AS 3660-1993

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

This Standard describes procedures for inspection and detection of termite activity and termite conducive conditions with a view to determining appropriate termite management options for a property. It is not intended for use in providing a pre-purchase inspection report for any timber pest. (The Standard for pre-purchase pest reports is AS 4349.3). It proposes methods for determining the extent of infestation, the treatment required and how to prevent infestation. It provides for both physical and chemical barriers which restrict the access of termites to timbers in either new or existing buildings. It gives details of notices and certificates to be used by builders and pest controllers, a code of practice for the safe use of termiticides, and a procedure for determining the level of chemical soil barriers.

This Standard specifies the procedures for the prevention, detection and treatment of subterranean termite infestation in buildings and other structures. It includes details for providing both physical barriers and chemical soil barriers which restrict termites from accessing timber and other termite susceptible materials in buildings. Barriers may be used singly or in combination to provide an integrated system for the protection of buildings.This Standard also sets out the steps to be followed to determine the extent of termite infestation in existing buildings, the type of treatment to eradicate termites and methods for the prevention of reinfestation by termites. All claims that work has been carried out in accordance with this Standard, or specified part thereof require certification. Details for the certification of treatment and a code of practice for the application of termiticides are included within this Standard. The Standard also provides guidance to building owners and others who are seeking or specifying such services.

First published as AS CA43-1966.
AS CA50 first published 1968.
Revised and redesignated AS 1694-1974.
AS CA43-1966 revised and redesignated AS 2057-1977.
AS 2178 first published 1978.
AS CA50-1968 withdrawn 1979.
Second edition AS 2057-1981.
Third edition 1986.
Second edition AS 2178-1986.
AS 1694-1974, AS 2057-1986 and AS 2178-1986 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 3660-1993.