Termite protection - don’t pour your concrete till you watch this!

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Today Matt meets with Joel from Termimesh to talk about a chemical-free, long-lasting solution to termite infestations that's perfect for southern builders that Matt used for two decades.
They delve into the limitations of traditional chemical treatments, which have a limited lifespan and environmental concerns. Instead, they showcase a sustainable solution: Termimesh, a fine stainless steel mesh developed in Australia that creates a physical barrier termites can't penetrate. This product is affordable, easy to install, and offers lifetime protection.
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@KaldekBoch 3 күн бұрын

Australian here. My house built in 2005 has termimesh in the brickwork as well, which is part of a standard install here.

@buildshow 2 күн бұрын

I believe it originally was invented in Australia

@PipeDreamerJacques Күн бұрын

I used to have a cement statue in my garden, and they bored up through the bottom of the statue, and when I went to move, I moved it and was horrified to find a colony inside. The statue was destroyed. It was so gross. 🤮

@brassmule 15 сағат бұрын

Do the termites in Australia also want to kill you, much like all the other wildlife and insects there?

@donz327 3 күн бұрын

I wish I had known about these. I just poured our house slab yesterday. Day late, dollar short.

@chptech 3 күн бұрын

You could add it, just put it just above the slab and putting non shrink grout around it

@OperationDarkside 2 күн бұрын

You could stil Lexel around the pipes after the concrete is cured. Lexel doesn't cure, so even if the concrete shrinks the Lexel stretches. I don't know, though, if termites eat Lexel.

@winterfar2814 2 күн бұрын

Dude, you don’t need this, there are several ways to seal the pipe stub ups through slab after the fact. These houses are ridiculously over killed.

@danielwatson5595 3 күн бұрын

Read the title as thermite protection. Figured if you’re getting hit by that you should probably just move at that point

@nicholasboccio Күн бұрын

Same

@Isaacmantx 23 сағат бұрын

I would love to see the build show do an episode on building to a thermite standard… 🤣

@jimyeats 3 күн бұрын

I just did the Taurus SC treatment for my slab penetrations, around the perimeter, and then traps throughout the yard (to be re-done at accessible points every 10 years). Then the Bora-care to all the wood up to two feet. Then termite powder poured into the cavities before drywall. Then normal sealing measures. I’m content.

@JoshuaPanfile 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for this! I got some slab work to do in the fall. House had some horrible damage from termites over the years. Now I have another tool to help keep them away.

@billyscott7769 3 күн бұрын

If they want in their coming in

@winterfar2814 2 күн бұрын

It’s called Bora-Care with Mold Care. Regular Bora-Care does not include Mold care have to get the combo.

@disqusrubbish5467 3 күн бұрын

Nice. Looks like a good product.

@pcatful 3 күн бұрын

How about cold joints? We have that often in renovation. Not so bad where I live. When I worked i Hawaii we had all pressure treated wood. If you didn't the termites went right through it. However we sometimes recycled vertical grain old growth douglas fir framing from the sugar cane workers' housing of the 19th and early 20th century. Termites just plain avoided that.

@brokenwrench404 3 күн бұрын

Those mesh screens would work great for stucco exterior

@ToddBizCoach 3 күн бұрын

Or between courses of ICF.

@chuckdowns 2 күн бұрын

Glad to learn this extra precaution. Any thoughts, insights or experience with Hercuwall or Superfloor?

@RetroBerner 3 күн бұрын

Nice flattop, I haven't seen one like that since Falling Down

@raymondpeters9186 3 күн бұрын

It's real simple use a building material that termites can't eat Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls An affordable DIY building material Take care Ray

@DrMJJr 3 күн бұрын

I like Nexcem personally, but using green alternatives is always an interesting approach

@raymondpeters9186 3 күн бұрын

@@DrMJJrpumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water

@thewanderer4271 3 күн бұрын

Love the advice, any advice on how not to sweat in this crazy tx heat when building lol

@harveypaxton1232 3 күн бұрын

Do you chemically treat under your slabs? How expansive is your soil in Austin?

@b22chris 2 күн бұрын

If I have full basement and not a slab do you need these? My basement is 8 foot ceilings and about two feet of it is above ground

@LilYeshua Күн бұрын

Termites need water to do their deed. At my workplace the building was made out of two by four construction with metal siding. It had poor drainage on one side meaning that when we'd have a deluge of rain the water would intrude into the outside wall. One day I discovered that we had termites chewing up the exterior wall. Since this is a concrete plant the water valve that the truck water tank fill hose was fitting to would constantly drip water as the ball valve was worn. I observed a trail of termites going from the building's exterior wall to this water leak and then back to the wall. I'm thinking that if you can mitigate any water near a building structure that would greatly help in controlling termite infestations.

@BadKid-bv9pd 3 күн бұрын

What about for a down to studs remodel, what could be done in that situation?

@billycroan2336 13 сағат бұрын

Why not caulk around the pipes after the concrete shrinks/sets?

@zachcoppinger872 2 күн бұрын

What is the black tape and yellow tape on the pipes?

@necrokittie2291 3 күн бұрын

that looks like window screen and nidor d is also a borate and cheaper then bora-care.

@brettwilder5059 Күн бұрын

Might help for plumbing penetrations....maybe....wont stop from slab cracks....or exterior foundations.....borates suck for termites....just get a termidor treatment every ten years,....fyi i spent almost two decades in pest control in texas,....15 bucks a pipe for these... probably worth it...but can only be done preconstruction.....

@jayworley1583 2 күн бұрын

What about cracks in your slab?

@marcus_b1 3 күн бұрын

This is why I'm just building with metal currently. That May tornado came through and exposed that the termites have been having a family fun FIELD DAY in my house for years. Now I have to do a full rebuild. Termites, rats, ants can't eat metal.

