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Title: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 07:50:55
I've got ants in the cavity walls, and have had to put sellotape along the edge of the carpet to stop the little b*gg**s getting into the house.
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: MikeDundee on 14 July 2007, 07:58:08
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I've got ants in the cavity walls, and have had to put sellotape along the edge of the carpet to stop the little b*gg**s getting into the house.

There is a white powder stuff you can buy B&Q, that you can put down I had them getting in the house, they were coming from outside, put the stuff down and never had any problems since, probably need to find out where they are going in and coming out of the wall :y  
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 08:01:14
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I've got ants in the cavity walls, and have had to put sellotape along the edge of the carpet to stop the little b*gg**s getting into the house.

There is a white powder stuff you can buy B&Q, that you can put down I had them getting in the house, they were coming from outside, put the stuff down and never had any problems since, probably need to find out where they are going in and coming out of the wall :y  

Every year I buy tons of the stuff, it looks like it's been snowing around my house, but still they get into the cavity >:(
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: MikeDundee on 14 July 2007, 08:04:15
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I've got ants in the cavity walls, and have had to put sellotape along the edge of the carpet to stop the little b*gg**s getting into the house.

There is a white powder stuff you can buy B&Q, that you can put down I had them getting in the house, they were coming from outside, put the stuff down and never had any problems since, probably need to find out where they are going in and coming out of the wall :y  

Every year I buy tons of the stuff, it looks like it's been snowing around my house, but still they get into the cavity >:(

Theres this crack spray that I bought in Thailand for the house out there as ants are a real f****n pain out there evreywhere, but bought that stuff sprayed on all the bottom edges of the outside of the house and the kitchen as they invaded that, stopped them all in their tracks, and it lasts for quite a while and keeps them at bay, but doubt you would get that stuff here :-/
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: MikeDundee on 14 July 2007, 08:06:49
Check this link out, I had a problem with mice and bought some similar stuff and it worked :y

http://www.asseenontvproducts.co.uk/4_in_1_Pest_Repeller.php?gclid=CI28ke-9po0CFQkMEAodNGLbtg
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 08:15:16
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Check this link out, I had a problem with mice and bought some similar stuff and it worked :y

http://www.asseenontvproducts.co.uk/4_in_1_Pest_Repeller.php?gclid=CI28ke-9po0CFQkMEAodNGLbtg

Cheers for that :y
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 14 July 2007, 09:12:47
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Check this link out, I had a problem with mice and bought some similar stuff and it worked :y

http://www.asseenontvproducts.co.uk/4_in_1_Pest_Repeller.php?gclid=CI28ke-9po0CFQkMEAodNGLbtg

or....

www.acmeantrepellent.com  :y ;)
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 09:27:43
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www.acmeantrepellent.com  :y ;)


 :y
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: CaptainZok on 14 July 2007, 12:47:54
Have you tried http://www.acmepestcontrol.com
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Gaffers on 14 July 2007, 14:09:16
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I've got ants in the cavity walls, and have had to put sellotape along the edge of the carpet to stop the little b*gg**s getting into the house.

There is a white powder stuff you can buy B&Q, that you can put down I had them getting in the house, they were coming from outside, put the stuff down and never had any problems since, probably need to find out where they are going in and coming out of the wall :y  

Being an organic gardener (quiet in the cheap seats!) there are lots of great ways to kill bugs without chemicals.  Agreed they arent as fast but just as effective, try these:

ants - semolina powder (the workers take it back for the queen and she cant digest it.  Eventually she goes pop and the nest dies naturally... ahh!
Slugs - beer in a container, drown those f****rs
mice/rats - orange peel.  They hate the stuff!
cats & feathered birds - .22 just about does it!

