Termite Protection

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Author Message Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1221 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 02:36 pm:    How is termite protection, in food and beverage plants, regulated, specified and handled in areas of the southern U.S.? Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1035 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 01:19 pm:    haven't done a food and beverage plant, but in the SW US, often the building department (excuse me, the AHJ) specifies the termiticide and the rate at which it is applied and to what and where. You might start with the local code requirements and then work from there. Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 731 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 07:46 pm:    RALPH, WE REFERENCE THE FOLLOWING: http://www.flaes.org/pdf/TermiticidesRegisteredInFlorida.pdf Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 732 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 07:48 pm:    Ralph contact: State of Florida Agricultural Bureau of Pesticides Registration Section (850) 487-2130. Mark Gilligan SE, Senior Member Username: mark_gilligan Post Number: 322 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 10:07 pm:    It is not clear whether you are talking about treatment of wood or other systems such as barrier systems or baits. For wood treatment or barrier systems I would refer you to the AWPA Book of Standards (www.awpa.com). This ties various systems to use categories which are associated with service conditions. This typically allows the use of a performance specification. You do need to be aware whether you will have to deal with formosan termites since the rules change somewhat when they are present. My understanding is that formosan termites occur in the South as well as Hawaii. The people at the American Wood Protection Association may also be able to help with issues related to food plants. The office of the AWPA is in Birmingham Alabama so I would expect them to be aware of the conditions in the south. Baiting systems are also used, primarily after construction, For them to be effective the pest control firm needs to regularly monitor their usage. Lynn Javoroski CSI CCS LEEDŽ AP SCIP Affiliate Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 1137 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 09:44 am:    Not sure about the south, but in California, on one project, we used diatomaceous earth in the stud track and along the base of the exterior walls in general as a deterrent to all critters. Justatim Senior Member Username: justatim Post Number: 7 Registered: 04-2010 Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 08:31 am:    As I understand, there are two types of "termites," which require different treatments. I would think that only the second type would be problematic for food and beverage plants. "Subterranean termites" are everywhere in America and require moisture and build colonies in earth. The build tunnels looking for cellulose food sources. These can be controlled with soil and wood treatments and bait systems in soil. The famous Formosan termite, found only in southern states, is of this variety; It consumes four-times the volume of wood in a year than domestic termites, and it has the mythical power to borrow through concrete block in search of food. "Dry-wood termites" are only in southern states and do not require much moisture or earth. These can be controlled with wood treatment--every stick of wood in your house would require this because they can start a colony in any crevice. Windows should be kept closed during their May and June swarming season. They can colonize wood baseboards and trim indoors with no tunnel connections to earth. A popular and effective "cure" is tenting the entire infected building and filling the tent with poison gas that has a molecular structure small enough to penetrate wood. Wayne Yancey Senior Member Username: wayne_yancey Post Number: 371 Registered: 01-2008 Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 - 11:00 am:    In HI, the subterranean termites had the nonmythical power to consume exterior joint sealant at Restaurant Row (looks like Swiss cheese) and the underground electrical cable sheathing to the U of H campus.