November 8th, 2009
mjhtsch2007 asked: For years we have struggled with bats in our house. We have spent money for a professional pest control company to come in and the bats where back the next year. The final straw now is the smell that is coming from our back bathroom, we think it is from the bats. Please help us!
Todd
Tags: Bats, Final Straw, Money, Pest Control Company, Professional Pest Control
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October 29th, 2009
kiarash asked: I need to know more about the methods that are recently fashionable…
Please introduce articles or guide me where and how to search.
Janet
Tags: Biological Control Of Pests, Plants
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October 28th, 2009
jasonmatty1 asked: Any safe but effective pest control products? Recently have cleaned this house that was in a very nasty state not too long ago. I need a good way to keep these bugs out. Thanks in advance.
Deborah
Tags: Bugs, Effective Pest Control, Fridge Freezer, Pest Control Products, Thanks In Advance
Posted in Cleaning & Laundry | Comments Off
October 27th, 2009
gc27858 asked: The pest control company told me I have excessive moisture under the house. He wants to charge me $550 to lay the moisture barrier down. Is this something I can do myself? Would 4 mil thickness work? Does it matter if I go with black or clear? Do I just lay it out flat or does it have to be tacked down somehow? Does the moisture meter detect less moisture instantly after the moisture barrier is installed? The quoted price seems extremely excessive. I would rather pay the $40 for the plastic and another $100 for a new WDIR from another company. Is there any hidden value that I am missing?
Sara
Tags: Excessive Moisture, Mil Thickness, Moisture Barrier, Moisture Meter, Pest Control Company
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October 25th, 2009
kips55 asked: We have an old house with a crawl space and we think they are coming from down there. We had Pest control spray for ants but they are still coming and still getting worse. Please help.
Elizabeth
Tags: Control, Crawl Space, Pest Control, Rid Ants, Sugar Ants
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October 25th, 2009
krishna1027 asked: What’s the best home-made way to kill cockroaches?
Ok…so I live in an apt where the management has decided to completely ignore the fact that my building is in DESPERATE need of an exterminator. I tried using Raid, live traps, sticky traps…basically everything in the “pest control” section of the store. Nothing worked–the little buggers came back with a vengeance.
Is there a cheap (cuz i’m so sick and tired of spending money to kill these little critters), pet-friendly (i have a dog), home-made way to kill these annoying things?!!
I cannot chaulk or seal up the holes in which they come from since my management has specified that I am not to do as such. So, i need something that I can do pretty much every week until they all die miserable deaths.
HELP ME!
Lillian
Tags: Annoying Things, Cockroaches, Control, Control Section, Cuz, Deaths, Desperate Need, Exterminator, Holes, Little Buggers, Live Traps, Seal, Spending Money, Sticky Traps, Vengeance
Posted in Other - Home & Garden | Comments Off
October 14th, 2009
molly asked: I have found a few of these critters in different areas of the house recently and wonder if anyone knows of a good do-it-yourself pest control for silverfish.
Daniel
Tags: Critters, Getting Rid Of Silverfish, Pest Control
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October 9th, 2009
niupt2k asked: We noticed that we have carpenter ants in a wood beam of our home on the outside. We were hoping that this would be resolved with one pest control application, but Orkin wants to set up a quarterly application plan, which entails a lot more money. What is the typical application procedure, and do we really need the “quarterly plan?” I appreciate your input in advance.
Joe
Tags: Ant Problem, Application Plan, Application Procedure, Carpenter Ant, Carpenter Ants, Control Application, Lot, Money, Pest Control, Quarterly Plan, Typical Application, Wood Beam
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October 7th, 2009
Lakshmi Narayana C asked: I found bed bugs in my apt. I have informed leasing office people about it.And they had sent a professional to inspect that.He confirmed them there are bed bugs.
Now the leasing office people are saying I need to pay $300 for the expenses to remove the the bed bugs from my apt.
I stay in Houston. TX. Under the law who should pay for the expenses of pest control in Texas.
Tanya
Tags: Apat, Bed Bug, Bed Bugs, Houston Tx, Leasing Office, Pest Control
Posted in Renting & Real Estate | Comments Off
October 5th, 2009
prkswllflwr asked: A few weeks ago, we heard something scuttling in our apartment. Now, whatever it was is definitely DEAD and it absolutely stinks. But we can’t find it..it must be a rat or a mouse. How can we go about finding it so we can get rid of it?
If we must call a pest control company to find it, how much money does that usually run?
Thanks for your help.
We have a puppy, but she doesn’t even seem to notice the smell.
Wanda
Tags: Apartment, Find Money, How Much Money, Pest Control Company, Puppy, Rat, Rodent, Thanks For Your Help
Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY) | Comments Off