3 reasons pest control should not be DIY

Many people find the Do-it-Yourself procedure as a very helpful activity since no additional cost of labor from professionals will be incurred while they can acquire new skills and learn more about building, decorating, or repairing something in their houses or workplace. Yes, for DIY you save a little amount of money but you lose a lot of time, because for DIY you may be required to take so much time to study, understand and execute the task you need to accomplish perfectly.

But the question is, are all tasks can be done through DIYs? Sometimes people who lack patience in doing such end unsuccessful or caused them too much trouble and incur higher costs if not properly done. Some tasks really require enough knowledge or techniques which you cannot easily learn instantly. One example of this is eradicating a serious pest infestation or simply Pest Control treatment application. Let me give you the top three (3) reasons why pest control is not applicable to do through a DIY. 

Why Pest Control Should Be Done By An Expert

1. Ordinary Insecticides/pesticides purchased in retail stores are not safe for you, your family, and your pets. 

There are many insecticides/pesticides that are available in retail stores for home or office use. The purpose is to kill pests present in the surroundings through the simple spraying of insecticides. Insecticides/pesticides like these are not safe for human health, especially for those who are more exposed to them, and children or babies, and pets at home are more vulnerable to pesticide exposure because their organs and immune system are still developing.  (Read: Termites Costing Home Owners Hundreds of Thousands of dollars)

Their health is at risk to the adverse health effects of insecticides. These may cause some acute or immediate effects such as stinging, rashes, throat, and nose irritation. Severe cases may cause chronic or long-term effects such as brain and nervous system damage or cancer. Now, are you willing to sacrifice the safety of your health and your family especially your little ones in exchange for a small amount of savings? 

2. Pest control requires technical knowledge and extensive training from pest control experts.

To be able to control pest infestation completely, pest control must be done with careful planning and enough knowledge. Best pest control companies have highly-trained pest control technicians to do a difficult job. Pest Control requires technical knowledge on the products or chemicals to be used for each pest classification, the accurate amount needed, and analysis of pest infestation which includes determining pests’ origin and behavior.             

Surely, your DIY might need enough time for you to study everything about pests, it might be too late to control pest infestation at your home before you know it. (Read: 10 Reasons why pest infestations should not be ignored, Pest infestation damage to businesses)