How to keep your house Ant free!

Ants are one of those problems that the householder can sometimes resolve for themselves at little or no expense.

Ants do not break into your property to admire the décor,  or to shelter from the weather.  They are there for one thing, and one thing only.

Your food!

Ants are highly attracted to spilled food,  especially sugars and sweet liquids.   The tiniest trace can attract them from great distances.

Ants always come for a reason!

Last year we attended a property in Surrey with a mysterious ant invasion in  third floor bedroom.   The bedroom belonged to an eight year old boy, and his Mum insisted that he was not allowed to have food in his room.

There must, she insisted,  be some other reason for the stream of ant ‘troops’  that were scaling the walls of the house to stream through the open window.

Once ‘Mum’ was persuaded to have a search of the chest of drawers to which the ants were particularly attracted,  the reason for their expedition was uncovered.

A small secret stash of chocolate,  in a drawer,  was all it took.

Whilst some ‘ant invasions’ are harder to deal with than others,  in many cases,  storing food in airtight containers and an hour spent with a mop and some cloths,  can save you the cost of a pest control visit.

Getting help

If your ant problem does not respond to removing the food source that is attracting them,  or if your problem is severe,  or if you simply want some help in dealing with these little pests,

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Then give us a call on

01428 714031

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