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To: Eric in the Ozarks

We have the little ones but also some that get up to about 2.5 inches. If its like the SW the little ones sting worse than the big ones. I get about ten a year inside, live, dead, or trapped. Most are small but not all. They come right through slab to foundation joints in some cases.

I am told that to have zero since the subgrade wasn’t pre-treated we would have to treat to a level that we wouldn’t desire.


21 posted on 08/31/2012 7:32:52 AM PDT by KC Burke (Plain Conservative opinions and common sense correction for thirteen years.)
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To: KC Burke
We built new in 2001 and pre treated the back highwall (house is built into a hillside,) under the slab and around the foundation. Clean pea gravel is in the fill under the slab and contains the thermal tubes for the heated floor.

The builder said this would be an invitation to critters so the area was thoroughly bombed with insecticide. A pair of 4 inch pvc pipes carry rain water from the back hillside around the house, exiting on the other side of the front driveway.

22 posted on 08/31/2012 7:48:10 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I didn't post this. Someone else did.)
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