1 - AS 3660-1993 PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS FROM SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES - PREVENTION, DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF INFESTATION
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - FOREWORD
8 - SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
8 - 1.1 SCOPE
8 - 1.2 APPLICATION
9 - 1.3 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
9 - 1.4 TERMITE CONTROL ADVICE
9 - 1.5 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
9 - 1.6 DEFINITIONS
9 - 1.6.1 Access hole
9 - 1.6.2 Bedding sand
10 - 1.6.3 Economic life of a building
10 - 1.6.4 False floor
10 - 1.6.5 Impervious soil
10 - 1.6.6 Living area
11 - 1.6.7 Low pressure spray equipment
11 - 1.6.8 Organochlorine (cyclodiene)
11 - 1.6.9 Organophosphate compound (organosphosphorus termiticide)
11 - 1.6.10 Outdoor living area
11 - 1.6.11 Risk area
12 - 1.6.12 Slab injector
12 - 1.6.13 Spill
12 - 1.6.14 Termite cap (white ant cap, ant cap, stump cap)
12 - 1.6.15 Termite shield
12 - 1.6.16 Termite strip shielding (white ant shielding, ant stop, ant strip shielding)
12 - 1.6.17 Termiticide
12 - 1.6.18 Termiticide emulsion
12 - 1.6.19 Vapour barrier
13 - SECTION 2 PREVENTION OF INFESTATION BY NON-CHEMICAL METHODS
13 - 2.1 SCOPE
13 - 2.2 GENERAL
13 - 2.3 NEW BUILDINGS
13 - 2.3.1 General
13 - 2.3.2 Coordination
13 - 2.3.3 Building construction
14 - 2.3.4 Inspection
14 - 2.3.5 Building site preparation and maintenance
14 - 2.3.6 Drainage
14 - 2.3.7 Attachments to buildings
16 - 2.3.8 Suspended floors
16 - 2.3.9 Slab-on-ground
17 - 2.4 EXISTING BUILDINGS
17 - 2.4.1 Subfloor areas
18 - 2.4.2 Drainage
18 - 2.4.3 Clearances
18 - 2.4.4 Access
18 - 2.4.5 Ventilation
18 - 2.4.6 Termite shields
18 - 2.4.7 Slab edge exposure
18 - 2.4.8 Attachments to buildings
18 - 2.4.9 Gardens
18 - 2.5 OTHER STRUCTURES
18 - 2.5.1 Adjacent buildings
18 - 2.5.2 Fences and landscape timbers
18 - 2.5.3 In-ground physical barriers
18 - 2.6 TERMITE PROTECTION NOTICE
19 - 2.7 CERTIFICATION
19 - 2.8 BRIDGING AND BREACHING
19 - 2.9 MAINTENANCE OF TERMITE BARRIERS
20 - SECTION 3 PREVENTION OF INFESTATION BY CHEMICAL METHODS
20 - 3.1 SCOPE
20 - 3.2 GENERAL
20 - 3.3 NEW BUILDINGS
20 - 3.3.1 Coordination
20 - 3.3.2 Building site practice
20 - 3.3.3 Site preparation
21 - 3.3.4 Installation of chemical soil barrier
22 - 3.4 EXISTING BUILDINGS
22 - 3.4.1 General
22 - 3.4.2 Treatment requirements
23 - 3.5 OTHER STRUCTURES
23 - 3.5.1 Fencing and landscaping timbers
23 - 3.6 NOTICE OF TREATMENT
23 - 3.7 CERTIFICATION
23 - 3.7.1 Termiticide application certificate
24 - 3.7.2 Subterranean termite treatment-Certificate of completion
24 - 3.8 BRIDGING AND BREACHING
25 - SECTION 4 DETECTION OF INFESTATION
25 - 4.1 SCOPE
25 - 4.2 INSPECTION OF HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS
25 - 4.2.1 General
25 - 4.2.2 Inspection report
26 - 4.2.3 Frequency of inspections
26 - 4.3 TREATMENT PROPOSAL
27 - SECTION 5 TREATMENT OF INFESTATION
27 - 5.1 SCOPE
27 - 5.2 CHOICE OF TREATMENT
27 - 5.3 ERADICATION OF TERMITES
27 - 5.3.1 General
27 - 5.3.2 Nests in tree trunks
