Being a homeowner requires you to learn much more than how to paint or clean. You must learn how to deal with any pests that invade your space. If you do not, you will find many unwanted guests and a big bill from the exterminator. Keep reading to learn how to rid your home of pests.
Use steel wool to plug up holes that mice can use to enter your house. Steel wool is too tough for any pest to chew through, even rats and mice. Stuff any holes larger than 1/2 inch. These pests are able to get through the tiniest of openings.
If you are having a pest control problem at your home, take a look at your garbage for clues to why this is happening. Garbage needs to be in air tight bags and disposed of on a regular basis. Keep your trash outside your home and not inside your kitchen to reduce the chances of having a pest problem.
Always fix leaks in the plumbing. Pests of all kinds need water to live and thrive. Interestingly, they sense a water leak, even from a good distance away. Don't get in your own way when it comes to pest control. Just put in some work to fix the leak, and you can prevent having to put in a lot of work to eliminate pests from your home.
Get rid of fallen trees in your yard quickly. Use the trunk and branches as fuel for your fireplace. You can sell it, use it or even just give it to people. In addition, do not forget to take care of the stump. Stumps are no longer alive, and these are prime dwellings for termites.
There are many do it yourself options when it comes to pest control. First, asses how serious your pest problem is and figure out what kind of products you need to buy to deal with the problem. Most pest control products can be bought at a supermarket though more heavy duty products can be bought elsewhere.
If you are trying to get rid of pests in your home, you should think carefully if you have children and/or pets. Many of the chemicals that are in pesticides can be harmful to them. Get them out of the house for a few hours if you have no other choice.
Make sure that your kitchen does not have grease problems. Grease is a regular dietary staple of ants, roaches and a number of small flies. Drain flies actually breed in grease pans. So, eliminate all visible grease areas. However, also deal with invisible grease underneath stoves and your countertops.
If you see ants in your home, follow them. This should help you discover where they are getting in at. Most of the time they will find a crack or crevice near a window or the molding. Once you know where the problem is originating from, put down a little laundry detergent (assuming you don't have children or pets that can get to it) to create a temporary fix.
If you are fighting a rodent war, they love food. Meats, peanut butter and cheese all work perfectly in rodent traps. Spoiled food will also draw their interest and can serve as a good trap to catch these pests.
If your garden is filled with slugs, use beer as effective remedy. Take an aluminum pie pan into your garden and place it at soil level. Fill it with beer and sit back and watch your snail problems disappear. Snails are attracted to the beer, but cannot get back out of the pie pan.
Keep garbage away from your house. You obviously have to throw out your household trash every day, but make sure that you keep the cans as far from your house as you can. Don't forget to cover the trash cans as well. Animals will smell the garbage, and try to get into the house if they can.
Do not waste your money on bed bug bombs. Instead, get some Alpine Dust or some Phantom Aerosol and apply these products to your mattress. These non-repelling products are toxic to bed bugs and other pest but they are impossible to detect, which means the pest will not hide from it.
Washing your floors with lemon juice can give cockroaches the boot. Take the juice of 4 lemons (including the rind) and mix them in with 1/2 a gallon of water in a bucket. Then continue to mop your floors with the lemon juice. This should prove unpleasant to the roaches, and they will start to dwindle in numbers.
Knowing how to tend to this issue on your own will save you quite a bit of money over the years. It will also make it quicker and easier to get rid of them. You will not have to worry about strangers coming into your home to get rid of the other unwelcome pests you are dealing with.
Use steel wool to plug up holes that mice can use to enter your house. Steel wool is too tough for any pest to chew through, even rats and mice. Stuff any holes larger than 1/2 inch. These pests are able to get through the tiniest of openings.
If you are having a pest control problem at your home, take a look at your garbage for clues to why this is happening. Garbage needs to be in air tight bags and disposed of on a regular basis. Keep your trash outside your home and not inside your kitchen to reduce the chances of having a pest problem.
Always fix leaks in the plumbing. Pests of all kinds need water to live and thrive. Interestingly, they sense a water leak, even from a good distance away. Don't get in your own way when it comes to pest control. Just put in some work to fix the leak, and you can prevent having to put in a lot of work to eliminate pests from your home.
Get rid of fallen trees in your yard quickly. Use the trunk and branches as fuel for your fireplace. You can sell it, use it or even just give it to people. In addition, do not forget to take care of the stump. Stumps are no longer alive, and these are prime dwellings for termites.
There are many do it yourself options when it comes to pest control. First, asses how serious your pest problem is and figure out what kind of products you need to buy to deal with the problem. Most pest control products can be bought at a supermarket though more heavy duty products can be bought elsewhere.
If you are trying to get rid of pests in your home, you should think carefully if you have children and/or pets. Many of the chemicals that are in pesticides can be harmful to them. Get them out of the house for a few hours if you have no other choice.
Make sure that your kitchen does not have grease problems. Grease is a regular dietary staple of ants, roaches and a number of small flies. Drain flies actually breed in grease pans. So, eliminate all visible grease areas. However, also deal with invisible grease underneath stoves and your countertops.
If you see ants in your home, follow them. This should help you discover where they are getting in at. Most of the time they will find a crack or crevice near a window or the molding. Once you know where the problem is originating from, put down a little laundry detergent (assuming you don't have children or pets that can get to it) to create a temporary fix.
If you are fighting a rodent war, they love food. Meats, peanut butter and cheese all work perfectly in rodent traps. Spoiled food will also draw their interest and can serve as a good trap to catch these pests.
If your garden is filled with slugs, use beer as effective remedy. Take an aluminum pie pan into your garden and place it at soil level. Fill it with beer and sit back and watch your snail problems disappear. Snails are attracted to the beer, but cannot get back out of the pie pan.
Keep garbage away from your house. You obviously have to throw out your household trash every day, but make sure that you keep the cans as far from your house as you can. Don't forget to cover the trash cans as well. Animals will smell the garbage, and try to get into the house if they can.
Do not waste your money on bed bug bombs. Instead, get some Alpine Dust or some Phantom Aerosol and apply these products to your mattress. These non-repelling products are toxic to bed bugs and other pest but they are impossible to detect, which means the pest will not hide from it.
Washing your floors with lemon juice can give cockroaches the boot. Take the juice of 4 lemons (including the rind) and mix them in with 1/2 a gallon of water in a bucket. Then continue to mop your floors with the lemon juice. This should prove unpleasant to the roaches, and they will start to dwindle in numbers.
Knowing how to tend to this issue on your own will save you quite a bit of money over the years. It will also make it quicker and easier to get rid of them. You will not have to worry about strangers coming into your home to get rid of the other unwelcome pests you are dealing with.
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