Paul Watson
How do you keep your house free from pests? What is the best way to prevent pest attacks? Perhaps the most common question that every homeowner needs an answer to.
In fact, the best way to control pests is to prevent them from coming into your home. Below are some necessary precautions to prevent pests from coming into your home. Let’s find out together!
Clean the house regularly
Most pests come into the house because they are attracted and comfortable to live in a dirty and unhygienic environment. Therefore, cleaning the house regularly is the best way to prevent pest attacks in the house.
Any food scraps that fall and spilled sugary drinks on the floor no doubt attract pests such as cockroaches or ants to flock to them.
Therefore, cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, and dusting are certainly the easiest things you can do to keep your house clean and pest-free.
Repair all leaky pipes
You know, if the problem of leaking pipes and pests have similarities that you never imagined before? Leaking pipes in homes are the main cause of many pest attacks. Leaky pipes offer a necessary source of water for pests such as rats, ants and cockroaches.
On the other hand, termites and leaky pipes are closely related because termites prefer to live in a humid environment. Be sure to repair all leaking pipes in the house and actively monitor for any erosion or leaks.
Cover all cracks, cracks and holes
Every crevice, crack and hole provides a point for pests to enter. Even the smallest cracks can create access for pests with flexible bodies like rats. Ants, cockroaches, bed bugs and mice only need a gap or hole as small as 1 cm to get into your home!
Therefore always remember to seal all cracks and holes by using putty to seal any joints or plaster, as well as patching holes in walls and concrete.
Dispose of trash properly
Managing waste bins properly is the most important part of keeping pests away from your home. Garbage can attract some pests such as cockroaches, mice and flies to come.
Investing in a trash can that is durable and equipped with a lid, is not only effective in preventing the smell of garbage but also one way to prevent pests from sneaking into the trash to find food sources.
You should also regularly take out the trash and avoid leaving it in the house overnight. By cleaning it regularly, the trash can will become a less attractive place for pests to congregate.
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Store food safely and properly
The place where there are food raw materials that are stored and processed must be completely free of pests! Kitchens and pantry are two places where pests like ants and cockroaches often take refuge to find their food source.
Make sure you don’t leave any food behind and keep it in a safe and tightly closed food box, thus stopping the movement of cockroaches and ants from coming near your food.
Installing mosquito nets or screens
As one of the simplest but most effective pest control tools, mosquito nets or screens can help prevent mosquitoes from entering through windows.
It may not require a large investment to install mosquito nets, but mosquito control is still needed to eradicate the mosquito population in the room.
Wash bed sheets regularly
Washing sheets and pillowcases regularly is not only a matter of appearance, it can also help kill any animal bed bugs or mites that may be left on the sheets.
Washing and drying bed linens at the hottest temperature (117 – 120 fahrenheit) will help to stop the recurrence of bed bug infestations.
