Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 11 - Regulation of Professional Services › Subchapter 01 - Regulations Governing Commercial Insect, Rodent, Plant Disease, and Weed Control Work › Approved Pesticides; Minimum Requirements › Section 2-1-3-11-01-118.02 - Treatment Requirements Subterranean Termites Pier Type (Crawl Space) Construction

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Remove all
						cellulose bearing debris such as scrap wood, wood chips, paper, stumps, dead
						roots, etc., from underneath buildings. Large stumps or roots that are too
						sound to be removed may be trenched, drilled or rodded and treated provided
						they are six inches or more from foundation timbers.
2. Remove all wooden contacts between
						building and soil, both inside and outside. Wooden supports under buildings
						must rest on a concrete footing, a brick capped with concrete, or other non
						cellulose materials. The top of the brick or footing should not be less than
						six inches above the ground. This includes but is not limited to wood steps,
						skirting and lattice work, form boards, piers and stiff legs. (Pressure treated
						piling foundations are exempt from this requirement.)
3. Termite tunnels Scrape off all termite
						tunnels from foundation walls and pillars.
4. Trenches Cut trenches a minimum of four
						inches wide and deep, but not below top of footing, in contact with masonry
						around all exterior and interior foundation walls and pillars and apply
						pesticide according to label directions. Soil injection techniques will be
						accepted by the Bureau when they are used in accordance with label
						directions.
5. Pipes Pipes
						underneath the structure should be treated by rodding or trenching according to
						label directions. All non metal packing around pipes should be saturated with
						an approved pesticide.
6. Treatment
						of Masonry and Voids Approved pesticides shall be applied to porous areas,
						cracks and voids in foundation walls, piers, chimneys, step buttresses and
						other structures likely to be penetrated by termites. (1) Flood all cracks in
						concrete. (2) Drill mortar joints on all two course brick formations such as
						piers, foundation walls, chimneys, step buttresses, etc., in a horizontal line
						at sufficient intervals to provide thorough saturation of wall voids but in no
						case shall the distance between holes exceed 24 inches. Holes shall be deep
						enough to reach the center mortar joint and shall be flooded under sufficient
						pressure to flood all cracks and voids therein. Drilling shall not be required
						when solid concrete footing extends above grade level or when wall is capped
						with solid concrete. (3) Drill mortar joints on all brick formations with three
						or more courses of brick on each side of formation at the end of every other
						brick but with the locations of the holes on each side of the formation
						alternating as much as is practicable and flood under pressure all cracks and
						voids therein. Where the outside finish of a three course brick wall makes
						drilling from each side of wall impractical, this wall can be drilled from one
						side by extending holes two bricks deep. (4) Drill into the center of each
						vertical core in a complete row of hollow concrete (or other light weight
						aggregate) blocks in construction using this type of building material and
						apply an approved pesticide into the openings. In hollow concrete block
						construction, drilling will not be required where accessibility to the opening
						is already available through construction.
7. Dirt Fills All dirt filled structures such
						as concrete slab porches, steps, chimneys, porch columns, etc., shall be
						treated by excavating, trenching, and applying pesticides in the same manner as
						around pillars and foundations. EXCEPTION: If due to construction, it is
						impractical to break into and excavate dirt filled areas, a method acceptable
						to the Bureau such as drilling, flooding or rodding may be employed.
8. Beetles Approved controls must be applied
						in accordance with subsections 119.01, 119.02 and 119.03 of these regulations
						for beetles in timbers, walls and flooring, if beetles are present, unless
						contract states that protection against beetle injury is not
						included.