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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15 авг 2024

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@KaldekBoch Месяц назад

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

@buildshow Месяц назад

I believe it originally was invented in Australia

@PipeDreamerJacques Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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

@donz327 Месяц назад

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

@chptech Месяц назад

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

@OperationDarkside Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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.

@vapeurdepisse Месяц назад

You didn’t miss anything, super useless. You can use caulk

@RetroBerner Месяц назад

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

@jimyeats Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

If they want in their coming in

@billycroan2336 Месяц назад

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

@mefferso04 13 дней назад

Thats what I was thinking, especially with slab movement over time in the south.

@GLHerzberg Месяц назад

Wow less than $15 for a 25 cent item. How wonderful! /s

@ptester1 Месяц назад

That’s a fine stainless steel mesh combined with a stainless steel clamp. I challenge you to get tha for $0.25

@jerrymoree8269 Месяц назад

Great information Joel about entry termite from slabs. Like the idea of never having to replace calking around piping thru the concrete slab.

@danielwatson5595 Месяц назад

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

@nicholasboccio Месяц назад

Same

@Isaacmantx Месяц назад

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

@leonscott543 Месяц назад

Jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams, never forget

@brokenwrench404 Месяц назад

Those mesh screens would work great for stucco exterior

@ToddBizCoach Месяц назад

Or between courses of ICF.

@pcatful Месяц назад

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.

@winterfar2814 Месяц назад

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

@raymondpeters9186 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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

@raymondpeters9186 Месяц назад

@@DrMJJrpumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water

@billycroan2336 Месяц назад

$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

@zachcoppinger872 Месяц назад

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

@joshua3084 Месяц назад

GREAT 8NFORMATION... FOR OUR NEW BUULD

@OneManOnFire Месяц назад

As someone who is dealing with those bugs i just have hopes and dreams at this point.

@thewanderer4271 Месяц назад

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

@BadKid-bv9pd Месяц назад

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

@charlietuna1971 Месяц назад

This looks like an extremely easy DIY with available materials at a big box store.

@jayworley1583 Месяц назад

What about cracks in your slab?

@johntuminello5206 Месяц назад

I have seen termites bore a hole threw 3500 psi concrete.Southern states.

@Solidbuilthomes 14 дней назад

Can someone please elaborate more on the black pipe sleeves? What product is being used? .... cant just be tape because it moves up and down..... Thanks 🤙

@marcus_b1 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

@@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 Месяц назад

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

@StevenCampbell1955 Месяц назад

@@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.

@leonscott543 Месяц назад

@@marcus_b1dang chill we don't want to endanger the entire termite species bro 😂😂😂😂

@LilYeshua Месяц назад

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.

@user-ct2sx1ft7z 15 дней назад

Why not seal with prosoco or huber or siga...?

@disqusrubbish5467 Месяц назад

Nice. Looks like a good product.

@GregariousAntithesis Месяц назад

Carpenter ants are far more of a problem than termites

@budmanzoom4441 Месяц назад

Bora-care works great on all wood eating insects.

@matthewbritton5374 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

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

@GregariousAntithesis Месяц назад

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

@GriffinThomasMFCEO Месяц назад

Not even close

@chuckdowns Месяц назад

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

@geniferteal4178 Месяц назад

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?

@necrokittie2291 Месяц назад

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

@brettwilder5059 Месяц назад

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.....

@rogerwhiting9310 Месяц назад

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

@harveypaxton1232 Месяц назад

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

@b22chris Месяц назад

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

@shephusted2714 Месяц назад

this was a good look at anti termite tech

@wayneguy6043 Месяц назад

$15 each……insane

@ptester1 Месяц назад

It’s stainless steel so it doesn’t corrode from the concrete. No it’s not cheap but stainless is expensive and they’re made to last.

@persistentwind Месяц назад

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-roadwander Месяц назад

The mesh is not new. The application is.

@pcatful Месяц назад

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

@brokenwrench404 Месяц назад

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

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Месяц назад

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

@mrskflynn Месяц назад

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

@xtaytoex Месяц назад

He looks like Michael Douglas in Falling Down.

@tjwatts100 Месяц назад

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

@andrewmeigs2557 Месяц назад

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

@ALLworldCONSTRUCTIONLLC Месяц назад

Only $15 per pipe 😅 is it patented? 😏

@highonsmog Месяц назад

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

@pcatful Месяц назад

Muleflation.

@GregariousAntithesis Месяц назад

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

@seanm3226 Месяц назад

Then you won’t understand South Florida.

@GregariousAntithesis Месяц назад

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

@ecantu8841 Месяц назад

So what would you build on?

@aoeuuaoaou 21 день назад

A basement in Houston is also called an indoor swimming pool. No frost into the ground means no piles needed, with tension cables & built in beams it can support massive houses, floats on the pad/ground

@comfortablynumb9342 Месяц назад

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 Месяц назад

Don't build out of termite food

@comfortablynumb9342 Месяц назад

@@raymondpeters9186 precisely

@disqusrubbish5467 Месяц назад

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

@comfortablynumb9342 Месяц назад

@@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 Месяц назад

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