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Home Pest Control
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:25 pm
Hey guys! Love this board. I recently bought my first “big house”. My last home was a townhouse that I bought for $140K renovated and sold 2 years later for $230K. One of my single greatest fortunate things to have happened. It paid off my student loans and my cars. frick any millennial that says they can’t afford to buy a house because of student loans. Playing real estate was my ticket out of student loans! (Off soap box).
I live in Atlanta. I have a 3,500 square foot 3 story home. Due to my first home and a huge believer in sweat equity and doing what I can myself, I’m wondering about pest control. Is it better for me to just hire someone, or can I head on down to the Home Depot grab some chemical and treat the outside perimeter and indoor hot spots and be done with it very few months?
I do not mind doing the work. I’m cheap and frugal but if I do things myself I do spend money on stuff that works. I don’t like cheap product. I’m just a huge believer in if you want something done right do it yourself. Note, this does not apply to plumbing or electricity. I’ll pay those guys.
Also note, nothing active right now but Spring is on the way so want to be ready. Previous owners definitely paid a company.
Also any recommendations on products and tactics appreciated.
I live in Atlanta. I have a 3,500 square foot 3 story home. Due to my first home and a huge believer in sweat equity and doing what I can myself, I’m wondering about pest control. Is it better for me to just hire someone, or can I head on down to the Home Depot grab some chemical and treat the outside perimeter and indoor hot spots and be done with it very few months?
I do not mind doing the work. I’m cheap and frugal but if I do things myself I do spend money on stuff that works. I don’t like cheap product. I’m just a huge believer in if you want something done right do it yourself. Note, this does not apply to plumbing or electricity. I’ll pay those guys.
Also note, nothing active right now but Spring is on the way so want to be ready. Previous owners definitely paid a company.
Also any recommendations on products and tactics appreciated.
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 9:31 pm
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Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:31 pm to RiseUpATL
Suspend will take care of most pest.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:39 pm to bbvdd
Suspend hasn’t worked for me for the outside. Inside, it worked wonders. But for wasp and roach control outside, I’ve had very poor results with Suspend.
Lambdastar Ultracap 9.7 works great both indoors and outdoors AND kills wasps that land on treated surfaces. I treated outdoors last spring and summer with lambdastar and no wasp nests at all. This year four weeks after suspend treatments I have three nests.
A new bottle of Lambdastar arrived in the mail today. This weekend is go time.
Lambdastar Ultracap 9.7 works great both indoors and outdoors AND kills wasps that land on treated surfaces. I treated outdoors last spring and summer with lambdastar and no wasp nests at all. This year four weeks after suspend treatments I have three nests.
A new bottle of Lambdastar arrived in the mail today. This weekend is go time.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 9:47 pm to RiseUpATL
Save your money and do it yourself. Bifen IT or Talstar P inside and out. I used to pay a pest control company to do it then found out what were using and just took care of it myself.
This post was edited on 3/27/19 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 3/27/19 at 11:00 pm to RiseUpATL
I typically just spray the inside down with a can of Bengal every 6 weeks or so...anything living in there will literally stagger out and die while you are standing there.
Once in a while during the summer, if I start seeing spider webs around the windows, I mix up a sprayer of Spectracide and spray the house down.
Once in a while during the summer, if I start seeing spider webs around the windows, I mix up a sprayer of Spectracide and spray the house down.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 11:48 pm to RiseUpATL
Talstar works great in my home and it’s safe for humans and pets once it drys. Don’t broadcast spray. Spray along baseboard cracks, under the stove, and anywhere else a bug can crawl. Probably overkill but I also spray Demon on the outside border of my home and entry points. Another thing, pony up some cash and invest in a nice stainless steel pump up sprayer. The drip cutoff and controlled spray is worth every penny.
Posted on 3/27/19 at 11:55 pm to RiseUpATL
So what all are you looking to do? Interior pest? Termite? Mosquito abatement? Flea and tick? Some of the chemicals change depending on what you want to do. Also how serious do you want to get? You can use insect growth regulators under the stove and fridge. Glue traps under water sources.
I can point you in the right direction
I can point you in the right direction
This post was edited on 3/28/19 at 12:42 am
Posted on 3/28/19 at 6:30 am to ronk
So I’m just looking to do general preventative maintenance. I haven’t seen a single bug since we moved in and I’d like to keep it this way. Generally the things you have to worry about in Atlanta are ants, roaches and spiders. Garages tend to harbor a lot of spiders so I definitely want to prevents them taking over with webs and what not.
I was thinking of doing the entire outside perimeter of the house, hit the doors and windows and anywhere else a bug may find and entry point.
Flipping inside and hitting the inside of doors, behind the fridge, the baseboard underneath cabinets and in pantry. Spray inside the sink cabinet.
Put some glue traps in the attic to catch anything up there.
Hit the garage really good. For the garage I’d spray the base of the wall, all corners from floor to cieling and also hit the cieling where the wall meets. That’s where spiders love to hang out.
How’s my aim?
I was thinking of doing the entire outside perimeter of the house, hit the doors and windows and anywhere else a bug may find and entry point.
Flipping inside and hitting the inside of doors, behind the fridge, the baseboard underneath cabinets and in pantry. Spray inside the sink cabinet.
Put some glue traps in the attic to catch anything up there.
Hit the garage really good. For the garage I’d spray the base of the wall, all corners from floor to cieling and also hit the cieling where the wall meets. That’s where spiders love to hang out.
How’s my aim?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:14 am to RiseUpATL
I spread Talstar granular twice a year in the yard and Spray inside with Suspend at the same time.
I do all this with the Suspend and have zero issues with Pests.
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I was thinking of doing the entire outside perimeter of the house, hit the doors and windows and anywhere else a bug may find and entry point.
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Flipping inside and hitting the inside of doors, behind the fridge, the baseboard underneath cabinets and in pantry. Spray inside the sink cabinet.
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For the garage I’d spray the base of the wall, all corners from floor to cieling and also hit the cieling where the wall meets. That’s where spiders love to hang out.
I do all this with the Suspend and have zero issues with Pests.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 8:30 am to 4WHLN
I found that Suspend tended to lose effectiveness when stored in a hot environment, like an outside storage room. I now store it inside and have no issues
Posted on 3/28/19 at 9:01 am to RiseUpATL
Topchoice or talstar granules in the lawn and flower beds. Suspend works great but I just liquidtalstar around the doors, windows, eaves, etc. I then do the interior of the garage. The only thing that makes it inside my house is the occasional earwig.
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