Construction locations often attract pests. Mice, ants, and various small animals can infiltrate building supplies, which you may not manage to tidy up before the problem escalates. There’s nothing more frustrating than needing to redo tasks due to infestations! Below are several strategies to prevent pests from invading your construction area:
Regularly Clean Up During Construction
Construction sites are full of waste and trash, so it’s important to clean up regularly. Even though you may not be building anything right now, there might still be something in your storage space that could attract pests.
Make sure all the materials you’re putting away for later are pest-proof as well!
Don’t Leave Leftovers Around
Food is one of the most common reasons why animals seek out human habitats.
While construction workers would probably appreciate having snacks available at their worksite, don’t leave any uneaten food around after a break time; this includes empty soda cans or paper plates with crumbs on them.
Set Traps in the Area
Traps are a great way to get rid of pests that you do not notice until it’s too late.
Try setting out mouse traps or ant traps in the area, especially if you have noticed any activity near your construction site at night when everyone has gone home for the day.
This will help to get rid of the pests before they have a chance to make an even bigger problem for you.
Apply Pesticide Upon Seeing Signs Pests
It might be better to prevent than fix when it comes to pests.
If you notice signs of activity in the form of droppings, holes in materials or food wrappers, or other tell-tale marks, take care of them right away by applying pesticides before they can spread.
Pest control should be a priority if you want your construction site to stay clean and rodent-free!
Get Rid of Unnecessary Water Sources
Pests such as ants and rodents need water to survive, which is why it’s important to eliminate any sources of standing water in the area. This includes removing old buckets and other containers that could hold rainwater after a storm or leaky pipes!
Watering plants, cleaning equipment, or even just being exposed to the elements creates wet surfaces that attract unwanted pests like ants, rodents, spiders, and more!
If you can’t dry up these sources of moisture completely (which would be difficult on most construction sites), at least keep them away from materials where they could get stuck together with some kind of pest infestation.
Inspect Materials That Are Coming In
One of the biggest reasons why pests get into construction sites is because they’re coming from outside.
Make sure you inspect all incoming materials for any signs that could indicate an infestation; this includes tiny holes in cardboard, chewed-up plastic bags or wrappers, and more!
If there’s no time before placing materials onto your site (which can happen sometimes), at least make sure to clean them thoroughly once they’ve been unloaded.
Wrapping It Up
It’s important that you are proactive in preventing pests from invading your construction site.
Knowledge is power, and the more you know about how to avoid pest control problems before they arise, the better prepared you will be when it comes time to deal with them.
We hope this blog post has helped give you some new ideas on how to address these issues before they become a problem or if they already have happened.
Should you have any additional questions to ask or you need more help in dealing with pesky pests, please feel free to give us a call today!