Alabama Administrative Code › Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES › MARKETING › Chapter 80-10-9 - PROFESSIONAL SERVICE › Section 80-10-9-.20 - Termite Treatment Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Minimum requirements for subterranean termite control or
				  eradication in addition to treatment specifications of label and
				  labeling:
(1) Access Openings. Provide
				suitable access opening to partially excavated areas and to any other areas
				requiring inspection or treatment for presence of subterranean
				termites.
(2) Sanitation. Remove
				all cellulose-bearing debris such as scrap wood, form boards, wood chips,
				paper, stumps, etc., from underneath or immediately adjacent to a building
				which would interfere with effective treatment and inspections. This excludes
				shavings or other cellulose material too small to be raked with the tines of an
				ordinary garden rake or other suitable implements; large stumps or roots that
				are too sound to be removed shall be trenched, drilled or rodded and treated
				provided they are six (6) inches or more from wood superstructure.
(3) Clearance. Provide by excavation,
				sufficient space for application of proper control measures and inspection by a
				person to all crawl space areas of a building. In any case, minimum clearance
				between soil and bottom of floor joists shall be twelve (12) inches, such
				clearance for subsills or supporting girders shall be eight (8) inches. If
				foundation footings are less than twelve (12) inches below edges of joists,
				subsills, or supporting girders, a sufficient bank of soil shall be left
				adjacent to footings for support purposes.
(4) Wood-to-Ground Contacts. Break all
				wood-to-ground contacts underneath and outside of structure. Wooden steps,
				support piers, trellises, lattice work and other such wooden parts of building
				shall be set on a concrete base or other base which is impervious to termites
				or shall be altered so that they are not in direct ground contact. The top of
				concrete base or other base shall be not less than four (4) inches above the
				ground. If because of financial or other consideration, the property owner does
				not give written consent to the removal of wood-to-ground contacts, wood
				treatment and soil treatment at the point of contact shall be used.
				Pressure-treated piling foundations are excepted from this
				requirement.
(5) Termite Tunnels.
				Scrape all subterranean termite tunnels from foundation walls, pillars,
				pilasters, piers, chimney, and step buttresses, and any pipes and other
				structures below the sill line.
(6)
				Treatment of Voids. Approved chemical(s) shall be applied to cracks and voids
				in foundation walls, piers, pillars, chimneys, pilasters, and step buttresses,
				and any void created by their placement, and other structure(s) or area(s)
				likely to be penetrated by subterranean termites. Chemical(s) shall be applied
				under sufficient pressure to treat all cracks and voids therein below level of
				application. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to adequately
				treat these areas. In concrete block construction, drilling will not be
				required where accessibility to voids is already available through
				construction.
(7) Treatment of
				Dirt-filled Area. Treat soil under dirt-filled structures such as porches,
				carports, driveways, terraces, or other similar structures attached to the
				building by voiding, rodding, and/or drilling. It shall be the responsibility
				of the permittee to adequately treat these areas.
(8) Spot Treatment. (when used in reference
				to subterranean termite treatment, or control work) Spot treatment(s) shall not
				be used in lieu of Comprehensive or Defined Post Construction Soil Treatment
				unless structure is currently under contract by permittee performing
				treatment(s). Spot treatment(s) are intended to protect a specific location, or
				spot of the structure and is not intended for the purpose of complete
				structural protection. In the event of less than complete treatments (spot
				treatments), the contract shall specify spot treatment and shall clearly
				identify the areas treated.
Author:
Charles H. Barnes, Robert J.
					 Russell
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											2-28-1,
et
seq
.