With spring just around the corner, you might feel the urge to start cleaning up your home and contacting your Spartanburg exterminator. This is known as the spring cleaning bug. A sudden urge to rid yourself of the clutters of winter. This often includes packing up your seasonal clothing and tucking it away in the basement, attic or garage. Catching the cleaning bug is no reason to catch other bugs or unwanted pests! Unfortunately, there’s a chance they have tucked themselves away in your previously packed spring clothing. So let’s take a look at how you can safe guard your house from unwanted pests as the season changes!

Step One

Pack up everything you don’t want out. It’s time for winter jackets and hats and mittens to get packed up in the basement. While you’re doing this, make sure to shake everything off, checking for unwanted pests. You don’t want to pack them up with your clothing. With that being said, do the same thing when you’re unpacking your spring clothing. If you use cardboard boxes for storage, you’ll want to triple check for the possibility of still hibernating unwanted pests. They tend to store themselves away in the warmth of your boxes. A good way to prevent this is by using the clear plastic storage containers. They have air-tight seals, plus the transparency can help you see what’s in the box. This prevents you from having to open them up to check what’s inside. Every time you open a box, you risk letting unwanted pests in.

Step Two

Thoroughly check all entry points into your home. This includes the windows and doors. You likely checked all of the seals before the winter season began. But, winter could have been cruel to the seals, causing them to peel. You want to check again. This prevents unknown access points for unwanted pests. Efficient seals are a good way to ensure pest control. Also, you’ll want to make sure your doors stay closed. Even though the weather is nice and you want them wide open.

Step Three

As you’re clearing out the clutter, make note of the highly-trafficked areas in your home. Why? This will help you to know which areas you have to maintain throughout the warmer seasons. Especially when it comes to food. Now, food is the biggest attraction to unwanted pests. Crumbs on the floor can often encourage bugs, who have a much higher sense of smell than human beings. We may not notice the food, but they will. Ants are particularly bad during the warmer seasons. Remind your family that it’s important to clean up food-related messes right away. Liquids, too. If you’re cooking and something falls on the floor, don’t wait to tidy up! You’re bound to forget to do it later. Take care of it as it happens.

Step Four

Practice awareness! The best method of pest control is awareness. So stay informed about the possible pest control problems in your area. Take preventative actions if you’re worried. If you notice signs of a pest problem, don’t wait to get it taken care of! Pest control problems can spread fast.

Read more on Spring Cleaning Tips To Keep Bugs At Bay and contact Gotta Bug Call Doug, your Spartanburg exterminator and pest control at 864-582-3684 for a comprehensive treatment plan for your home or office.