Insects and rodents can be sneaky and enter your home without you ever noticing until it\u2019s too late! Here are a few steps to take to prevent unwanted pests from entering your home.<\/p>\n
Make sure to seal and cracks or holes on the outside of the home to ensure no pests can enter! With the cooler weather leaving windows open are a great idea, as long as you have screens over them to make sure no unwanted pests are buzzing in. Read more about Pest Control Tips For The Fall Season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Keeping spaces like basements, attics, and crawl spaces dry and well ventilated will help deter unwanted pests and rodents from entering your home.<\/p>\n We commonly forget to check the roof! If there is any deteriorating wood or rotting shingles it is extremely important to replace them because insects can be drawn to them!<\/p>\n Keep tree branches and shrubbery away from touching the house. Once these plants make contact it creates an easy bridge for insects to just crawl on over.<\/p>\n The best way to store fire wood is to keep it at least 20 feet away from your home least five inches off the ground!<\/p>\n A simple trick is to make sure your trash is properly sealed in a container and disposed of regularly.<\/p>\n The weather stripping on windows should be checked each season and may need to be replaced occasionally. This will also help to reduce your electric and heating bill.<\/p>\n If you follow these tips and still see insects and rodents around your home or office call your Spartanburg exterminator, Douglas Pest Control<\/a><\/strong> at (864) 582-3684<\/strong> for your personalized treatment plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Insects and rodents can be sneaky and enter your home without you ever noticing until it\u2019s too late! Here are a few steps to take to prevent unwanted pests from entering your home. Cracks & Holes Make sure to seal and cracks or holes on the outside of the home to ensure no pests can … Continue reading Keeping Insects and Rodents Out Of Your Home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,2],"tags":[30,4,6,42,13],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bug-proofing","category-pest-control","tag-douglas-pest-control","tag-pest-control","tag-pest-control-spartanburg","tag-spartanburg-exterminator","tag-unwanted-pests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Basement & Crawl Spaces<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Roof<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Branches & Shrubbery<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Fire Wood<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Garbage<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Weather Stripping<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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