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New flooring gone bad!!!

Now is the time to find a friend with a pesticide license and drill the outside foundation and put terminte control to work. You will need the powder and liquid.

It's not difficult to treat for termites yourself, depending on what the perimeter of your house is covered with. When I bought my house, I know it had termite damage. I gutted it down to the foundation though so was able to replace any bad wood. About three quarters of my house perimeter is dirt and the rest are pavers. I recruited my teenage son for the job. We trenched a 6" wide by 12" deep channel around the whole house (lifted 2 rows of pavers and then trenched there too) and then drilled 18" deep holes every foot. I ordered the chemical online. Same stuff the terminix guy was going to use when I got the $2000 quote, Termidor SC. It's a concentrate, mixed with water in 5 gallon plastic bucket and a drill mixer to thoroughly distribute the chemical then poured in trench. They had 2 formulas to mix. I went with the stronger one figuring do it once and do it right. Wore gloves, goggles and respirator just in case. Also, didn't let my son near the chemical, he was just a digger and backfiller !!! LOL. Whole job took us under 6 hours, cost under $200 with everything I needed. Haven't seen a bug in over 13 years. If you have concrete slabs it's a little more complicated, have to drill through the concrete, inject the chemical and then patch the holes, but still doable for considerable savings.
 
Thats a hard lesson. You able to stand and do it? My luck it would be all laydown minimal work space electric and air tools only.
Yeap, its not quite stand up height but comfortable enough considering. The story behind the crawl space is the excavator hit a huge boulder while digging the basement and cut a path right where this footer needed to be so he could push it out with a dozer..... this meant me having to go really deep to hit virgain soil.

Just finished it an hour ago, all drilled and chiseled square. Tomorrow I'll pour a floor in there, rebuild the floor and call it done. Think I'll dig down to the footer drain and install plumbing for a dehumidifier while I'm at it. What a freaking week!!!
 
Chlordane was the ticket....and they banned it....Best stuff and lasted forever....

I went through the same crap about the plugs etc...our homes here in Texas are slab.....Quotes where around the same as yours...ridiculous prices...

The alternative I found was this...now I didn't have a infestation and this was a perimeter prevention. I made a 12" trench and soaked the crap out of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Termidor-SC-...=UTF8&qid=1506222412&sr=8-1&keywords=termidor
 
Even though I have no codes to deal with some things still need to be done.
Foundation waterproofing.
Foundation drainage.
Vapor barrier for argon and other earth born gasses.
Termite protection. The list goes on. Some day may need to sell this place.

Anyway good luck with the blasting.
 
Even though I have no codes to deal with some things still need to be done.
Foundation waterproofing.
Foundation drainage.
Vapor barrier for argon and other earth born gasses.
Termite protection. The list goes on. Some day may need to sell this place.

Anyway good luck with the blasting.
Covered all those bases except 1... :rolleyes:

We have a local manufacture of the peal and seal basement waterproofing, I swear by it. Thick, quick and very stretchy much like butyl so if something shifts, cracks etc it stays sealed.

Thanks for all the input.:thumbsup:
 
Chlordane was the ticket....and they banned it....Best stuff and lasted forever....

I went through the same crap about the plugs etc...our homes here in Texas are slab.....Quotes where around the same as yours...ridiculous prices...

The alternative I found was this...now I didn't have a infestation and this was a perimeter prevention. I made a 12" trench and soaked the crap out of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Termidor-SC-...=UTF8&qid=1506222412&sr=8-1&keywords=termidor
Thanks, I'm looking into all my options and appreciate the pointers.
 
This area is now called the "pit of hell"! Spent hours.... many hours standing in mud and water wrestling with the Hilti as I plunged threw 10" of solid concrete... 20 times. Fortunately since I built the basement I knew exactly where the rebar was and only had to cut threw one:thumbsup:. Boy having 2" of foam inside really helped keep the mess outside, you can go in the basement where it's a finished room and not even know I touched a thing.:thumbsup: I didn't touch the foam until all the drilling was done and the center fell out taking it with it, about as good as I'd hoped for.

Sore doesn't even begin to explain where I'm at right now and I'm headed back in shortly to level it, put down a vapor barrier and pour concrete:(.
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Man talk about snowballing! You said it it was a good thing to find all this out now while you can do something about it but definitely made your work cut out for you. At least when it's all done again you'll have that piece of mind and a beautiful updated kitchen to go with it.
 
This area is now called the "pit of hell"! Spent hours.... many hours standing in mud and water wrestling with the Hilti as I plunged threw 10" of solid concrete... 20 times. Fortunately since I built the basement I knew exactly where the rebar was and only had to cut threw one:thumbsup:. Boy having 2" of foam inside really helped keep the mess outside, you can go in the basement where it's a finished room and not even know I touched a thing.:thumbsup: I didn't touch the foam until all the drilling was done and the center fell out taking it with it, about as good as I'd hoped for.

Sore doesn't even begin to explain where I'm at right now and I'm headed back in shortly to level it, put down a vapor barrier and pour concrete:(. View attachment 518059 View attachment 518060


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Gives one a hole new respect for those that do it for a living. Do not forget bulkhead anchors for the new door.
 
Gives one a hole new respect for those that do it for a living. Do not forget bulkhead anchors for the new door.

New door??? No, no, no with this much work put into it I'm using it for something!! It may end up having a pull out gun cabinet that only appears to be a picture frame? Should be very dry when finished especially given it's location plus I'll be running a small duct in there to keep the air moving plus heat the floor.
 
Man talk about snowballing! You said it it was a good thing to find all this out now while you can do something about it but definitely made your work cut out for you. At least when it's all done again you'll have that piece of mind and a beautiful updated kitchen to go with it.
Yeah, I'm feeling a bit like Frosty the Snowman right now but I'm stoked to have knocked it all out in a week.
 
What's the turnaround time to get the granite cut?

If you end up framing in the new garage section I should be able to come down any weekend after the 9th.

Has your phone insurance covered you for a replacement yet?
 
What's the turnaround time to get the granite cut?

If you end up framing in the new garage section I should be able to come down any weekend after the 9th.

Has your phone insurance covered you for a replacement yet?
I've got a lot of work left to finish the house renovation but hope to wrap it up before the end of the week. Need to install the new dishwasher, rebuild the damaged floor, lay the last 6X8 bit of flooring and trim everthing. The garage addition will likely just happen as time allows so who knows?

I've got a loaner phone until mines fixed but the loaner must be programmed to not allow downloads... Hopefully this week?

No idea on the turnaround for the countertops? I threw the old countertop back on the island so I could at least cook macoroni and cheese lol but it looks like hell with the tile all knocked off.
 
Done.... And it's about time!!! Put down 6 mill plastic and carefully dumped out 6 90lbs bags to not stir up dust.. Wet mix.. Dump another 6... Wet mix and trowel.. Done! What a week, I'll get back out of this pit and finish what was going to be a 2 day job.
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Finally, no more hole. Now the easy stuff, trim.

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I cut it a little to close on the flooring, you can fit all the the waste after laying 500 sq ft in a 5 gallon bucket! I literally didn't have 1 board left and had to cut tungs and grooves in the ends of a few scraps to finish it.... clean up was easier though lol.
 
In this picture you can see some of the obstacles in trimming, plenty of bends. I found that the MDF baseboards with deep reliefs in the back bend much better than the old Oak trim plus I have a finishing gun vs a brad gun now. The biggest obstacle now is that arched window, it needs a 14' long baseboard and they only come in 12', piecing it on an arch makes a squared off joint?????

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