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Do-It-Yourself Pest Control
Regardless of where you live, insects can be an issue in the home at any time of the year, although if you live in a cooler area there are few, if any, insects active during the winter.
If you have mice or ants or silverfish or cockroaches or spiders or any other pest invading your home and causing damage to clothing, furnishing, food and just generally being annoying you may be tempted to call out a professional pest control company.
That will cost you big bucks. Most companies will assure you the treatments they use are safe for humans and pets, but you may still need to leave your home for at least a few hours during the treatment.
But you can handle your infestation issues yourself with minimal expense and a little work.
Even if you do need professional help, it will be much less expensive to use them if you have done everything you can to solve the problem first.
This simple plan will go a long way toward controlling any pest issues you may encounter:
Eliminate any food sources. This primarily means keeping all food crumbs and scraps in a garbage can with a lid.
Keeping the kitchen and eating areas clean can solve many issues.
Eliminate water sources. Leaking water pipes provide the moisture that many insects need. Check under your sinks and around your toilets for leaks. Stuffing gaps around pipes with steel wool will keep out insects and rodents.
Eliminate access to the home. They have to be gaining entry somewhere. Attempt to find how the pests are getting into your home. Expanding foam is available at any hardware shop and can quickly close up any entry points. It might be as simple as replacing weather stripping around a door or window.
Use the necessary products according to the directions. Effective pest control products can be found at your local department store, garden centre or hardware shop. There are also many effective solutions available in the Tip Store that are non-toxic to people and pets.
In addition to the areas where you have insects, treat the outside perimeter of the house. Go all around the exterior of the home and treat the bottom portion of the home, around any doors and windows, and treat the ground immediately surrounding the house.
Be diligent. It might take a few days or even a week to see a significant improvement. Keep it up.
Then, if you’re unable to control the pests, it’s time to consider calling in a professional.
Also, if you’re dealing with termites, definitely call in a professional. Termites are very difficult to control with the products available to the general public. The structural integrity of your home is at stake when termites run rampant.
Try these methods for do-it-yourself pest control, and save!
If you have mice or ants or silverfish or cockroaches or spiders or any other pest invading your home and causing damage to clothing, furnishing, food and just generally being annoying you may be tempted to call out a professional pest control company.
That will cost you big bucks. Most companies will assure you the treatments they use are safe for humans and pets, but you may still need to leave your home for at least a few hours during the treatment.
But you can handle your infestation issues yourself with minimal expense and a little work.
Even if you do need professional help, it will be much less expensive to use them if you have done everything you can to solve the problem first.
This simple plan will go a long way toward controlling any pest issues you may encounter:
Eliminate any food sources. This primarily means keeping all food crumbs and scraps in a garbage can with a lid.
Keeping the kitchen and eating areas clean can solve many issues.
Eliminate water sources. Leaking water pipes provide the moisture that many insects need. Check under your sinks and around your toilets for leaks. Stuffing gaps around pipes with steel wool will keep out insects and rodents.
Eliminate access to the home. They have to be gaining entry somewhere. Attempt to find how the pests are getting into your home. Expanding foam is available at any hardware shop and can quickly close up any entry points. It might be as simple as replacing weather stripping around a door or window.
Use the necessary products according to the directions. Effective pest control products can be found at your local department store, garden centre or hardware shop. There are also many effective solutions available in the Tip Store that are non-toxic to people and pets.
In addition to the areas where you have insects, treat the outside perimeter of the house. Go all around the exterior of the home and treat the bottom portion of the home, around any doors and windows, and treat the ground immediately surrounding the house.
Be diligent. It might take a few days or even a week to see a significant improvement. Keep it up.
Then, if you’re unable to control the pests, it’s time to consider calling in a professional.
Also, if you’re dealing with termites, definitely call in a professional. Termites are very difficult to control with the products available to the general public. The structural integrity of your home is at stake when termites run rampant.
Try these methods for do-it-yourself pest control, and save!