[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Sand termite barrier

[Lawrence Lile]

Here are two good links, the first being focused on Texas!
 
http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/termite.html
 
http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/termite/sand-bar.htm
 
--Lawrence

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From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org on behalf of Ian Remmler
Sent: Wed 4/18/2007 8:54 AM
To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
Subject: [BULK] [Greenbuilding] Sand termite barrier



The talk about termites and perimeter insulation reminded me of
something I read about a while back.  There was some research
that showed that sand of a particular grain size can be used as
a termite barrier.  The grains are two big for the bugs to move,
but the spaces between are too small for them to crawl through.

I will be building a slab-on-grade house at some point.  Is this
actually being used at all in new construction in the US (Texas,
specifically)?  If it works, it sounds like a nice solution.

Thanks,
    - Ian.

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