Handling Bugs Indoors and Outdoors When You’re Remodeling
Have you considered renovating or updating things around your home or office? Do you have exterior landscaping and remodeling plans for 2014?
Don’t let bugs derail your plans! When you’re taking on a renovation or reworking the landscape you’re much more susceptible to an infestation. Here’s how to handle bugs indoors and outdoors so insects don’t move in while you’re remodeling.
How to Handle Bugs Indoors During Home Renovation Projects
Finish Projects Up Quickly
The longer things are left undone the better chance bugs have to invade your home. There are more things they can hide around and under, more access points can be left open and less order can lead to you missing the signs of an infestation until it’s too late.
Don’t Leave Loose Ends
When you don’t double check to make sure all holes are plugged, abandoned pipes are sealed off, etc. bugs are afforded the opportunity to set up shop in your home or business.
Understand That the Changes Can Give Bugs and Rodents New Places to Hide
Bugs are highly adaptable creatures that are always looking for a way to take advantage of a situation. Home or office renovations, and particularly additions, will give them new opportunities for finding hideouts. Talk to a pest control company for advice on what to look out for after a particular project is finished.
Don’t Leave Doors Opened Long
Have you ever heard the saying ‘Were you raised in a barn?’ whenever someone leaves a door open? Well, barns are full of bugs. When people are going in and out of the home or leaving the doors propped open during renovations the bugs might also be coming right in.
How to Handle Bugs Outdoors During Renovation Projects
Professional Treatment Can Keep Things Under Control
Having a professional pest control treatment done around the perimeter of the home prior to starting a renovation project can help to keep bugs away. It’s a precautionary step that can pay off big by not only getting rid of pests that are already present but also discouraging them from getting near your home.
Inspect the Exterior
Before starting your project and after it’s finished go around the exterior of your home and look for entry points that bugs could use to get into your home or office. Remember, things may change after the renovations so the follow up check is even more important than the one prior to starting the project.
Install Screens
During your inspection make note of places that need to be screened off. Add this side project to the to-do list to keep bugs out during the renovations and after.
Be Wary of the Types of Bugs New Plants Will Attract
Plants are bug magnets, but the type of bugs they attract depends on the plant. Some bugs are desirable, like butterflies, while others are anything but. Before changing up your landscape do a little research to discover what types of bugs may flock to your new additions.
Keep an Eye on Disturbed Earth – especially around your foundation
Lots of squiggly creepy crawlies could be leading happy existences just beneath the surface of your yard. As soon as you start a landscaping project or add on an addition like a deck things can get dug up, including bugs that now need to find a new home. Be very careful when digging around the house, garage, shed or any other structure, and check regularly for signs of insect activity.
Renovations are meant to improve your home or office, but if you’re not careful it can also improve the living situation of thousands of bugs. Taking the proper precautions before, during and after you make improvements will ensure that you’re the only one benefiting from the upgrades.
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