Sealing Off Your Home Windows from Pests
Keep unwanted guests on four or eight feet at bay by making sure that all openings of your house have no secret entrances where they can sneak in without you knowing it. Let these tips help you do the honour of reinforcing your windows in order to keep pesky critters away from your residence's interiors:
Install screens or replace old ones
This bars mosquitoes, bugs and other insects from entering through your panes. Examine whether they still fit well periodically. Don't wait until you see the likes of ants before you commit to checking your openings more regularly.
Fill the gaps
You can use latex caulk to seal the crevices forming within or under frames, sidings and deformed edging. Have a wet cloth ready which you can use to wipe off excess or stray beads.
Do weatherstripping
Before you apply the adhesive-backed material to your windows, make sure the surfaces are clean so that it will stick firmly in place and will not peel away in a short time.
Make sure that the soil and mulch from your garden is not too close to your frames or is not high up the walls where the openings are. Doing this preserves the condition of your panes and won't make it easy for pests to climb up the vertical surfaces of your home. See to it that your plants and bushes are not too tall or standing very near your residential apertures as well.
In addition, make sure that the material of which your blinds are made of do not attract insects. For example, if you live in a termite-prone area, you may consider having shutters made of plastic or some other synthetic component. If you really like the look of wood, you can get those that have textures of a similar quality or colour. To find a range of attractive coverings for the openings of your house, simply check out the products featured on this website.
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