Building Protection Apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus for use in protecting a building from damage or degradation by a target subterranean degradation factor, comprising means for delivering ozone into the ground below the building thereby creating a region having properties hostile to the said target subterranean degradation factor.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus for protecting the lower regions of and structure of a building (10) from damage or degradation by a target subterranean degradation factor (42) such as a termite or fungus, for example. The apparatus comprising means (12) for creating a region in the ground below the building having properties hostile to the target subterranean degradation factor whereby to discourage the degradation factor from approaching, or growing within the vicinity of, the building. In one embodiment the means for creating a hostile region in the ground below the building are provided by a pump (12) which creates a superatmospheric pressure field (40) in this region. In another embodiment, treatment agents (31) such as ozone may be delivered to the ground region in order to provide a hostile effect to the termites by affecting their pheromone chemistry and/or their reproductive or communicative behaviour A secondary function of the present invention relates to the creation of a forced ventilation (46) of the habitable region (18) within which the apparatus of the present invention resides.
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- 1. Apparatus for use in protecting a building from damage or degradation by a target subterranean degradation factor, comprising means for delivering ozone into the ground below the building thereby creating a region having properties hostile to the said target subterranean degradation factor.
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16. A method of protecting a building from damage or degradation by a target subterranean degradation factor;
- the said method comprising the step of delivering ozone into a region below the building thereby creating a region having properties hostile to the said target subterranean degradation factor.
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