28 - 5.3.3 Arsenic trioxide dusting
28 - 5.4 NOTICE OF TREATMENT
28 - 5.5 CERTIFICATION
30 - APPENDIX A - GUIDE FOR THE DETECTION OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE INFESTATION
30 - A1 SCOPE
30 - A2 DETECTION OF INFESTATION
35 - A3 IDENTIFICATION OF TERMITES
38 - APPENDIX B - TERMITE RESISTANT TIMBERS
38 - B1 SCOPE
38 - B2 GENERAL
38 - B3 TERMITE RESISTANCE
38 - B4 AVAILABILITY
39 - B5 LIST OF TERMITE-RESISTANT TIMBERS
41 - APPENDIX C - TERMITE CAPS AND SHIELDINGS USED IN THE PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AGAINST SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES
41 - C1 SCOPE
41 - C2 GENERAL
41 - C3 MATERIALSFOR TERMITE CAPS AND STRIP SHIELDING
41 - C4 MANUFACTURE OF SHIELDS
41 - C4.1 Coverage
42 - C4.2 Mitre-cuts
42 - C4.3 End joints
42 - C4.4 Turn-downs at inside angles
42 - C5 INSTALLATION
42 - C5.1 Coverage
43 - C5.2 Piers and posts
43 - C5.3 Internal foundation walls
43 - C5.4 External walls
45 - C5.5 Service pipes and similar connections
45 - C5.6 Appendages and subsidiary structures
45 - C6 TERMITE SHIELDING IN SLAB-ON-GROUND CONSTRUCTIONS
48 - APPENDIX D - STAINLESS STEEL MESH BARRIERS
48 - D1 SCOPE
48 - D2 GENERAL
48 - D3 STAINLESS STEEL MESH SPECIFICATION
49 - D4 JOINTING OF STAINLESS STEEL MESH STRIPS
49 - D5 SERVICE PENETRATION
50 - D6 FULL INSTALLATION OF STAINLESS STEEL MESH
50 - D6.1 General
50 - D6.2 Monolithic slab-on-ground, exposed edge
50 - D6.3 Monolithic slab-on-ground, below finished ground level
50 - D6.4 Infill slab
50 - D7 PARTIAL INSTALLATION OF STAINLESS STEEL MESH
50 - D7.1 General
50 - D7.2 Critical areas for installation
52 - D8 STAINLESS STEEL MESH SHIELDING
52 - D8.1 General
52 - D8.2 Manufacture of stainless steel mesh shields
53 - D9 PROTECTION OF POLES OR POSTS
55 - APPENDIX E - GRADED GRANITE BARRIERS
55 - E1 SCOPE
55 - E2 GRADED GRANITE
55 - E2.1 Specification
55 - E2.2 Storage and handling
55 - E3 EQUIPMENT
55 - E4 SITE PREPARATION
55 - E5 PLACEMENT
55 - E5.1 General
55 - E5.2 Special areas
56 - E6 MAINTENANCE
61 - APPENDIX F - APPLICATION OF TERMITICIDES
61 - F1 SCOPE
61 - F2 TERMITICIDES FOR CHEMICAL BARRIERS
61 - F2.1 General
61 - F2.2 Rates of application
61 - F2.3 Organochlorine termiticides
61 - F2.4 Organophosphate termiticides
62 - F3 TERMITICIDES FOR COLONY ERADICATION
62 - F3.1 Dusts
62 - F3.2 Emulsions
62 - F4 INSTALLATION OF CHEMICAL SOIL BARRIER
68 - F5 CERTIFICATE OF TERMITICIDE APPLICATION
70 - F6 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
72 - APPENDIX G - SOIL SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL PROTOCOL FOR TESTING CHEMICAL SOIL BARRIERS (BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH....
72 - G1 SOIL SAMPLING
72 - G1.1 Scope
72 - G1.2 Sampling tool
72 - G1.3 Sampling procedure
72 - G1.4 Handling the sample
72 - G2 DETERMINATION OF ORGANOCHLORINE CONCENTRATION
72 - G2.1 General
72 - G2.2 Apparatus
73 - G2.3 Reagents
73 - G2.4 Analytical method
73 - G2.5 Gas chromatography
74 - G2.6 Procedure
74 - G3 CALCULATIONS
75 - G4 REPORT
75 - G5 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES