5 Ways to Keep Your Home Insect Free

Bugs are tolerable, in my opinion, but the second they're in my house, they lose that tolerability. Here's some ways to make sure your home remains insect free.




There’s nothing worse than discovering that you have an infestation problem in your home. It can bring bacteria and diseases and can sometimes be very difficult to manage. This is why it’s so important that you take the necessary preventative measures in order to make sure that you don’t give the pest the chance to enter your home to begin with.

This is why we’ve compiled a list of the 5 most effective ways of keeping your home insect free.


Start With The Outdoors

The best way to control and eliminate the hassle of having pests and insects in your home is to take the issue from the source, which is from the outdoors. Start out by always keeping the shrubbery trimmed and your garden clean. Weeds and dead plants attract all kinds of bugs and pests. If you want to ensure that mosquitoes and other bugs stay away from your outdoor area, then check these reviews out to find the best kind of fogger available. Foggers contain a cocktail of chemicals that keep bugs away. You’ll want to do this if the situation in your outdoor area is in dire need of attention.

Leave No Room For Entry

The next step you want to take is to inspect every single inch of your house, especially by the walls and in the corners, and by any kind of outlet such as plumbing or electrical outlets to check if there are any kinds of small holes that give pests and rodents a chance to enter. Make sure that they’re all sealed entirely. You also want to do the same for the window sills and check the bottom and the frame of all the doors in your house.

Turn To The Professionals

Even if you don’t have an infestation problem and want to take preventative measures, it’s always a good idea to get in touch with the professionals. Find a reputable company in your area that specializes in pest and rodent control, and have them come to your house at least every once in a while to do a complete run-down of your whole home, from top to bottom. They will also be able to provide you with advice on what you need to do to keep the bugs away.

Use Natural Ingredients

You’ll be surprised to know that you already have a ton of ingredients in your kitchen that can effectively keep insects away. Do a bit of research online and you’ll find that a number of spices go a long way in keeping the pests away. These are particularly useful if you have children and pests and don’t want to risk having chemicals or traps used in the house in case it might be harmful to them. From coffee to apple cider vinegar to essential oils and fresh herbs, there are a multitude of options available that specialize in keeping away all kinds of pests.

Clean Regularly

You probably already do this, but there’s a certain way to keep certain areas in your house clean that will keep the bugs away. Pay attention to dark areas such as the attic, basement, or even inside the shelves and behind the sink. Darkness and dampness is an open invitation to all kinds of insects. So it’s important that you regularly clean out these areas to ensure that they’re clean and dry. Also keep cleaning items by every area that is known to get dirty easily. Counters where you know there will be crumbs and in the bathroom are examples of where you need to keep cleaning items and notify all the members of the family so that they get into the habit of keeping these surfaces and areas clean.


Taking preventative measures to keep insects away is something that you should take on before you even begin to doubt that there may be a problem, because the chances are, there are insects outside waiting to get in and feast on the things in your house! So don’t want until you have a problem, take the tips provided and utilize them and stick to them so that you can ensure that you don’t have to deal with any drastic infestation problems or annoying insect bites.

Keeping your home clean is the number one priority. Paired along with the rest of the tips provided here, you’re bound to have a full proof approach to keeping all kinds of pests and insects away and prevent them from ever entering your home. Always remember that you need to tackle the problem from the outdoors and then work your way indoors.

Penniless Parenting

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