subject: Can You Exterminate Pests Without A Pest Control Man? [print this page] Since pest control can get expensive, you should ask yourself whether you can possibly handle this issue on your own and therefore save a bit of money. What you need to ask is "Can I get rid of these bugs on my own or should I hire an exterminator?"
While anyone can do just about anything, not everyone should. By this I mean that a professional exterminator is much faster than what you will be and you time, like mine is valuable. The typical home owner will take up to 100 times the amount of time that a pro would take doing the same job.
Two hours is all an expert exterminator need to protect your home properly. In this amount of time they assess the problem, mix the appropriate chemicals and BAM, your home is safe. Although they were only in your home a few hours, remember that they have spent countless hours studying to keep up with the industry.
Homeowners need to spend hours upon hours to make sure that bugs are the only things they kill when they decide to take pest control into their own hands.
Keep in mind that your bug problem in multiplying as you research for your cure.
After picking a chemical that you think will kill your bugs, now you need to find a way to spread the chemical effectively.
Here is a bit of bad news. The chemicals you have chosen aren't as strong as the ones used by the pros. So you can expect to spray your chemicals 4 times for every one time that a pest control man would come to you house.
By now, you have probably about 50 hours of your time in researching chemicals and equipment, finding and purchasing what you need and then applying the chemical four times.
Do you have that kind of spare time?
Since you don't have the practical knowledge or expertise that an exterminator does, it is probable that your extermination efforts will flop and you'll end up calling in the pros any way.
Logically, of course you CAN exterminate the bugs on your own, but is it in your bests interests to do so?
Have you every thought about making your own cheese because it tastes better and is cheaper? Well, that may be true, but I've tried making cheese and it takes a lot of time, trial and error and sometimes yucky cheese that even the dog won't eat. In the long run, I'd rather buy it than waste my time doing it wrong!
Getting rid of pests is better left to those that know what they are doing and you should stick to doing what you enjoy in your spare time.
