The termite system on a new Riverstone home
It is installed once and then it is your job.
In short: What AS 3660 puts in a new build and how landscaping undoes it.
What is installed
A new home carries a termite management system under AS 3660: a physical barrier, a chemical treated zone, or a combination, with a durable notice recording what was used.
Find the notice
It is usually in the meter box. It tells you what system is in place, who installed it and what maintenance it needs. Photograph it on the day you move in.
Inspection zones
Many systems rely on an exposed inspection zone at the slab edge that you can see. It only works while it stays visible.
How it gets bridged
Garden beds raised against the wall, paving laid over the slab edge, mulch banked up, a deck built hard against the house. Each of these hides the zone the system depends on.
The Riverstone point
Six estates are landscaping at the same time. The system is intact at handover and compromised a year later by work the owner arranged.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Riverstone. Licensed building practitioners, NSW Fair Trading licence 366177C.
