October’s Home Tips and Trends

October 2, 2008 by Pam Salls  

Here’s another reason to plug holes, stop gaps and otherwise winterize your home; pests that get in can be just as expensive as heat that gets out!

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) says the last thing you want in your home for the holidays are the kind of unwanted guests that turn out to be real creeps!

Roaches can trigger asthma.  Mice can gnaw through electrical wires and insulation.  So can rats.  All three will get into your pantry.  Unfortunately, just as you want to stay inside where the warmth is delightful, so do vermin.  During the winter, rodents such as house mice become one of the most common invaders and can cause serious property damage in and around the home.  Mice can squeeze through spaces as small as a nickel.

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