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Originally Posted by mulligan

The new construction termite treatment is no longer applied to the soil, but rather to the lower36" of framing. The former soil treatment was found to release radon into the homes. Go ahead and replace the soil, but be prepared to pay a premium for good topsoil, because there isn't much in Florida. There is also some prohibitions against moving soil from county to county in some parts of Florida.

I'm not sure wht you mean about termite treatment being applied to the lower 36" of the framing in our houses. The majority of the framing is steel and not porous.

I believe the soil is still treated, but not with chlordane which was banned in 1988. I'm not familiar with what is used today. If you are referring to chlordane emitting radon, with all chlordane's issues, I have never heard of that. Radon IS naturally released from granite, which many of us have in our kitchen and bath countertops.

I cannot imagine that a company cannot bring good topsoil from one county to another between Lake, Marion and Sumter counties. If they were confined to their own county, I'm sure they would be out of business lickety-split. That isn't something that the general public needs to know. The onus would be on the seller in a situation such as that. They know it if the law pertains to them.