Site readiness
What your superintendent needs to know
The order your engineer and inspector require comes first. We fit our visit to it.
Before we arrive
A short list that keeps the treatment day on schedule.
Plumbing rough-in done and inspected
Forms set and the grade ready
A way in for a truck and a sprayer
Water on site or a hose bib we can reach
While we work
Treated soil should not be walked on or dug up until the concrete is in.
Keep other trades off the area until we finish
We stay to the areas the product label allows
Your superintendent or lead signs the treatment ticket
After we leave
Treated soil has to stay as we left it until the pour.
Hold the pour to the window on your proposal
Tell your coordinator if the pour date moves
Call about rain, standing water or digging near the forms
Final grade
The second visit happens after the house is graded
Once the house is framed, the lot is graded and the utilities are in, we come back for the outside edge of the foundation. Landscapers, flatwork and fill change what is around the slab, so this visit is its own booking, and its own line on the record.
What it covers
Soil along the foundation edge
Around each pipe, hose bib and utility line
A check for wood touching the ground
When the plan changes
Rain, late pours and digging
Three things can disturb treated soil. Each one has a written answer before the first lot.
Rain before the pour
We look at the lot, retreat the disturbed soil and write down the new date.
A pour that slips
If the pour moves past the window on your proposal, tell your coordinator. We check the lot and retreat if the soil needs it.
Digging after treatment
A trench, a plumbing fix or a washed-out edge breaks the treated soil. Call before the pour, not after.
Send your next pour date
List the lots and the first pour date. Your coordinator replies with a treatment window in writing.