How to remove pests from furniture?

How to remove pests from furniture?

More than buying a piece of expensive furniture, the care that we show to it is more important. This is because the possibility of furniture getting damaged by many sources is more if it is not properly treated.

The most common pest that we can find in furniture is ‘wood-boring beetles.’ Wood-boring beetles are quite dangerous that the adult beetles lay eggs in the cracks, small holes, or small gaps in the furniture. This makes the larvae or woodworms to start eating the furniture slowly. Within a few years, the entire furniture will become useless.

The same kind of beetles is useful in forests by nature. They will find their way to eat the dead and dry trees which are helpful but the same beetles, when seen in the home furniture, are dangerous.

Below are a few pests control tips to be followed to get rid of damaging furniture beetles.

Find out the infestation is alive or dead

This is the first step before proceeding with any treatment for pest control. You can identify the age of infestation by the below steps.

1. If you find white powder in and around the furniture, then most probably, the pest is still active, and the immediate initiative has to be taken to stop the spread of the beetle.
2. If you find yellow powder in and around the furniture, then the powder is an old one, and the beetle would have grown and left the wood.

If we call any professional pest control experts, they most likely try to find out the growth of the beetles, and accordingly, they will start their treatment if necessary.

Replace the furniture for better result

If the furniture is infested, then the wise decision will be to replace the wood parts as much as possible. Because the strength of the wood would have disappeared due to the aggressive action of beetles against the wood.

The treating of damaged furniture would be more costly than replacing the wood. Also, we cannot expect the beetles to vanish even the furniture is adequately treated.

In emergency cases, we can call the ‘same day pest control‘ team to work on the affected furniture. They come with select chemicals to apply to the furniture to get authority on the wood-boring beetles. If the wood is already in some finishing, then the finishing will be eradicated by the pest control experts, and then the treating of the wood will be done with the chemicals brought by the team. In case if the wood is fresh without any finish, then the work is easy for the team, that the chemicals are applied directly on the furniture to get rid of the pests.

The chemicals are applied to the furniture by spraying method or paint roller or paintbrush.

Insecticide for treating the home

In case, if the professional pest control experts say that treating of furniture is not enough to get rid of the beetles because the amount of damage and growth of pests are more, then the whole house has to sprayed with insecticide. This is not a treatment on particular furniture, instead, the chemical is spread across the house for better results.

The below points must be remembered while the insecticide is applied,

1. Since the insecticide is harmful, this may affect the health of your family members. Especially kids who get easily infected. So, moving away from your family members for a minimum one day from the house will be advisable while spraying the insecticide.
2. Ensure the things which are not made of wood are well covered with cloths or plastics so that the insecticide chemical will not affect the unnecessary areas in the house.

To make the insecticide more effective, the chemical has to be sprayed more fiercely in the affected areas. Below are a few areas where the insecticide has to be applied in common.

1. Across the door and window wood beadings – This is the place where the wood-boring beetles start their activities of damaging the wood.
2. Woods that are attached to the walls – The woods that are clamped to the walls for any interior decoration should be treated.
3. Corner woods – Woods that are placed in the corners are most likely to get affected by the beetles. So those corners should be taken care of.
4. Pipes inside the room – The places where pipes entering the house should also be treated with insecticide.

The insecticide has to be applied in the cracks, gaps, or holes in the furniture. These are the affected areas by wood-boring beetles.

Experts to handle the pests

In our xyz company, we have pest control experts who can handle any pests with ease. They are well trained and exposed to several such requirements where they are needed.