 ::) ::) ;D
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: TheBoy on 14 July 2007, 15:44:22
You could try ringing the council - we had carpet moths under the telly in the dinning room.  Upon recommendation of friends (turns out these moths are surprising common - I'd never heard of them before) we rang the council. Nice bloke came round, sprayed around the edges of the downstairs rooms (the areas normally covered by furniture that probably only gets moved once every year or so), problem solved.  I think it cost £25 or so.
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 18:17:38
Read, marked and inwardly digested :y
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: TheBoy on 14 July 2007, 18:23:36
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Read, marked and inwardly digested :y
You're eating ants ?  :o
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 18:25:21
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Read, marked and inwardly digested :y
You're eating ants ?  :o

Dip them in batter, then fry them, I don't eat them, but it doesn't do them any good.
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 18:26:18
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You're eating ants ?  :o

By the way, how's your hangover?
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: TheBoy on 14 July 2007, 18:32:45
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You're eating ants ?  :o

By the way, how's your hangover?
Still not good. I think I need an emergency fry up....
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: CaptainZok on 14 July 2007, 18:34:34
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You're eating ants ?  :o

By the way, how's your hangover?
Still not good. I think I need an emergency fry up....
More beer.  :y
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: TheBoy on 14 July 2007, 18:38:32
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You're eating ants ?  :o

By the way, how's your hangover?
Still not good. I think I need an emergency fry up....
More beer.  :y
No more beer for me this weekend  :-[
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: CaptainZok on 14 July 2007, 19:04:31
Go on you know you wanna  ;D
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 July 2007, 20:54:33
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Read, marked and inwardly digested :y
You're eating ants ?  :o

By the way, how's your hangover?
Still not good. I think I need an emergency fry up....
More beer.  :y
No more beer for me this weekend  :-[

Good night then was it? ;D
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: TheBoy on 14 July 2007, 21:35:48
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Read, marked and inwardly digested :y
You're eating ants ?  :o

By the way, how's your hangover?
Still not good. I think I need an emergency fry up....
More beer.  :y
No more beer for me this weekend  :-[

Good night then was it? ;D
T'was an all-dayer....
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: amigov6 on 14 July 2007, 21:45:23
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I've got ants in the cavity walls, and have had to put sellotape along the edge of the carpet to stop the little b*gg**s getting into the house.

There is a white powder stuff you can buy B&Q, that you can put down I had them getting in the house, they were coming from outside, put the stuff down and never had any problems since, probably need to find out where they are going in and coming out of the wall :y  

Being an organic gardener (quiet in the cheap seats!) there are lots of great ways to kill bugs without chemicals.  Agreed they arent as fast but just as effective, try these:

ants - semolina powder (the workers take it back for the queen and she cant digest it.  Eventually she goes pop and the nest dies naturally... ahh!
Slugs - beer in a container, drown those f****rs
mice/rats - orange peel.  They hate the stuff!
cats & feathered birds - .22 just about does it!

 ::) ::) ;D
:oGreen killing sounds more inhumane than chemicals!!! Imaginative though. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 14 July 2007, 21:59:17
You could try a product called 'nipon' AA.....its a clear sorta gel......you bung it on a piece of card or summat.....and i think that the ants take that away to the queen....which quickly brings on her demise  :y

Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: MikeDundee on 14 July 2007, 22:13:05
If none of the above works you can always go to plan B, buy an anteater :y  
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Tony H on 14 July 2007, 22:23:56
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You could try a product called 'nipon' AA.....its a clear sorta gel......you bung it on a piece of card or summat.....and i think that the ants take that away to the queen....which quickly brings on her demise  :y

Nippon used to be the dogs however I think that ants have now built up an immunity to it. I work in the food industry so pest control is very important I used to use nippon for ants until about ten years ago,when I noticed that it wasn't as effective as it was in the past.
Title: Re: Is there a pest controller in the house?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 15 July 2007, 00:29:56
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You could try a product called 'nipon' AA.....its a clear sorta gel......you bung it on a piece of card or summat.....and i think that the ants take that away to the queen....which quickly brings on her demise  :y

Nippon used to be the dogs however I think that ants have now built up an immunity to it. I work in the food industry so pest control is very important I used to use nippon for ants until about ten years ago,when I noticed that it wasn't as effective as it was in the past.

Ah...ok i stand corrected AA.....its crap now.....get a 12 bore and just shoot the b*stards  :y ;D ;D