I should clarify that I am talking about a preventive treatment in my
previous reply to the original post. Tent fumigation is appropriate for
treatment of drywood termites if an infestation is present. It would be
inappropriate for treatment of subterranean or Pacific dampwood termites,
in
either a preventative situation or to treat existing infestations.
"The Other Dave" <thehouseinspector@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Tent fumigation has no residual effect, so it is inappropriate (and very
> wasteful of your money) to do it, and would be considered unethical for
an
> honest pest control operator to do, at least in my part of the country.
> Maybe others will weigh in on this.
>
> Dave
>
> "MiamiCuse" <nmbexcuse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>I have been remodeling a house for several months now, the house had
>>termites previously and was tented in 2004. During the remodelig I was
>>ripping walls and ceilings down and ran into many spots where there were
>>termite damages, studs and rafters that upon touches sent handful of
>>termite droppings down. I don't think there are any live termites there
>>now, but now that all the walls are opened I am considering tenting the
>>house as a perventative measure.
>>
>> However, the house is a wrap around house, with the rooms on the
outside
>> surrounding a central courtyard with a swimming pool, and the entire
>> courtyard is covered in an overhead screen. The courtyard is about
>> 50'x30' in size.
>>
>> I don't think it's possible to tent the house without including the
>> entire courtyard as well, there is no way to remove the overhead
>> screening so that would make the tent a lot bigger. If the entire
>> screened courtyard is included, then the entire pool will be under the
>> tent. Does the gas dissolve in water and will that be a problem? The
>> pool holds about 25000 gallons of water.
>>
>> I also have a spider problem they are really infesting the underside of
>> the aluminum screen in the courtyard and I kept spraying them and they
>> kept coming back. Will the tenting also kill off all the spiders?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> MC
>>
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