A METHOD OF TERMITE PROOFING A BUILDING STRUCTURE

• Main Author: SADDINGTON, David Lees
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.04.2017
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS; BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; CEILINGS; FENCING; FISHING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; MASTS; ROOFS; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; TRAPPING; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS

A method of termite proofing a building structure (1, 101), the building structure (1, 101) has a foundation (3) located below an adjacent finished ground level (5) and an external wall (2, 102) formed on the foundation (3) and defining an exterior surface (4, 104) of the building structure (1, 101). The exterior surface (4, 104) is defined at least in part by a cementitious material. The method comprises applying a curable composition (9) to the cementitious material throughout a lower region (8, 108) of the exterior surface (4, 104) extending from the foundation (3) to a predetermined height above the finished ground level (5), such that the composition (9) penetrates into and is retained within the cementitious material. The composition is allowed to cure within the cementitious material throughout the lower region (8). The said composition (9) cures within the cementitious material, thereby protecting the cementitious material against intrusion by termites.