My foundation contractor wants us to treat the ground for termites before we pour the slab for our new addition. What should I use to treat the ground? We bought a big spray bottle at the big box, the kind to spray on the ground to kill live termites- is that the right thing to use in this case? What do we need to use? We've never had a termite problem at this house, but I'm in a moderate termite area (Southeast Virginia). We do have an ant problem, though... Anything in particular I can do to keep ants out of the new addition?

Doityourself.com has been good to me, so I just wanted to pass along a trick I learned. Last Nov we rescued a dog off the streets. She was the cutest and sweetest thing, except she was infested with fleas, and soon after so was my home. Immediately I tried all sorts of OTC and nothing worked. What finally worked was two simple steps. 1. When bathing I added Avon's Skin So Soft directly on the dog after shampooing. And also used a spray bottle daily. She was a little slick, but flea free. 2. Each night, in a dark room, I placed a shallow pan of soapy water in the middle of each room with a small light (I used a book light, it attached to the side of the pan) shinning only in the pan. As the fleas where attracted to the light, they would jump for it and land in the soapy water. The first night there were too many to count and each night after the number dropped until there were none. The whole process took about a week. No more nasty pesticides to harm your family or pet. Thanks doityourself.com, Happy Holidays!