Pest Control - Precautions to take when opening concrete slab floor

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Precautions to take when opening concrete slab floor

miamicuse

2005-07-27, 2:21 am

I have a property in Miami Florida where a sectio of the PVC sewer line
below the 8" concrete slab has broken (confirmed via video cable
inspection). Location of the break is just below the kitchen area. I am
getting ready to get a concrete expert to come and open a hole in the
concrete slab, and then excavate myself to the problem pipe, then get a
plumber in to replace the broken section and then backfill and patch up the
concrete etc...

Now I remember one time before when I looked into a manhole I saw literally
thousands of roaches and many rats. So if I have a broken sewer line
connected to the city sewer, I expect when the concrete slab is broken,
there will be roaches and may be rats squeezing out of the broken lines into
my house (yuck yuck yuck!!!) right? If so, I like to avoid that if
possible. Should I drill a few holes through the slab, and inject some sort
of chemicals down to kill off any moving pest before the concrete cutting?

While the kitchen floor is exposed to dirt below, and before the plumber
comes (it may be same day or next day) how can I secure the hole to avoid
any pest from the dirt or broken line from invading my house?

Thanks in advance,

MC

Lar

2005-07-27, 3:21 am

In article <3_ydnWZdgZGnk3rfRVn-3Q@dsli.com>, nmbexcuse@hotmail.com
says...

I have a property in Miami Florida where a sectio of the PVC sewer line

below the 8" concrete slab has broken (confirmed via video cable

inspection). Location of the break is just below the kitchen area. I am

getting ready to get a concrete expert to come and open a hole in the

concrete slab, and then excavate myself to the problem pipe, then get a

plumber in to replace the broken section and then backfill and patch up the

concrete etc...

Now I remember one time before when I looked into a manhole I saw literally

thousands of roaches and many rats. So if I have a broken sewer line

connected to the city sewer, I expect when the concrete slab is broken,

there will be roaches and may be rats squeezing out of the broken lines into

my house (yuck yuck yuck!!!) right? If so, I like to avoid that if

possible. Should I drill a few holes through the slab, and inject some sort

of chemicals down to kill off any moving pest before the concrete cutting?

While the kitchen floor is exposed to dirt below, and before the plumber

comes (it may be same day or next day) how can I secure the hole to avoid

any pest from the dirt or broken line from invading my house?

Thanks in advance,

I doubt you will have any horror story with it, though you could wrap a
towel around the break.
--
Lar

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2005-07-27, 8:21 pm

Yeah Miami I think you are building this up in your mind more than it is
going to be. I have to laugh with you though because TV has made it like the
sewers are full of all of those critters, but you have to understand when
they show the sewers they are showing the main sewers not just a drain line
from your house. Do like Larry has told you wrap a towel around it if it is
going to be left exposed over night and that should suffice.

Let us know how it works.

--
I wish you all the best
Tim Wise

www.onepest.com
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