Termites
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| Basement | The
substructure or foundation of a building; The lowest habitable story of
a building, usually below ground level. |
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| Bulkhead | In
a building, the enclosure for the top of a stairway at the roof level of
a building; Near water, the retaining wall which separates a body of water
from land |
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| Carpenter Ants | Ants that bore through wood; Carpenter ants differ from termites in several important ways. Carpenter ants do not ingest the wood; rather, they tunnel through the wood leaving a residue of sawdust. Also differing from termites, carpenter ants can nest anywhere; it is not uncommon to find a carpenter ant nest in an attic. Carpenter ants can do a great amount of structural damage | |
| Caste | Form or kind, as in kind of termite | |
| Cellulose | Forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants; the food source for termites | |
| Cistern | A
receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching
and storing rainwater |
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| Colony | The group of termites | |
| Conducive | Tending to cause or bring about; contributive | |
| Crawl Space | A low or narrow space, such as one beneath the upper or lower story of a building, that gives workers access to plumbing or wiring equipment. | |
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| Detection Tools | Any tool used to probe or sound for termites | |
| Diagram | A plan, sketch, drawing, or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole | |
| Drywall | Interior covering material; A wall or ceiling constructed of a prefabricated material, such as plasterboard or paneling | |
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| Expansion Joint | A fiber strip used to separate units of concrete to prevent cracking due to expansion as a result of teperature changes | |
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| False Ceiling | A dropped ceiling, located below the original ceiling | |
| Floating Slab | A slab construction that has a separate footer that sits next to the slab so that the slab "floats" on top of the fill material that is placed on the bare ground | |
| Floor Joist | One of a series of parallel beams, usually two inches thick, used to support floor loads, supported in turn by larger beams, girders, or bearing walls | |
| Footing or Footer | A masonry section, usually concrete, usually rectangular and wider than the bottom of the foundation wall or pier it supports | |
| Foundation | The supporting portion of a structure below the first-floor construction, including the footings | |
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| Header | A beam over a door, window, or other opening | |
| Humidifier | A device designed to increase the humidity within a room or a building by means of the discharge of water vapor | |
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| Inaccessible | That which cannot be reached | |
| Infestation | To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious | |
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| Liability | State of being legally responsible | |
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| Monolithic Slab | A slab construction in which the footer and the slab are poured as one piece | |
| Moisture Barrier | Treated paper or metal that retards or bars water vapor, used to keep moisture from passing into walls, floors, and ceilings | |
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| Partition Wall | A wall that sub-divides spaces within any story of a building | |
| Pier | A column of masonry or other structural material, usually rectangular in horizontal cross section, used to support other structural members | |
| Powder Post Beetle | Beetles that lay their eggs in wood. The holes in the wood are the exit holes where the beetle's offspring exits | |
| Premises | Land and the buildings on it | |
| Probe | To penetrate; instrument used to penetrate | |
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| Rafter | One of a series of structural members of a roof designed to support roof loads | |
| Rot | Rot is a fungal growth that consumes the cellulose in timber and leaves behind a skeleton that is easily reduced to powder or comes apart in cube-shaped chunks | |
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| Shelter Tubes | The mud constructions which allows termites to move from the soil to their food source | |
| Slab | A thick chunk of concrete used in a house without a crawl space or basement | |
| Soil Application | Application of pesticide made primarily to soil surface rather than to vegetation | |
| Soil Injection | Mechanical placement of a pesticide beneath the soil surface with a minimum of mixing or stirring. | |
| Soldier | A type of termite which protects the colony against intruders | |
| Subterranean | Below the ground | |
| Swarmers | These are winged adult reproductive termites | |
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| Termite Shield | A shield, usually of non-corrodible metal, placed in or on a foundation wall or other mass of masonry or around pipes to help prevent the passage of termites | |
Termites |
Insects that superficially resemble ants in general appearance, and live in colonies; termites are frequently called white ants. Subterranean termites establish themselves in buildings not by being carried in with lumber, but by entering from ground nests after the building has been constructed | |
| Termiticide | Insecticidal formula designed to control termites | |
| Toxic | Poisonous to living organisms | |
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| Ventilator | An opening which provides fresh-air circulation | |
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| Well | A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water | |
| Wood-destroying organism | Any organism which attacks wood and causes it to be damaged | |
| Worker | Most common type of termite; feeds other termites, builds nest and contructs tubes | |
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