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Displaying Frequently Asked Questions How do you inspect the subfloor of a brick veneer house? There are basically two ways to inspect the sub-floors of a house, depending on the construction of the house. Assuming the floors are made of wood and they are suspended above the soil under the house, the best way to inspect the sub-floor areas is to gain access to crawl under the house floorboards with a torch and a tapping tool to check for termite activity and damage. The house may be stumped with no wall foundations and allow sufficient access for the technician to crawl under from under the outside walls of the house. If there is not sufficient sub-floor clearance soil will need to be dug from underneath the house to allow sufficient height for a person crawl through. Many houses with closed-in foundations have an access hole cut in the brick or limestone foundation walls allowing a person to crawl under the house from that access point. This is called “open access”. If there is no “open access” from outside then access holes (“floor traps”) will need to be cut into the wooden floorboards to gain access for inspection of sub-floor areas. Some houses are constructed with no sub-floor walls and their sub-floor areas can be inspected by cutting a new or opening just one existing floor trap, depending on adequate sub-floor clearance throughout the sub-floor area. However, there are many older houses that have walls in the sub-floor blocking access from room to room. To inspect these at least one floor trap will need to be cut in each room on wooden floorboards to access the sub-floor for inspection. Westate Pest Control has inspected (and treated) many houses on wooden suspended floors, both with and without open access and is capable of inspecting and treating all types of houses for termites. Date Listed: 2006-01-02 Back

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