The soil underneath and around the concrete slab should be treated with insecticide before the concrete slab is poured.
Subterranean termites concrete slab.
Formosan termites are subterranean termites which usually live in the ground build mud tubes and construct carton nests which consist of soil and wood cemented together with saliva and feces.
Often the slabs crack or shrink away from the foundation wall allowing termites to infest the wood above.
Treat termites under the home slab a slab is a type of concrete foundation that does not have a basement or crawlspace.
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They pass through this opening and arrive inside an exterior wall cavity wall studs and wood bracing becomes their food.
Subterranean termites live below ground and may enter the structure passing underneath the concrete slab.
To control a termite infestation underneath the slab a pest control professional typically will recommend a termiticide treatment that can be applied through rods reaching under the house or holes drilled in the slab.
The most common type of construction in florida is concrete slab resting on the soil.