How to prevent pests from coming in

​One of the many questions we get asked daily is, "How did they get in my house?" The answer to this is simple. Pests are smart. They are always looking for the new best place, home, or backyard to live. Sometimes it's at no fault of your own, but there are ways to help prevent these pests from getting in. 

Trimming and Pruning 

​One of the best ways to help maintain a clean and healthy environment is by pruning, hedging, and trimming bushes, trees, and plants away from the house. A lot of the time, pests love shady, wet places. The closer these areas are to your house, the better access they have to find openings into your house and make a home inside. Pruning will help contain these shady places to a smaller area and allow you to see what is hiding underneath or in them. 

Clean and Clutter-free Surfaces

​One of the most important things to always remember is that a dirty home can foster pests. Whenever we allow our homes to become dirty, with clutter and open food, we allow pests to live in our homes. Keeping a clean, organized, and disinfected area will change  this outcome. This will allow you to see if there is pests and where they are hiding. Ants, cockroaches, and more can be easily taken care of when the area they are attracted to no longer has food for them and a place to hide. 

Wherever water is pest will follow

Standing water is one of the most attractive things to pests, because like all living organisms they need water to survive. Moisture is one of main necessities for pests, many will lay their eggs there such as, mosquitos. So when you find water pooling in a certain area it's best to get this drained and dried as much as possible.