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July 21, 2022 · Leave a Comment

How To Keep Bugs Out of House with 5 Simple Tips

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How To Keep Bugs Out of House

Are pests a problem on your property during summer? You’re not the only one. Many homes have issues with rodents, insects, and flying creatures in the homes and gardens, but there are steps you can take to avoid the appearance of pests and ensure your home stays clean. 

Seal All Openings 

If you want to avoid insects and animals getting into your home this season, the first thing you need to attend to is the doors and windows on your property. Even when you have quality windows and doors installed, small gaps can appear in the seals and low pests into the home.

If you don’t feel confident about checking the seals yourself, you can contact a professional pest control company to look into securing your property. However, there is a lot you can do on your own; the first thing you need to do is to invest in quality screens with 200 holes per square inch. 

Dispose of Trash 

One of the reasons pests exist at all is because they see suburban properties as an easy source of food or nest material. In a way, they are entirely correct, especially when your trash is not stored and sealed properly. This aspect of pest control is as important as property openings. 

However, you still need to put your food waste outside where the rodents, ants, and roaches can smell it, so how can you treat it so that it doesn’t become a problem? Start by ensuring that your trash cans are clean, then ensure the food waste is properly sealed, and there are no spills.   

Store Food Items 

It is not only food waste outside the home that can attract pests to the property; food items inside the home can too. If you want to avoid the hygiene risks of pests on your property or the expense of a pest control service, you need to store your food items correctly in the kitchen. 

Ants, roaches, and rodents are attracted to fruits, grains, and any spills that are on the floor or the counter. At certain times of the year, you can expect the pests to waste no time smelling food spills and moving in. Always seal food and cereal in Tupperware and clean the surfaces.   

Change Outdoor Lights 

If you hadn’t noticed already, outdoor lights attract pests such as moths, flies, and other flying insects, even some that can bite. If you want to socialize outdoors during the summer months, it’s a sensible idea to change the light bulbs in your home to ones that are not pest friendly. 

As it happens, these light bulbs exist. Instead of standard mercury vapor lights in your garden area, install high-pressure sodium vapor lights or lights that have a different shade, such as pink or orange. This prevents you from having to move inside before you are ready and clean off insects.  

Clean Drains 

Another cause of pest infestation during the warmer months is not the trash cans but the drains. Most people don’t have their drains cleaned out regularly, which means they accumulate organic matter that starts to smell and attract pests. Have your drains flushed at the start of summer. 

How To Keep Bugs Out of House Tips

Maybe some of those pests have snuck their way into your home. You might be interested in reading more in this post Make Your Own Inexpensive DIY Bug Repellents & Traps

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