12-09-2005, 12:36 PM
The termite barrior you refer to is, I believe, a fine stainless steel mesh.
This mesh is not cheap in large quantities. Small pieces of SS mesh can be very useful by wrapping it around pipes and other concrete slab penetrations before the concrete is poured. Tightly wrapped on a pipe (with a hose clamp) the mesh will prevent ground termites from entering though a joint in the concrete. They can and will do this.
My own home is built on a site where I had to demolish a redwood home. It was about 60 years old (old growth redwood) and was completely termite ridldled. I couldn't salvage one board. Redwood and cedar have high tannic acid content. This tannic acid resists rot and bugs don't like it. It will leech out over time.
Eventually, nothing made by man cannot be defeated by nature. We all just do the best we can.
The simplist way to build a "termite proof" home is simply do not build with wood. Why feed em?
Edited by - Rob Tucker on 12/14/2005 18:24:19
This mesh is not cheap in large quantities. Small pieces of SS mesh can be very useful by wrapping it around pipes and other concrete slab penetrations before the concrete is poured. Tightly wrapped on a pipe (with a hose clamp) the mesh will prevent ground termites from entering though a joint in the concrete. They can and will do this.
My own home is built on a site where I had to demolish a redwood home. It was about 60 years old (old growth redwood) and was completely termite ridldled. I couldn't salvage one board. Redwood and cedar have high tannic acid content. This tannic acid resists rot and bugs don't like it. It will leech out over time.
Eventually, nothing made by man cannot be defeated by nature. We all just do the best we can.
The simplist way to build a "termite proof" home is simply do not build with wood. Why feed em?
Edited by - Rob Tucker on 12/14/2005 18:24:19
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