How 2 eradicate carpenter ants?
Question:my bathtub fills with em every morning n i drown n drain em
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If the carpenter ant nest is inside the home, a wall injection treatment using a good flushing agent will allow the technician to locate and eliminate the nest on the first day of the treatment. Unfortunately, many nests are also located outside the home so it is also important to include a perimeter treatment when necessary.Carpenter ants are difficult to control hence you need to seek help of a technician.
We have/had them this year and have had to get an exterminator. They can cause serious damage to your house.
put some ant traps in at night also try to fill up the holes where they come in.
From a former Terminix technician: Carpenter ants usually prefer to make a nest near a water source, such as inside the wall under a kitchen sink. The water source here is condensation on pipes. Not much to you & me but plenty of water for an ant.
So, you can do this job much more cheaply than hiring one of those expensive professionals. You will need to purchase some appropriate chemicals - try going to doyourownpestcontrol.com for aerosol products. Once they arrive, drill a 1/8 inch hole about every 16 inches in the suspect area (may not necessarily be under or near a sink) and using the spray tube which comes with the product, instert it through the holes and spray away... about 10 seconds per hole.
Next you want to see if they're coming from somewhere in the yard. I've literally followed a line of ants for up to 100 yards from the house! The key is to find and destroy the nest. Once you locate the nest (mound) , a good home remedy is to poke several holes down into it as deeply as you can. A fireplace poker works great for this. Next, saturate the nest with kerosine (a gallon or two). Finally, cover the area with plastic and leave it covered for a few days.
Don't worry, the whole process is not nearly as complicated as it may sound. Follow the ants, find the nest and destroy it. If you can't find an exterior source, it may be necessary to treat the inside area more than once.
In extreem cases one literally needs to open a wall up to gain adequate acess to the nest. I hope yours is not an extreem case. Good Luck.
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