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Don’t assume that you have a pest infestation because your property is not as clean as you feel it should be. There are many different reasons why some properties end up with an infestation —- such as rodents, bed bugs, carpenter ants in house, and others don’t.

When it comes to pests of this nature, you can’t afford to experiment with methods you have found online or heard about from someone else. You need to hire a roach control company and let them take care of things.

What is Pest Control?

Pest control is an important component of having a successful business, such as a restaurant or box store, but is also important in maintaining a healthy individual property such as a single-family home or duplex.

Pest control is as old as a civilization in fact some of the oldest forms of chemical control used in agriculture date back over 4,500 years. Insects comprise the largest constituent of those critters we deem to be a nuisance but they can also include many larger animals such as squirrels, raccoons, and birds.

Concerning insect infestations, the most common of these insects include bedbugs, mites, cockroaches, rodents, ants and spiders. Of the larger animals rats and mice make up the bulk of these.

 

Inspection

There are many reasons why these pests will infest a specific location but they all boil down to just three items; the location they have chosen to infest offers them food, water, and shelter.

During an inspection of the property, the things you should be aware of are locations that have standing water, that are suitable for nesting and cracks and openings that allow access into the building or home.

You want to make sure you hire the best group of professionals to handle this situation for you. It doesn’t matter where you hear about the companies you decide to contact, just be sure to learn more about what they have to offer you as far as removal and prevention services.

Find out what their reputation is around the community. You don’t want to end up hiring a company that claims to get rid of pests once and for all.

That is often a slogan many companies use when they are trying to use the emotions of a prospective customer to entice them to hire that particular company.

What you need to realize is when it comes to this kind of pest problem, there may be a need to do follow up treatments and inspections before a definitive answer can be given as to whether or not that pest is truly gone.

Look for a company that has a ton of happy customers and very little complaints.

Before you hire any roach control service, make sure you enquire about the products that are being used and how they go about the removal and protection process. There are many different chemicals and pesticides that are used by different companies.

In order to ensure that your home remains safe and habitable for your family and pets, make sure that any service you hire used products that proven and known to be safe and non-toxic to humans and pets.