We all know that living in Florida comes with a harsh reality. If you have a home, you will have bugs. We just live in a state that’s perfect for them. From our mild, moist winters to our brutally hot and damp summers. Coast to coast swamp, year-round sunshine, and more people than even New York state. These are all things that allow pests and parasites to flourish around us. It’s also why today we’re going to learn how to protect your Brandon home from pests.
How to protect your Brandon home from pests: Cleaning
When it comes to nonparasitic pests, nothing beats a clean house. You’ll probably still get roaches just because of the insanely small amount of food they can live off of, but not nearly in the number that you’d have if your home was filthy. From ants to roaches, to palmetto bugs. There’s no quicker way to invite them into your home than leaving out food on your counters and dishes in your sink. Also, make sure to take out your trash the second it starts to smell. You wouldn’t believe how keen a bug’s senses are.
How to protect your Brandon home from pests: Sealing It Up
If you leave no real way for them to enter your home, the hard truth is that they’ll still somehow manage it. BUT you can reduce the amount that this happens to you by using a caulking gun to fill in rotted holes, gaps around fixtures, and cracks around windows. It doesn’t take much for an insect to get in. Many homeowners get an exterior wall treatment done. This keeps bugs from crawling on exterior walls, and from gaining access to the roofline, and third story window frames.
Completing this will make sure that you leave as little wiggle room as possible for pests to enter your home.
How to protect your Brandon home: Pest Control
There’s nothing better than an experienced professional when it comes to treating your home for insects. Just make sure to go with one that uses a natural method of pest control, as chemical weed killers and pesticides have had their safety recently called into questions.
