Owning
a home is expensive, we all know it. If it is not a minor repair, it is a major
repair. Maintenance on a home is year round, and pest control around the house
should be done year round as well. Fortunately, doing a general pest treatment
around your home is easy and very inexpensive. A basic pest control treatment
around the house typically includes a perimeter spray of both the inside and
outside of the house.
Before you begin to
treat the home you will want to make sure you have all of the necessary tools.
These things include but are not limited to: an insecticide concentrate, one or
two gallon pump-up hand sprayer and personal
protective equipment which is typically, a mask, gloves and protective eye wear Next, make sure you have pump
up sprayer to apply an insecticide with. If throughout the year, you also
use your sprayer to use herbicides such as round up or a broad leaf weed killer,
we recommend owning two sprayers and keeping one for herbicides and the other
for insecticides so that any residue left in the tanks does not accidentally get
sprayed in an area you would not want it to. Once you have all the necessary
equipment to perform a general pest treatment around your home, you will want
to select the insecticide that is best suited for your needs. While the end
results of the chemicals are all very similar, they all have slight differences
that you will want to take into consideration when making a decision. For
instance a product like Viper has a great knockdown but also a strong odor. D-Fense
SC has no odor and great residual, but the initial knockdown is not as fast as
Viper. Once you have determined what you are looking for in an insecticide, you
will want to look over the labels of each product to ensure that it lists the
particular types of insects you want to kill. Most general insecticides cover the
basic list of pests that are likely to enter your house; we refer to these
insects as occasional invaders.
Okay, so you have
ordered your chemical and necessary equipment, and thanks to Solutions Stores, it
arrived in just two or three days, what is next? Before you begin spraying,
examine the product label again and determine the proper amount of chemical to
mix with a gallon of water. To mix the product best, we suggest pouring half of
the water in your sprayer then add the chemical followed by the remainder of
the water. Once the lid is on, shake thoroughly. Beginning with the outside of
the house, spray approximately six inches up on your house and six inches out
from your house on the ground; this creates a 1 foot wide barrier from any
invading pests. Also, spray around any door or window frame as well as any weep
holes your home may have. On the inside simply spray all cracks, crevices and
baseboards. An even coating is all that is needed. After all the spraying is
done, stay away from any treated areas until the chemical has had enough time
to dry. All in all, the spraying should not take any longer than an hour and
can potentially protect your home for as long as three months from occasional
invaders. Owning a home is expensive, doing your own pest control is not!
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