Sitting at home and seeing a tiny black ant just wondering all on its own through your house might not seem like the biggest problem. It’s just one ant! But when its ‘friends’ start to follow the scent trail that it leaves behind, you might not think that the little ant might be cute anymore. And before you know it, there are ants all over your house.

Not so innocent

Ants aren’t as innocent as some people believe them to be. These small critters can cause two major problems in a home or office. And if you don’t take care of them as soon as possible, they can invade your home and cause serious damage.

Home damage

The biggest concern about ants in the home is that they build their nests within tiny cracks in the home’s foundation. They hollow out walls, damage any wooden objects like wooden doors and frames. If you have wooden floors, termites and carpenter ants can cause serious damage to the floors and you may even end up having to replace the floors.

What these types of ants do is that they create nests in hollow areas and they create tunnels through wooden surfaces, like porches, decks, inside walls and window frames.

One ant in your home could be the sign that you have an ant infestation.

Other pests

Mother Nature has the fabulous system called the food chain and ants are very much at the lower end of this chain. Ants are hunted by a variety of other animals, like bigger insects, spiders, lizards and certain beetles. This means that if you have an ant invasion in your home, you might soon struggle with another problem – an invasion of spiders, lizards or any of the other animals who eat ants. And so the problem will escalate to a much bigger situation that can soon be out of control. All because of one tiny ant that explored your home.

Home remedies

A quick search on the internet will provide you with a magnitude of home remedies to try. Although these remedies are often cheap, they don’t really help in the long run and the main reason for this is because these remedies do not penetrate into the areas where the ants build their nests. You will end up spending lots of money on products that don’t work and it will cause even more frustration, especially when the ants start to ‘enjoy’ the remedies.

Best solution

The best solution to a possible ant invasion is to call the professionals, like Premium Pest Control. We have the expertise to identify the problem in the building and to offer the best solution suitable to your needs. In most cases you might need a maintenance plan for the long run, but you will have peace of mind that the problem will be taken care of in an environmental-friendly way.

Call us today and we will take care of the pests in your home.