How To Optimize Your Home Pest Control Services

Are you frustrated with your current pest control provider but aren’t confident you’ll get better results with another company? We understand. It’s hard not to be critical when you’re still seeing ants in the kitchen, hearing rodents in the attic, and watching other pests crawling around your home and yard when you’ve hired professionals to do the job for you. Here at Getem, we receive a lot of service inquiries from concerned homeowners who are unhappy with the status quo, and we sympathize. In this article, we’ll look at why pest control services fail, how Hampton Roads property owners can rely on our local team to eliminate insects and rodents and explain how simple actions such as cleaning your grill and picking up your yard will optimize our services. 

Why professional pest control falls short…sometimes 

Why isn’t your pest control working? Unfortunately, there are several reasons why homeowners don’t achieve the results they want, including but not limited to: 

• The initial inspection was not thorough, and pest problems were missed.
• Ineffective treatments or incomplete application of products.
• Improper placement of traps and bait stations.
• Potential entry points not addressed.
• Inadequate technician training.
• Poor communication between provider and client. 

How Getem Services ensures results 

At Getem Services, we offer home pest control services that deliver results in Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and throughout the Hampton Roads region. Our year-round plan is designed to eliminate the pests we encounter during our initial inspection and service and prevent insects and rodents from returning. How do we accomplish this? We’re glad you asked! During each quarterly service, one of our highly trained and fully licensed pest control specialists will:

• Complete an exterior pest treatment that creates a barrier of protection around the house's perimeter.
• Provide an interior pest treatment, if necessary.
• Knock down spider webs and wasp nests (up to one story)
• Maintain bait stations if they were installed during the initial service. 

If homeowners notice covered pests on their property between services, they can call our office, and we’ll send someone back to re-treat at no additional charge! 

Tips to optimize your home pest control service 

While ongoing professional pest control treatments are highly effective at managing and preventing infestations, homeowners can significantly enhance these efforts by implementing some common-sense practices. Here are a few simple ways you can optimize your home pest control service:

• Trim branches away from the side of the house and the roofline.
• Remove birdfeeders or move them several feet away from your house.
• Clean out gutters and make repairs where they are needed.
• Repair screens, weatherstripping, and sweeps.
• Make sure vents are protected.
• Trim grass, shrubs, and other vegetation to manage humidity.
• Address standing water near your home.
• Seal openings around pipes and utilities and other cracks, gaps, or holes on the exterior.
• Get your trash to the curb weekly and wash down any dirty containers.
• Keep your exterior trash cans closed, and do not let trash pile up around them.
• Regularly clean your grease and food debris off your grill.
• Remove junk piles and other clutter in your yard.
• Keep the interior of your home clean to avoid attractants that lure pests indoors.
• Keep exterior lights off at night or install insect-deterring yellow lighting.
• Fix plumbing problems.
• Address the damp crawl space. 

Steps like these help to increase your success. While we do most of the work, pest management is a team effort.

Switching pest control companies?

Is it time to switch? If you're not getting the desired results with your current pest control company, we’d love the opportunity to help. Our locally owned and family-operated pest control company has been helping Hampton Roads residents since 1922. You can count on our team of experienced pest control professionals to communicate clearly and apply the correct solution to your pest problem(s). Reach out today for more information about our residential plan or request a quote below.