subject: Handy Tips To Eliminate Pests Inside Your Home [print this page] Like millions of humans and house owners any where in the world, you may not like insects or pests coming inside your home, breeding, living in your kitchen and even worse - your wardrobe! Read on to discover handy tips for these pesky things and how to eliminate them!
Inside your home
Eliminating conditions in your home that appeal to pests will help reduce the attraction that brings them in! We all know how annoying pests can be in your home and even worse to get rid of. Especially if they have breed even before you notice that they exist in your home.
Keeping your home clean is in fact the number one factor that helps keep pests from invading your home.
Interior and Exterior Gaps
Although some cracks and gaps will be visible only from inside your home, check both in and out to make sure you do not miss anything. Check in, under and behind kitchen cabinets, refrigerators and stoves, as well as between the floor and wall juncture and around pipes, floor and dryer vents. Seal any gaps found, especially those of 1/4 inch or greater.
Drains
Boy do these pests love sinks and drains! Sink and floor drains often accumulate gunk and debris which can attract pests and provide an ideal breeding site, especially for small flies. Inspect and maintain all sink, tub, basement and laundry room floor drains.
Recycled Items
It is strongly recommended that you store recyclables outside and away from your home. If this is not possible, you must ensure that all containers are thoroughly rinsed and that the recycling bin has a tight-fitting lid. All recycling and trash containers should also be rodent proof and cleaned frequently to ensure these pesky pests do not gain entrance to your home.
Stored Foods
If opened bags and boxes cannot be completely closed, ensure that all of your food is most certainly placed and put into a resealable bag or plastic container to keep from attracting stored product (or "pantry") pests. If possible, eat older foods first and throw out stale foodstuffs. This is an effective and simple way to keep attractants down.
Cleanliness
The cleaner your home, the less attraction it will have for pests, the less chance a pest will have to live and breed - and the less likely it will be that you would need to go on the defense and pull out a can of bug spray or call a pest control professional.
