Hi Lee I have some wheels in my workshop, I will give it some thought.
The problem is though the ground is so uneven and there is a ledge at the back of the garages I would have to lift it over. But I will see what I can come up with. Regards Ray From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Monday, 5 January 2009 8:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Termite Spraying Completed Ray if you do this each year would it benefit you to build a car creeper type of unit. or build one with say a kids wagin axle . . keeping you off the ground? Lee On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 05:07:34PM +1100, Ray Boyce wrote: > Hi All > > Well I have just completed my yearly inspection and termite spraying. > > It took me about 3 hours to complete. > > I first check all bearers and floor supports with a hammer banging them and > checking for a solid sound not a hollow sounding resonance. > > After I am satisfied that everything is as it should be. > > I put on my overalls and my chemical respirator gloves and goggles and a hat > for it is easy to either bump your head on something or head but a support > pier. > > Mix up the chemical and start spraying making sure I spray the entry points > like the ends of main bearers and anything near a garden on the other side > of the Brick wall. > > I spray along all main supports and under the suspended floor area. > > I then spray all the ground under the house so it is poisoned and an area > which termites find uninviting. > > I then come out from under the house and spray along the brick wall where > the main supports are sitting. > > These have galvanised ant caps on them, they supposed to stop any intrusion > up through the bricks but I like to be sure I have covered as many entry > points as possible. > > After this I wash down my spray unit for it is very dirty after dragging it > around under the house. > > Clean down my respirator and wash my gloves put everything away. > > Then go and have a long shower to remove any poison drift I have on me and > have a beer. > > Another job completed. > > Ray > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > -- "He didn't run for reelection. `Politics brings you into contact with all the people you'd give anything to avoid,' he said. `I'm staying home.'" -- Garrison Keillor, _Lake_Wobegone_Days_ Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
