Usually 2 to 4 hours or until dry. By following the recommendations on the product label or each product, you can understand how long you should stay out of your home after pest maintenance has been performed. Although not necessary for most services, a 2- to 4-hour window is generally considered best practice for some. Be sure to ask how long it will take for the products used to dry and start calculating the time period from start to finish of the vacancy, if necessary.
This is one of the most frequently asked questions we get asked, apart from questions about Houston Pest Control costs. You may be surprised at the number of customers who think that a pest control treatment lasts all day. Honestly, that's wildly exaggerated, but we understand where the misconception comes from. Many Houston residents still have this image in mind of camping an entire property and fumigating it with pesticides.
While that happens sometimes, it's for rare cases of extreme termite infestations. Houston's modern pest control services are by leaps and bounds safer, less invasive and highly convenient, while being much more effective. Everything from the equipment to the chemicals used is as advanced as ever, which has an impact on that effectiveness. Some factors will affect how long a service treatment will last and how much a service will cost.
So, we're going to dive into this, as it's a lot to cover, but we want to make sure your expectations are accurate. Now, when we perform a treatment where a client needs to have their home treated and they face an active infestation that is different. Therefore, a job like this will naturally take longer and each case varies, but usually around an hour and a half or more. As with any treatment, the actual time it takes depends on several factors.
On average, you can expect it to last at least a full 8-hour day. This is because it requires a lot of manual labor, we trench the soil around the base to the footings. Once this was done, we applied a liquid treatment called Thermidor to that ditch and then backfilled the soil. In addition to trenching, all concrete areas of the house should have an approximately 10 mm hole drilled every 8 inches apart.
Then we inject more Thermidor under the concrete that is flush with the house. It seems exaggerated, but when you consider how determined and expensive termites can be, it really is the best protection. Ensures you have a solid barrier around your home that kills termites. Also, another great example is when we get a call about bed bugs in Houston.
Bed bugs are cunning insects and can hide very well. Even in a small apartment, it can take up to two days to fix the problem. You have to disassemble the beds, dismantle the frames and other furniture to apply the treatment. We've altered their normal breeding and feeding habits, and we're looking for a new place to live; the only difference now is that pesticides are everywhere.
Combat the need to do a thorough cleaning of your home for at least a week after receiving pest control treatment. It also means much lower pesticide exposure for you and your family, as there are no continuous, often erratic, sprays of over-the-counter aerosols that can increase the chemical resistance of pests (making them more difficult to eradicate) and be hazardous to family and pet health if used unduly. Another thing homeowners should keep in mind is that unlike the pesticides of yesteryear, new products are odorless and are applied as a very fine mist only to specific surface areas. Since there are many different sprays and treatments, you should follow the instructions given to you by your pest control company.
To make sure you get the best out of your treatment, it's important that you mop the floors before performing pest control. Pesticides are not products of instant death as they used to be, in which everything is seen dead in a matter of an hour. If you have found evidence of intrusive pests, such as feces, damaged property, or exoskeletons, be sure to fill your pest exterminator to ensure areas are properly examined and evaluated. If there is a nest of 100 of them in there, pesticides will eliminate them and there will be a lot of activity.
Ants are in the process of bringing the pesticide back to their nest; altering them will interrupt their treatment. . .
