St George & Bayside · AS 3660.1
Collars and perimeter protection fitted to your pour date across Hurstville, from high-rise towers near the station to knockdown rebuilds on the surrounding residential streets further out.
Quick answer
New building work in Hurstville needs a termite management system, given Georges River Council sits within a termite-prone area under the NCC. That covers the high-rise towers around Forest Road and the station just as much as a knockdown rebuild on a quieter street, all built to AS 3660.1 with every penetration collared before the pour. Occupation then rests on a meter box notice and a signed installation record reaching the certifier.
Termite barriers in Hurstville
Hurstville is the administrative centre of Georges River Council and the main commercial hub of the St George area, with Forest Road as the principal shopping street and high-rise residential towers dominating the skyline around Hurstville station, a major stop on the Illawarra line. New construction reflects that density: large apartment and mixed-use slabs near the centre, and knockdown rebuilds on the quieter residential streets radiating out from it. Whichever type of project it is, the certifier needs a properly certified termite management system in place before anyone can occupy the finished building, no matter how many storeys it has.
A large apartment slab and a suburban knockdown present genuinely different challenges for a termite barrier. Towers near Forest Road and the station are single, continuous footprints with dozens of service penetrations that all need collaring in a coordinated visit, while houses on the surrounding streets carry the more familiar pressures of established gardens and ageing sub-floor construction. Understanding which kind of site a project actually is, before the plans are finalised, is what determines whether the job is about collar counts across a whole floor plate or perimeter detailing around a single suburban block.
Reviewed by Ismail, founder · St George & Bayside coverage · Updated September 2026 · More St George & Bayside suburbs
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Local conditions
Three things about Hurstville's mix of high-rise centre and residential streets shape how a barrier gets planned.
Towers around Hurstville station and Forest Road are large, continuous slabs with many service penetrations in one pour. Coordinating a thorough collar count with the plumbing trades matters more here than perimeter detailing on its own.
Houses on the streets radiating out from the centre often sit on gardens that have matured for decades. A knockdown rebuild clears the structure but not the buried garden material, so soil treatment carries the same weight as the new slab edge.
Parts of Hurstville run down toward the Georges River and Botany Bay shoreline, where ground tends to hold more moisture than the higher streets further inland. Blocks on that lower ground get closer attention to slab-edge detailing.
What we install here
Our Hurstville work spans apartment and mixed-use tower slabs near the centre and knockdown rebuilds on the surrounding residential streets. Reinforced slabs are typical on the tower sites, with waffle pod and raft slabs on the house blocks. We fit a collar to every penetration once the plumbing rough-in is finished and time our visit around the concreter's schedule, with a single fixed quote from the plans covering the whole job.
Local knowledge
Our Hurstville work runs from the dense centre around Forest Road, Hurstville station and Westfield Hurstville out to the quieter residential streets near Woodville Street Reserve and Bexley Golf Course. Tower sites near the station are planned around a thorough collar count across the full slab, while rebuilds further from the centre are more typical house-block jobs with standard perimeter detailing.
Georges River Council certifies building work in Hurstville, and its path to an Occupation Certificate runs through two records: a durable notice screwed inside the meter box, and a signed statement covering what was installed, where, and by whom. We prepare both the day the barrier work wraps up, along with maintenance guidance suited to the building type, whether that's a tower or a house.
Hurstville at a glance
| Suburb | Hurstville, NSW 2220 |
|---|---|
| District | St George & Bayside |
| Distance from Sydney CBD | 14.6 km south-west |
| Certifying council | Georges River Council |
| Standard applied | AS 3660.1 termite management systems |
| Installed | Before the slab pour, then staged through the build |
| Documents supplied | Installation certificate and durable notice |
| Typical builds covered | New homes, knockdown rebuilds, granny flats, duplexes, townhouses |
Systems we install
Every photo below is from one of our own Sydney jobs. We look at your slab design, site and budget, then recommend a system or a combination.
01A termite-resistant sheet laid over the whole prepared footprint before concreting, so termites can't come up through the slab anywhere.
02A sealed collar on every pipe, conduit and service that passes through the slab. These gaps are the most common hidden way in.
03Protection at the slab edge and into the wall cavity, which stops termites building hidden tunnels up the outside of the slab.
04An APVMA-registered termiticide zone in the soil, with an optional pipe network under paving so it can be recharged later without digging.
05Barriers for bearers, piers and raised timber floors on sloping or elevated blocks, where there's no slab to protect.
06Detailing for sandstone cuts, block retaining walls, step-downs and cut-and-fill sites, which are common across Sydney.
Why during construction
A retrofit can only treat around a finished house. A pre-construction system protects the parts nobody will ever be able to reach again.
