PEST CONTROL ARTICLES
How to deal with pest infestations in a restaurant – hire the right professionals
If your restaurant is famous for its delicacies, then human patrons are not the only people who’ll come knocking on your doors. Food attracts pests. Be it good food or stale food or even the accidentally spilled beverage. As a restaurant owner or manager, one of the biggest and constant challenges is to keep pests…
Removing silverfish from your home
There’s something about Silverfish that makes them an unbearable sight. Yes. They are harmless. But they are also slimy and downright disgusting. They feed on everything starchy, which includes books, dead skin (eww) and live in dark and moist places in your home that you never knew about. If you are pulling your hair out…
Modern chemical treatments for pest control are safe and work
For many years, pest control meant the nonchalant use of insecticides and rodenticides to control infestations even in residential areas. Use of chemicals like chlorpyrifos and diazinon were rampant. Incidentally, both these chemicals were banned in 2001 by the EPA as Carcinogens. Today, however, due to increased awareness, use of dangerous chemicals in pest…
How Heat Treatment for pest control works
Despite being aware of the potential health hazards caused by roaches, mosquitoes and rodents, families are beginning to shy away from using traditional pest control methods due to the more severe health effects of pesticide exposure. Let’s face it. Nobody likes bug infestations. But would you risk exposing your children to chemicals that can affect…
How to keep your kids safe from mosquitos and other pests
Parents make a conscious and continual effort to safeguard the health of their children. Medications are locked away. Harsh chemicals are kept out of reach. The house is baby-proofed. But what about the pests and bugs which can invade your home potentially exposing your children to dangerous diseases? In recent times, there has been a…
Keeping your Vancouver properties mosquito free
Spring in Vancouver has been witnessing record setting cold rainy days. Along with forcing the coats and the mittens out of the wardrobe, it is also bringing mosquitos into homes in impossibly huge numbers. And some of them are newer species which were previously unseen. One of the reasons for this sudden surge in…
5 Signs that you may have bed bugs
Your last vacation was a dream come true. The family enjoyed an extended stay in the warm Bahamas and are just home getting back into the routine. And after a few weeks, you are waking up each night feeling that something is amiss. You can see red bite marks on your body and that’s when…
Hiring an expert to remove rodents from your Vancouver property
If merely thinking of a rat problem makes your skin crawl, then how would you react if you were to know that these annoyingly persistent creatures are renting out your space for the winter or even year round? A rodent problem is more serious than it appears. Recently, a woman in Alberta died after she…
Avoiding termite infestation in Vancouver
Vancouver residents are waking up to early signs of bug infestations this year. And the worst kind of these tiny critters are not even visible until there’s a full blown infestation in the house. We are talking about termites. Termites are the kind of pest that you do not want in your home. With a…
How to Keep Your Vancouver Home Free of Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are one of the more maddening pests that could enter your home. Nobody wants to lay down for a good night’s rest and end up covered in bites. Contrary to popular belief, having bed bugs does not mean you are an unclean person since they are drawn equally to all people without prejudice.…