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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR STORAGE FACILITY FROM SUMMERTIME PESTS

NO ONE LIKES PESTS IN THEIR STORAGE UNIT

1. They’re icky.2. They can cause an infinite amount of damage to stored goods.

When pests get into your property’s units, the ultimate results will probably be upset customers and bad reviews for your storage facility.

So, what can you do to protect your facility from summertime pests? Let’s find out.

WHY?

It’s always better to be proactive. Depending on the type of pest issue you’re trying to control, there are certain steps you can take to fend them off from the start. We’ll cover prevention techniques for...

PREVENTING PESTS IS BETTER THAN REMOVING THEM

1. Rodents

2. Spiders

3. Cockroaches

4. Ants

Feral cats can creep out customers and carry rabies. Raccoons can cause a big, nasty mess of trash around your facility.

Yet the most destructive mammal to your property is the mouse. Mice will likely chew through tasty things like boxes, furniture, and antiques.

It’s best to keep furry woodland creatures of all kinds away from your facility’s premises.

1. RODENTS

HOW TO REPEL RODENTS

1. Keep trash cans away from your storage units. Change trash bags often and ensure the can lids are always sealed.

2. In vacant or recently vacated units, make sure the floors are well swept, and then use products like d-CON bait blocks and Contrac “Rodenticide.”

3. Be sure tenants know not to store food of any kind, including any crumbs on their stored furniture. Everything should be vacuumed and cleaned before being placed inside a storage unit.

4. Sell mice bait in your office store for customers to purchase.

5. Use mouse traps outside and around storage units.

Poisonous brown recluses or black widow spiders can hide in cracks and crevices. They also like to hide in cardboard boxes, so storage units can be a hotspot of spider activity.

If you have other bug problems, arachnids can be attracted to those as a food source.

2. SPIDERS

HOW TO REPEL SPIDERS

1. Make sure your storage units are properly sealed.

2. Take action to rid your facility of other insects.

3. Use a spider spray around the door or any other potential openings of storage units.

Cockroaches love the darkness, the heat, and cardboard boxes. The environment created inside of storage units is their own personal El Dorado.

If a new customer happens to accidentally bring some roaches in with them, they could infest the surrounding areas (including your onsite manager’s house!)

3. COCKROACHES

1. Spray insecticide or powder (like Roach Prufe) before a new customer moves in.

2. After an infestation, use boric acid since it works well and is mostly nontoxic to humans.

3. If problems persist, seek out roach-killing bait or hire a professional to spray the area.

HOW TO REPEL COCKROACHES

Ants present their own set of issues. You have to destroy the nest (most importantly, the child-bearing queen) to destroy the worker ants who keep coming back to forge for food.

Taking down the whole colony is essential to preventing the problem from coming right back.

4. ANTS

HOW TO REPEL ANTS

1. Place bait for the worker ants to bring back to their queen.

2. You can buy pre-mixed options like Terro Liquid Ant Bait.

3. Or you can make your own 50/50 mixture of boric acid and sugar.

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