Patent ID: 8015757

Claim:
A sill seal and termite shield (SSTS) device for use in the construction of buildings having a foundation wall with a sill plate thereon and framing arising therefrom, said SSTS device comprising, in combination: a sill seal strip of polymeric foam configured for disposition between said foundation wall and said sill plate, said sill seal strip being an elongated web with two major surfaces and a longitudinal axis; and, a barrier layer disposed on said sill seal strip, said barrier layer impenetrable by wood boring insects, said barrier layer having an outer portion thereof dimensional to extend beyond the exposed side of said sill plate; whereby, upon installation of said SSTS device on said foundation wall and said sill plate on said SSTS device, said SSTS device seals the juncture of said sill plate and said foundation wall with said polymeric foam being interspersed into the interstices of the foundation wall surface resulting from said sill plate and said framing resting thereon, and said SSTS enwraps the sides of said sill plate with said outer portion of said barrier layer and to enwrap the sides of said sill plate with the said outer portion of said barrier layer.