Have you considered cleaning out the house and closing all the gaps?
I know a lot of these insect threads tend to disagree, but sealing a house and only letting in air through meshes is 100% possible.
Every time I bring this up people start taking like spiders can phase through solid walls of wood and caulk.
While I have no understanding for that, I do however understand that poverty or mental or physical health issues can make it difficult to get your home to not be a gappy mess. Especially as renters have no authority to do that.
My reluctance isn’t that this isn’t doable, but the amount of effort it would take to inspect every external surface for small gaps. Cracks, for reasons of personal head cannon, seem much easier to identify. Both the attic and crawl space require a fair amount of persistence in tight, dark spaces with not the best of footing and air quality conditions that are tolerable in limit situations without mitigating equipment.
The roof is also another tricky spot. Definitely worth it for critter sized openings, but I’m not sure I can pull it off for bug sized.
With that said, I think most people will get a lot of bang for the time if they inspect doors, windows and search for cracks on the sidewalk along the foundation.
Karl@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
does it bite
needanke@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, Roaches
pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The centipedes at my mom’s house def bite, it’s very painful. Sometimes you need to go to the hospital.
Basically never walk around my mom’s house barefoot.
Comment105@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Have you considered cleaning out the house and closing all the gaps?
I know a lot of these insect threads tend to disagree, but sealing a house and only letting in air through meshes is 100% possible.
Every time I bring this up people start taking like spiders can phase through solid walls of wood and caulk.
While I have no understanding for that, I do however understand that poverty or mental or physical health issues can make it difficult to get your home to not be a gappy mess. Especially as renters have no authority to do that.
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My reluctance isn’t that this isn’t doable, but the amount of effort it would take to inspect every external surface for small gaps. Cracks, for reasons of personal head cannon, seem much easier to identify. Both the attic and crawl space require a fair amount of persistence in tight, dark spaces with not the best of footing and air quality conditions that are tolerable in limit situations without mitigating equipment.
The roof is also another tricky spot. Definitely worth it for critter sized openings, but I’m not sure I can pull it off for bug sized.
With that said, I think most people will get a lot of bang for the time if they inspect doors, windows and search for cracks on the sidewalk along the foundation.
Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is harmless to people