Talk of The Villages Florida - Topsoil replacement?

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The interior wood treatment only last about 7 yrs. Most companies that apply a treatment around the foundation use a product called Termidor. I believe it's available at most hardware stores as well for the do it yourself folks.

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Originally Posted by mulligan (Post 875212)

Take a ride and look at the new construction. The green spray you see on the lower part of the walls is termiticide. The soil is NOT treated. Just because you cannot imagine regulation of soil movement from county to county does not mean it does not exist. I have personally dealt with this issue in South Florida.

You indicated that the termite treatment was on the lower 36" of the "framing." The framing is mostly steel, as I mentioned. You are speaking about wallboard. I am not familiar with what the laws are regarding termite treatment in new construction within the Villages, but I gather you are??? Or are you basing what you've said upon what you've seen?

I did not say that laws regarding moving soil from one county to another don't exist. I specifically made reference to the three counties right here, not south Florida. I lived in south Florida for over 25 years and had topsoil put down on a couple of occasions. I was never informed that where it came from was an issue, and it wasn't. I paid -- they delivered. . I simply said that the burden of that "law" is on the supplier, not the homeowner. That is the point I was making.

Nuff said on the dirt. I asked the question specifically of our builder before closing on our home, and his reply was that the soil under the slab is no longer treated pre-construction for the reason stated above. The lower 36" of framing are sprayed with termiticide before insulation. The spray has a green trace in it so the inspectors can see where it was applied.

Carefull ~ Topsoil

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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist (Post 874938)

I'm south of 466a with what is mostly clay for topsoil. Am considering replacing 50 or so linear yards of topsoil.
Where do I start? Anybody done this? Ballpark for cost? how deep to replace?

Hi Kitty...sent you a PM. Be careful asking for "topsoil" around here. You'll end up with a load of mostly sand with ground mulch/bark mixed in, and heaven knows, we have enough of that already!:duck:

Yes, the soil around here is horrible but before I replaced all of my topsoil, I would first try thin layers of Black Cow manure applied multiple times. I have a feeling it would work very well as it would add both organics and fertilizer to your lawn.