Should Premise be sprayed on a bare brick wall and concrete slab surface as a preventive measure against termites?

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Should Premise be sprayed on a bare brick wall and concrete slab surface as a preventive measure against termites?

I stay in an old apartment building - it is an RCC structure with concrete columns, beams and slabs, and brick walls. Some of the apartments on the higher floors have had severe termite infestation - of the subterranean type. I am getting my apartment renovated and have stripped the brick walls of their plaster and removed the old tiles to expose the concrete slab floor prior to re-plastering of the walls and laying new tiles on the floor. The Pest Control company is recommending spraying the entire concrete floor area and bare brick walls (including both sides of walls entirely within my apartment) with Premise (active ingredient imidacloprid) as a preventive measure. Is that reasonable? Or would it be better to drill holes around the perimeter of the apartment at floor and ceiling levels and inject Premise to create a barrier?

Status: Open Jan 07, 2014 - 09:19 AM

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RonDawson

Jan 10, 2014 - 06:43 AM

No. Premise is designed to be applied to soil or wood inside of wall voids. It is not designed to be applied to brick, concrete, etc.

Drilling holes and injecting it under the slab is the only method allowed by the label as a preventive or anything for subterranean termites.

Spraying the concrete or floor area would be a violation of federal laws if the intention is for subterranean termites.

The pest company involved obviously is either trying to rip you off, or doesn't know what they are doing.

Ron

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