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Tech Tips

How to deal with state inspectors; part 2

This article is a continuation of part 1 and the whole thing got started when one of my techs was stopped in the field. The part I didn’t say in the first 1/2 was my employee who is ‘Mr. By The Book’ had all but one tool box locked–tsk tsk and his PPE’s (personal protective [...]

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How to handle state inspectors; part one

Just the other day one of my techs came around the backside of a home he was treating only to find a car parked behind him and a man standing there waiting. (this house was in the middle of NOWHERE & the closest neighbor was 1/2 mile away) He asked if he needed to move [...]

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Don’t forget to treat the attic entry

No matter how you do it customers love having there attic treated. Fog machines or power dusters make a whirring sound and billow out a comforting cloud that calms the nerves of the customer who’s anxious about all those creepy creatures that live in the abyss whether imagined or real. Even if you just scramble [...]

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Fighting Bugs With Precor 2000 & One Thing That Could Knock You Out

In my business I’m always looking for a product, technique or pests habit that I can use to give my customers instant relief from their bug problems. Sometimes pest problems can be so huge and seem insurmountable that you just got to chop it down at its knees. While there are a ton of great [...]

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Don’t be satisfied with pest control ‘sweet spots’

There’s a tendency in pest control technicians to hit the same places time and time again with regular service visits. The reason could be that the customer wants those spots done because they’ve seen a bug there and now and forever that spot MUST be sprayed. Now for this situation you might just have to [...]

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The anatomy of a cabinet-one week challenge

Have you ever thought about the anatomy of a cabinet? I think most of us know to look under the sink or spin the lazy susan around while looking for pests. Have you ever seen a cabinet with the counter top pulled off? There are so many nooks and crannies, ledges, walkways, shields, holes, voids [...]

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Are you a bug whisperer?

Have you ever seen that show where the lady talks to peoples pets to help solve behavioral problems? It could be that a family Schnauzer suddenly begins uh, depositing his feelings everyday on the couch and nothing the homeowner tries to stop it is working. They build up the problem of course by showing all [...]

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How to extend your duster-size does matter

I love dusting for pest control and do some on almost every single job, even the mundane routine ones that haven’t had a bug in years. (maybe that’s why they haven’t) Dusts not only have great knock down and a fantastic residual they can also present a physical barrier that most bugs don’t want to [...]

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Pest control in pocket doors

Does anybody treat pocket doors in a standard pest control service? Are you passing up this huge void as you stalk spider infestations or scratching your head as you search the master bath for that American roach that just disappeared? The pocket door is a built in safe house that even a rat could love [...]

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Old timer shooting straight in pest control

This tech tip comes via e-mail from oldtimer and has to do with cleaning out clogged B&G spray tips without damaging the brass. Have you ever been spraying along and all of the sudden out of the blue your nice straight pin stream becomes two jets going in two forked directions? Or just as quickly [...]

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2010 the year of the pest

In the southeast we have had a record low temperatures in what seems like the longest winter I can remember. I think old Punxsutawney Phil better be careful because he didn’t make a whole lot of friends this year. Still it seems that springtime is finally on the way and with it hundreds of trillions [...]

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Pest control in commercial kitchen equipment

Pest control in a commercial kitchen is not for the baseboard jockey’s of the world. I was reminded of this by a recent comment on Facebook to my video, Chalk Talk Treating the Commercial Kitchen; ‘Getting into the equipment.’ It reminded me that at one time that is exactly how I did pest control even [...]

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