Yes but a concrete slab with no roof is not good. They can climb the walls.

My roof is made of wood.

A new house is treated for termites during construction, and comes with a 5 year warranty for any damage caused by subterranean termites during that period. The warranty is provided by either Massey or Dean's. You get the written warranty document at the closing.

Deans told me they don’t do weeds in the beds but they spray weeds in the grass.

So you don’t lose your house. I am only down 4-6 weeks a year and don’t want to arrive to a major issue.

I had termites in South Carolina. Watered plants in a window box planter attached to a brick house. Moisture got into the house and my bedroom hardwood floors had termite damaged. Also, my friend had a new construction home (South Carolina again) and the workers tossed wood in the cement steps to the house, sure enough termites got to the wood. I just had a damaged tree cut down in The Villages and the neighbor said do not put a planter on the stump. He said he did that and the moisture caused termites. No sure about the stump but passing on the info.

We live in a 1,575 sq/ft home. In June 2001’ we had Massey’s come out and install in ground baits around the home and coat the above garage rafters with termite poison. It was $500. It costs an additional $200 a year to refill bait traps & reapply poison and do an annual termite inspection.

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