How to keep ants from invading your home
By Mary Beth Breckenridge
Akron Beacon Journal
Ants in search of food and water often find ready supplies in homes. Here are some tips from the makers of Combat pest-control products for keeping ants out of your house:
Ants often enter via tiny cracks and holes in the walls, such as the gaps around utility lines and windows. Filling those openings with caulk will block their entrance.
Keep vegetation about a foot away from the house, and avoid placing mulch close to the structure.
Fix water leaks and insulate cold pipes and appliances on which condensation develops. Ants need water, and they’ll enter your home to get it.
Don’t overwater houseplants. If the tray at the bottom of the plant fills up, empty it.
Leave pet food out only at feeding time, and store it in airtight containers.
Comments (1)
Amy · May 17, 2008 07:45 AM
You can also place cornmeal about the perimeter of your house inside. The ants will eat it and it will kill them. This is a safe, non-chemical way to rid of those pests. Also drawing a chalk line on the sidewalk in front of your house can work. Ants do not cross chalk lines.