Hi Mark I live in Australia so the Chemicals we use here might not be available in America. I will however look through my data base to see if I can find what is available there. Will post my findings later.
Regards Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 5:37 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Home Inspection and Spraying for Termites > hello ray > what is the proper repellant you are using and where can it be gotten from > i do not have this problem as of yet but a couple of houses down the road > has termites and from what i understand they are livin in the ground and > if one house has them then the neighborhood is likely to get infested not > sure if this is true but don't want to chance it thanks mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Boyce > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:47 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Home Inspection and Spraying for Termites > > > Hi All > > I have just completed my home inspection and spraying for termites. > First I inspect all the main support beams and joists especially the > entry > points such as the ends and cross over points. > I use a hammer to listen for hollow sounds or cave ins after hitting the > beams. > Also watch out for mounds called termite trails for they like to be kept > at > a certain temperature while destroying your home. > Also smell around for they have a special smell. > I could not find any this time and I do this twice a year, thanks god. > I then put all my safety gear on like a chemical respirator long shirt > long > pants face shield and hat rubber gloves and take my pump action sprayer > under there and get stuck into it. > You can save heaps of money doing this yourself because if a Pest > Exterminator was called he would charge you 3,000 dollars for spraying > for > Termites. > I can do the same job for 50 dollars and that is the cost of the > chemical. > Sure you have to have a bit of gear but when you do this twice a year > then > if is far cheaper to do this yourself. > There a lot of rip offs in the pest extermination game for example people > were getting ripped off by one exterminator who use to take along in a > plastic bag live termites and after going under peoples home used to come > out with live termites he said he found under your home. > They caught him out when they had an inspection done by a government > inspector who gave the home the all clear and they put cameras under the > house then called him and caught him on camera taking termites out of his > pocket. > So if you do it yourself then you know what is happening under your home. > Just another job for the blind handy man. > > Ray > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.29/607 - Release Date: 12/28/2006 12:31 PM To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