@mwatkins2464 3 күн бұрын

You will still have vulnerable wood being used even though you are using metal studs. Termites love soft trim pieces and wood around doors all the way up to rafters.

@marcus_b1 3 күн бұрын

@@mwatkins2464 I mean metal everything. Flat slop roof as well framed with metal. The exterior is GFRC Hardie stucco panels. The front "wood" slat wall is composite. ZERO wood. I'm doing custom concrete + metal piers as well 2ft above grade.

@raymondpeters9186 3 күн бұрын

Metal clad pumicecrete walls and roof will solve all your problems Google pumicecrete structures Take care Ray

@StevenCampbell1955 3 күн бұрын

@@mwatkins2464 I had to tell'em that the house had to be demolished when I found every piece of wood was infested, rotten with termites, in a twenty year old house. Some body planted palm trees right up to the foundations and nobody checked for termite tunnels or did sprays.. Excepting the enclosing brickwork, everywhere I poked a blade went straight through. Floor plates, studs trims, rafters and trusses. It was a blooming wonder that someone leaning on a wall didn't bring the whole structure down. Danged shame as that would now have been a half million house. Across the street I could see the same problem of palm trees right up against the footings and all had to shrug and drive away with a tear in me eye. Whole neighbourhoods are going to find the same problem. KEEP gardens away from your footings. About one metre at least.

@rogerwhiting9310 Күн бұрын

If the borate lasts indefinitely...why do you need quarterly treatments?

@shephusted2714 3 күн бұрын

this was a good look at anti termite tech

@geniferteal4178 Күн бұрын

It looks like a lot of pipes sticking up through the concrete slab. Why so many? It's just a slab. You said vent pipe, going down?

@GregariousAntithesis 3 күн бұрын

Carpenter ants are far more of a problem than termites

@budmanzoom4441 2 күн бұрын

Bora-care works great on all wood eating insects.

@matthewbritton5374 2 күн бұрын

Nope. Carpenter ants will only excavate enough area in the wood to house the colony. Termites just keep on eating and eating. big difference carpenter ants aren't nearly as destructive as termites

@garypettee8137 2 күн бұрын

I don't get why you say "nope". BoraCare kills both. Right?

@GregariousAntithesis 2 күн бұрын

@@matthewbritton5374 then you have never had them i have had both

@GriffinThomasMFCEO Күн бұрын

Not even close

@billycroan2336 13 сағат бұрын

$14 per pipe!!!??? Holy nut balls. It's a pipe clamp and some mesh fabric. Go buy roll of the material and a case of pipe clamps at Grainger and use a pair of scissors for crying out loud

@tjwatts100 3 күн бұрын

So simple, you wonder why they never invented it before 👍😀

@andrewmeigs2557 2 күн бұрын

Borax/borate is a chemical but it is not an organic complex chemical.

@persistentwind 3 күн бұрын

Couldn't you just wrap a piece of Rockwool around the pipes... if you already have a ton of it on sight. In the north I see a lot of foam wrap around pipes... dunno it termites will eat through that.

@user-ri5pj3iq9l 3 күн бұрын

The mesh is not new. The application is.

@pcatful 3 күн бұрын

TWENTY Mule Team Borax not thirty! Actually 18 mules and 2 horses.

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb 3 күн бұрын

Lol, haven't seen a haircut like that Termimesh guy in 30 years.

@mrskflynn 3 күн бұрын

How does the saying go.. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

@xtaytoex Күн бұрын

He looks like Michael Douglas in Falling Down.

@brokenwrench404 3 күн бұрын

20 mule team borax. I drive by 20 mule team road in boron ca (home of borax) regularly on the way to Vegas.

@ALLworldCONSTRUCTIONLLC Сағат бұрын

Only $15 per pipe 😅 is it patented? 😏

@highonsmog 3 күн бұрын

20 mule team is now 30 mules with inflation. Old mules worked harder, so needed fewer of them. Mule inflation.😂

@pcatful 3 күн бұрын

Muleflation.

@GregariousAntithesis 3 күн бұрын

Never understood why anyone woukd build on a slab for so many reasons is suks

@seanm3226 2 күн бұрын

Then you won’t understand South Florida.

@GregariousAntithesis 2 күн бұрын

@@seanm3226 i live in Texass its the same stupidity here

@ecantu8841 18 сағат бұрын

So what would you build on?

@comfortablynumb9342 3 күн бұрын

I have a better idea. Stop framing with wood. In Central America they build cheap concrete houses that go up in a week. They have exactly zero problems with the homes being eaten by termites or anything else, and believe me they have a lot of termites and other wood eating bugs. I treat soil for termites every day. It's ridiculous that we still build with bug food.

@raymondpeters9186 3 күн бұрын

Don't build out of termite food

@comfortablynumb9342 3 күн бұрын

@@raymondpeters9186 precisely

@disqusrubbish5467 3 күн бұрын

Cement production is a huge polluter. And how well do "cheap concrete houses" do in an earthquake?

@comfortablynumb9342 3 күн бұрын

@@disqusrubbish5467 they're good for earthquakes. Posts with grooves are put in the ground and prefab concrete panels are slid down in the grooves. Then they pour the slab. It's locked together. Then they put a galvanized steel structure on for the corrugated roof. The structure locks the walls up high. Here we'd need to do an inner and outer wall and I'd like to fill it with soil in between so you end up with a cave. Another great alternative to wood frames is hempcrete. Earthships are awesome and don't use much wood unless the owner wants wood. I'd love to have one with zero exterior wood.

@chptech Күн бұрын

@@disqusrubbish5467 I guarantee one volcano puts out more pollution than any amount of concrete production in the world.