WHAT FACTORS ADVERSELY AFFECT AND OR LIMIT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TERMITE SOIL TREATMENTS?
A. Certain obstructions will either hinder, limit or prevent placement of the termiticide into the soil where it needs to be placed to be effective and certain factors will adversely influence or disrupt the termiticide soil barrier following treatment. Obstructions which hinder, limit, or prevent placement of termiticide into soil where it needs to be placed to be effective and factors which disrupt or adversely affect termite soil barriers (not in any particular order): 1) Acts of Nature (earthquakes, floods, drought and the cracking open of soil due to evaporation, freezing/thawing conditions, erosion, and high or fluctuating water table in treated soil areas; 2) Placing new dirt or mulch over treated soil; 3) Placing wood (fire wood or other) adjacent a treated structure; 4) Placing storage or debris adjacent a treated structure; 5) Structural water problems can support live termite infestation within a building, even when the soil barrier is effective; 6) Digging and/or removal or
