If left untended, your lawn, garden, and outbuildings can be a giant playground for rodents and other pests, attracting them to your property and leading them closer and closer to your home. Eliminate as many potential hiding or nesting places as possible – pests are on the lookout year-round for a safe place to reside, preferably with easy access to food and water.
Once you’ve eliminated the exterior elements that might attract pests to the surroundings of your home, create a barrier to seal off any potential entry points to the structure. Regularly inspect the exterior of your home, checking for gaps, holes, and crevices that pests might be able to slip through. It’s important that any openings be sealed quickly and properly to prevent pests from invading the interior. Pay special attention to the seals around windows, doors, and any cables or piping running from the exterior into the home. Attention to detail and making these small repairs will go a long way to creating a strong barrier that will keep your home free from pests.
If pests do manage to make it through the exterior, across the barrier, and into your home, it’s important that the interior is as unattractive as possible to keep them from bringing along their little friends and multiplying their families.
Pests are all around us, and pest control is a routine and important part of homeownership. These three keys will help keep your Visalia home free of pests - but consider hiring a professional if you’re ready to take your level of home maintenance to the next level. With their experience, knowledge, consistent monitoring, and preventative treatments, a pest control professional can step in to carry the burden of preventing and treating infestations. Call San Joaquin Pest Control to work with a caring team that’s ready to help protect your home from pests.