A barrier put in during the build costs a fraction of a post-construction system, and far less than repairing termite damage.
New houses (Class 1) and outbuildings (Class 10) with termite-susceptible framing need a compliant termite management system.
Pipe penetrations and slab joints can only be fully protected while they're still open, before the concrete goes in.
An under-slab system covers ground that no treatment from outside the finished house can ever reach.
Your certifier needs the certificate and durable notice before issuing the Occupation Certificate. We supply both together.
Documented, compliant protection gives buyers, building inspectors and lenders confidence when the home is sold.
Installation stages
A termite barrier isn't a single visit. Each part goes in when the site is ready for it, and we fit around your plumber, concreter and bricklayer.
Send your plans and slab details. We recommend a system and give you one fixed price that covers every stage.
Collars go on every service once the plumber has set out, then the membrane or soil treatment is installed across the prepared site.
Perimeter and cavity protection is fitted as the brickwork or cladding goes up, so there's no unprotected gap at the slab edge.
Where it's specified, the chemical perimeter or reticulation system is completed around the building before paths and gardens go in.
A durable notice goes in the meter box, and the installation certificate goes to your builder and certifier.
The owner gets simple care instructions and an inspection schedule so the system keeps doing its job for years.
Compare systems
Both can meet AS 3660.1. The best choice depends on your slab type, what surrounds the house and how much ongoing upkeep the owner wants.
Physical protection
Entry-point protection
Soil protection
Top-up protection
Most of the Sydney builds we work on use a combination: physical collars on every penetration plus a physical or chemical perimeter.
For builders & developers
Builders, developers and owner-builders get a fixed quote from plans, a technician who turns up when the site is ready, and paperwork that never holds up sign-off.
Consistent pricing across lots, one point of contact and a full document set for every dwelling.
Missing durable notices and unclear install records are a common reason Occupation Certificates get held up. We hand everything over together so your certifier has it all in one go.
Paperwork
A complete document set for the builder, the certifier and every future owner of the property.
A permanent notice in the meter box showing the system, install date, installer, any chemical's life expectancy and inspection advice.
For: certifier, owner, future owners
Written confirmation of the system and products used, the areas protected and our licence details.
For: builder, certifier, owner
Details of the physical system or termiticide installed, including safety data sheets for any chemicals.
For: builder, owner
How to keep the system working, plus the recommended inspection frequency under AS 3660.2.
For: homeowner
From real jobs
Photos from our own Sydney sites, not stock images. Tap any photo to see it larger.
Membrane barrier across a large residential slab
Barrier work on a Sydney Harbour site
Installation through sandstone excavation
Perimeter barrier and sleeves on a new slab
Waffle pod formwork with collared penetrations
Membrane detailed against a retaining wall
Membrane sealed around a column
Protected slab edge with collar in place
Collared penetrations before the pour
Perimeter barrier on a completed slab edge
Pipe penetrations sealed into the membrane
Collars fixed through mesh before concreting
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Pricing
Every build is different, so we don't guess. We price from your plans and give you one fixed written quote. Quoting is free.
After handover
A barrier only works while it stays intact and visible. Pass these on to the owner.
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Hurstville questions
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+61 450 515 215The standard is the same AS 3660.1 system either way, but the scale changes considerably. A tower slab has far more penetrations to collar across one continuous footprint, so we plan the visit around thorough coordination with the plumbing trades rather than the smaller perimeter job a single house block needs.
Generally, yes. Ground closer to the river and the bay shoreline tends to hold more moisture than the higher streets further inland, and that dampness is what a foraging colony looks for. We pay closer attention to slab-edge detailing on properties within reach of the water.
As soon as your builder can confirm a rough pour date. Collars and any under-slab work need to go in once the plumbing rough-in is complete and before the concrete arrives, so that window sets our schedule regardless of whether it's a house or a tower slab.
In most cases, yes. The National Construction Code requires a termite management system for new houses and outbuildings in termite-prone areas where the primary building elements can be damaged by termites. Sydney is termite-prone, so the system is installed to AS 3660.1 and your certifier asks for the installation certificate and durable notice before the Occupation Certificate is issued.
It depends on slab area, perimeter length, the number of pipe penetrations, the system chosen, site complexity and how many visits the build needs. Send us the plans and we return one fixed written quote covering every stage. Quoting is free.
Nearby
Same crew, same staging and the same certifier-ready paperwork, right across the St George & Bayside.
Service areas
From the Eastern Suburbs and Inner West to the Hills, the Shire and the western growth corridors. Every suburb has its own page with the local ground conditions, the council that certifies the work and the questions builders there ask us.
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