A D.I.Y HOME TECHNIQUE:
KEEPING INSECTS OR UNWANTED PEST OUT FROM OUR HOMES
(10 minutes of informative reading)
By Mark Tan . NBW Pest Control Singapore .
By Mark Tan . NBW Pest Control Singapore .
How often do we have to deal with insects and unwanted pests scrawling through our home floors; flying across the living rooms or even scaling the walls as though professional mountaineers attempting a Mount Everest gig. Being a nuisance aside, more dire consequences like causation of structural damages to building structure/home furnishings and even the transmission of diseases could be deadly and a no laughing matter that should be taken seriously.
At NBW Pest Control Singapore, as much as we yearn to earn that extra dollar with pest control services rendered out to you and to person next to you, it’s even most important to us that everyone could; and should attempt the following simple DIY methods in keeping out insects and unwanted pests from your homes. Hence here are the 5 steps series in: Keeping Insects Or Unwanted Pests Out From Our Homes
At NBW Pest Control Singapore, as much as we yearn to earn that extra dollar with pest control services rendered out to you and to person next to you, it’s even most important to us that everyone could; and should attempt the following simple DIY methods in keeping out insects and unwanted pests from your homes. Hence here are the 5 steps series in: Keeping Insects Or Unwanted Pests Out From Our Homes
1. Locate And Identify Passageways To Pests
Common passages that allow insects or pests to come into our homes include permanent external openings like dryer vents or exhaust fans, and temporal cavities like doorways; windows and even chimney roof openings; where you still could have an option in closing up or even choose to attach an external covering like a chimney cap for example. Access points that may be more difficult to detect would be excess areas in deliberate penetrations through the walls for essential lines of the electric cables or gas pipes or even gaps and cracks in walls or connecting slabs of concrete that could provide an entry/exit point for them to filter in and out freely. Yet another frequently overlook point of entry for insects or unwanted pests are foliage; wood and leaves or etc. that have directly contacts with the exterior of your homes. That could yet be another route that spells trouble in providing an alternate highway for bugs to enter your homes.
Being a nuisance aside, more dire consequences like causation of structural damages to building structure/home furnishings and even the transmission of diseases could be deadly and a no laughing matter that should be taken seriously.
2. Eliminate Entry Points By Sealing Them Up
Now that we have identify entrances for pest to enter your homes, the next logical steps would be to have all of them closed up proper to ensure containment of population for easy removal and extermination and to prevent further migration of newer immigrants while you can deal with what is first on hand.
Openings that do come with an option to close; such as the doors and windows of a home; or external building orifices like the chimney or building air wells that comes with external caps or full awnings ; should remain closed when necessary. Non-deliberate entry/exit points like gaps or holes in walls should always be on the radar of a homeowner, for him/her to work on covering up the openings in elimination of more passages for insects and bugs to commute to and fro, hence to prevent them from flourishing.
A strong sealant with preferably industrial quality, would be suggested to use for filling up known gaps and holes in walls and visible pathways. Alternatively, acrylic caulk or polyurethane caulk could be used as an excellent filler in walls. For areas that could be large enough for rodents to pass through, we would suggest having to install steel or copper mesh within the mixture so as to have a significant hinderance for rodents to ramp through and damaging the blockage in the process.
Openings that do come with an option to close; such as the doors and windows of a home; or external building orifices like the chimney or building air wells that comes with external caps or full awnings ; should remain closed when necessary. Non-deliberate entry/exit points like gaps or holes in walls should always be on the radar of a homeowner, for him/her to work on covering up the openings in elimination of more passages for insects and bugs to commute to and fro, hence to prevent them from flourishing.
A strong sealant with preferably industrial quality, would be suggested to use for filling up known gaps and holes in walls and visible pathways. Alternatively, acrylic caulk or polyurethane caulk could be used as an excellent filler in walls. For areas that could be large enough for rodents to pass through, we would suggest having to install steel or copper mesh within the mixture so as to have a significant hinderance for rodents to ramp through and damaging the blockage in the process.
3. Removing Moisture
Just like any living organisms on earth, water is an essential need for one to survive and thrive. Insects, pests and bugs, they are no different in this aspect of survival requirement. Removal of this one thing diminishes the quality of living and rid of an important reason for them to continue linger further in that specific spot of your home, this forces an eviction of any dwellers that may be unwanted in that area.
Common areas are gutters or drains in or around your homes; keeping them washed cleaned and drained properly would be paramount in depleting any water source for unwanted pests. Plumbing or water source leaks are also a common place in inviting more living organisms for dependence like a dripping water hose or even a faulty leaking sink trap that is accumulating moisture under the kitchen cabinet. Regular checks and maintenance are necessary to ensure all important precautions and safe guards are in place for any serious home owners bend on keeping pests out of their homes.
Common areas are gutters or drains in or around your homes; keeping them washed cleaned and drained properly would be paramount in depleting any water source for unwanted pests. Plumbing or water source leaks are also a common place in inviting more living organisms for dependence like a dripping water hose or even a faulty leaking sink trap that is accumulating moisture under the kitchen cabinet. Regular checks and maintenance are necessary to ensure all important precautions and safe guards are in place for any serious home owners bend on keeping pests out of their homes.
4. Eliminating Food Sources
Coming right up on the list of essentials for survival of bugs would be food. Rodents thrive off feeding scraps left in untied or loosely tied rubbish bags strewn across the back yard; cockroaches wake up earlier than you and I to feed on leftovers in the bins or food scraps that are littered across the floor; and the ants would then join in the fun, feeding off any uncovered food left exposed wide on the pantry table. The party appears to have just begun.
A descriptive narration, yet no far less from what is the truth that fuels the livelihood of the pests we have been wanting to rid from our homes. That said, removal of food sources is definitely an extremely important factor that we have to keep in mind if you are serious in to keeping out unwanted pests/insects from your homes permanently.
A descriptive narration, yet no far less from what is the truth that fuels the livelihood of the pests we have been wanting to rid from our homes. That said, removal of food sources is definitely an extremely important factor that we have to keep in mind if you are serious in to keeping out unwanted pests/insects from your homes permanently.
5. Removal Of Unwanted Clutter
Last but not the least, the removal of unwanted clutter is absolutely critical in completion of the good work we have done in the earlier four steps in making our homes a less than desired experience; and much less comfortable place of residence to the unwanted pests and bugs. Untidiness is undoubtedly an important factor for consideration in the home hunting process for insects and unwanted home pests alike.
By keeping the house area and its surroundings free of unwanted clutter, we would be able to ensure that there are no shelters; no privacy; nothing on their overheads to give the bugs a reassuring protection in find themselves a place they could call home. It is almost like a final last piece of nail that’s used to drive into the coffin of the uninvited guests and sending them out on their way.
By keeping the house area and its surroundings free of unwanted clutter, we would be able to ensure that there are no shelters; no privacy; nothing on their overheads to give the bugs a reassuring protection in find themselves a place they could call home. It is almost like a final last piece of nail that’s used to drive into the coffin of the uninvited guests and sending them out on their way.
In Conclusion
Keeping the faith in practicing the above five steps religiously should ensure no further pest infestation of any form from taking root in your homes. They could also well compel any existing inhabitants of your house surroundings to forcefully uproot and seek newer and better pastures when they find themselves constantly being starved off from even their most basic necessities.
