
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> 2. What further treatment is advised to protect for the next 5 or 10
> years? Any specific chemicals that you would advise using?
If you want long lasting protection refer to my comment to the above
statement for the choice of chemicals. The best of the three would be
Termidor. I would let the Dursban treatment be for a couple of years and
then have a company come out and do an inspection for you and give you an
estimate on how much it would cost to treat with Termidor. The Dursban
treatment will last for a couple of years at least.
You also have the option to renew the guarantee with this company and in the
future if you happen to get termites and they need to retreat they will have
to use another product because Dursban is coming off the shelves very
shortly. They may even end up doing the retreat with Termidor if the need
ever arises. So you may want to just wait and see what happens.
--
I wish you all the best
Tim Wise
www.onepest.com
www.askourpros.com
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| In article <_sXte.5198$Gp.3035@fe04.lga>, 2rreznikoff@charter.net
says...
 I bought a new home in Alabama and received a "Subterranean Termite
Treatment Builder's Certification and Guarantee". This guarantees that if
an infestation is found in one year the builder will have the pest control
company treat the infested area at no cost to me.
Along with the above warranty I received a statement from the PCO noting the
following:
Slab Construction
Approximate depth of footing: In and Out 1.8 Type of fill: sand
Date of treatment: 12/21/2004
Product Used: Dursban T. C. EPA Registration No. 6271947
Approx. Final Mix Solution: 1%
Approx.Size of Treatment Area 3065 Linear Feet 249
Approx. Total Gallons of Solution Applied 205
Was Treatment Completed on Exterior? No
Service Agreement Available Yes
Purchaser Should Contact our Office to Schedule Final Grade Treatment to
Exterior of Foundation
So far I have contacted them and they made an appointment to come out and
do the Final Grade Treatment, but failed to show.
My questions are:
1. Is this treatment considered standard and adequate protection against
termites?
2. What further treatment is advised to protect for the next 5 or 10
years? Any specific chemicals that you would advise using?
What they are doing is completing the pre treatment of the soil they did
before construction. Dursban if they applied it thoroughly should give
adequate protection. The ideal thing would be if they would use termidor
around the foundation, but chances are they gave the builder a rock
bottom price to get the job, and any customers that extend the service
agreement is a bonus to them. The price they figured in the job
originally was based on an inexpensive material so they may not want to
finish it with termidor...if they won't charge too much for the
"upgrade" I'd ask for Termidor along the outside.
--
Lar
to email....get rid of the BUGS
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