Preparation & Aftercare

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Home prep work is essential because it directly impacts how effectively, safely, and quickly a pest control company can eliminate insects or rodents from your living space. Without proper preparation, treatments may fail, pests could return, and chemical exposure risks increase.

RODENTS

The first thing to do if you have rodent activity, is sanitize your home. Be sure that food and water are not easily available to the rodent. This means cleaning regularly, keeping trash in sealed trash bins and taking it out every day, and putting away pet food and water. 

. ROACHES

Sanitation is the important first step to getting rid of roaches. Roach killing products will be rendered ineffective or minimally effective if this is not done initially prior to treatment. Perform a thorough cleansing of your home, especially in your kitchen. Make sure to wipe up and eliminate food particles, grease and water that roaches will like to feed on. Clean behind and under appliances and declutter your home as much as you can. Do not leave dirty dishes in the sink overnight. Make sure all dishes are washed, dried and put away and sinks are empty and totally dry.

FLEAS

Before beginning indoor flea treatment, it's important to prepare your home for the chemical application of products. For this step, you will only need a vacuum. The vacuum will suck up fleas, eggs, larvae, and pupae and provide you with immediate control of fleas. It will also generate heat that will make the fleas in the pupal stage exit prematurely, shedding their protective skin, and leaving them defenseless when you apply treatment. To best prepare your home for the flea treatment, clear all surfaces of loose items such as magazines, toys, and pet beds. Identify the “hot spots” that pets visit most often, and vacuum there. Vacuum all flooring, paying special attention to the cracks in woods and tiles and where the two different types of flooring meet. Vacuum under furniture, under cushions of upholstery, under beds, and chairs, etc. Remember to empty out the vacuum bag outside when you are done.

And finally, remember to wash or dispose of the pet’s bedding. 

BED BUGS

Before breaking out the chemical bed bug treatments for getting rid of Bed Bugs, you should first prep the room for treatment. This involves vacuuming up the majority of the Bed Bugs you can visibly see. You will want to use either a bagged vacuum or a canister vacuum (clean and sanitize immediately after).

Use a crevice attachment to vacuum up Bed Bugs in the folds of your mattress, and bed frame. Vacuum the box spring and remove the netting to vacuum inside.

Disassembling furniture is also recommended along with drying all clothing and quarantining clothing from the area by placing them in bags. You should also collect all the infested items such as bedding, pillowcases, covers, linens, clothing and all cloth materials found in infested beds or rooms. Place the items in plastic bags and dry them on high heat (above 120 degrees Fahrenheit) to eliminate Bed Bugs. If there are some items you can not wash, leave them in the plastic bags and put them in storage for at least a year. Vacuum the whole room, including carpeting, furniture, and curtains. Use the tools to disassemble the furniture and bed frames and vacuum the now exposed joints.

ANTS

For indoor infestations, make sure that you clean and sanitize your cupboards inside and out. Also, after you have finished cooking, make sure you sweep or vacuum all of the food that may have spilled on the floor. While it's a minor inconvenience, food scavenging is one of the main reasons ants enter your home in the first place, and if you remove the food, you remove their motive, maintain a cleaning schedule to keep food crumbs and food supplies away from ants (pick up pet food every night, clean dishes, maintain food supplies locked tight in plastic containers.

Practice proper sanitation. Most pests indoors are either looking for food or water. By preventing those sources from being readily available you will cut them off at the source. This means cleaning up crumbs, oils, and other organic matter as well as regularly removing trash and making sure things being brought into the structure (food, furniture, clothing, electronics, etc) do not have active infestations. 

Also remember, sometimes we bring in pests from our social activities. We will get the pests gone. Assurance guaranteed!

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