Hiring a Professional vs. DIY Pest Control
When it comes to keeping your home pest-free, a pest control barrier is key. Insects and other pests can easily sneak inside if you’re not careful, so it’s important to take the necessary steps to create a protective shield between your home and the great outdoors. Let’s discuss what a pest barrier is and some of the best ways to create one!
Outside spraying
The best way to keep outdoor pests from coming inside is to meet them where they’re at—outside. It simply makes sense to get rid of bugs before they go inside instead of needing to deal with them after they’re already inside. The goal of creating a barrier is to prevent interior pest problems in the first place by treating the exterior perimeter of your home.
DIY Pest Control vs. Hiring a Professional
Now that you understand that spraying outside of the house for spiders, ants, scorpions, and other bugs is the place to start, you might be curious if you should try a DIY pest control spray or hire a professional. Most of our customers who have tried to perform their own pest control shared several reasons why they switched to hiring a professional.
Here are some of the things they have shared with us:
Better Results
Our customers have told us that they have had better results since hiring a professional. There are some reasons this may be the case.
To begin with, life. Life usually just gets in the way. While they had intended to put down product throughout the year, but forgot, or got too busy. As that barrier began to break down, they found that their home was no longer fully protected.
Other homeowners accidentally made mistakes that limited the effectiveness of their products. In some cases, products were mixed incorrectly. In other cases, they found that their equipment was less effective than professional grade.
One thing to note is that the professionals have access to Professional-grade products, plus years of experience, certifications, and training. Our former DIY’ers found that better equipment, products, and methods added to better results.
Safety
Our customers have told us that they have had better results since hiring a professional. There are some reasons this may be the case.
To begin with, life. Life usually just gets in the way. While they had intended to put down product throughout the year, but forgot, or got too busy. As that barrier began to break down, they found that their home was no longer fully protected.
Other homeowners accidentally made mistakes that limited the effectiveness of their products. In some cases, products were mixed incorrectly. In other cases, they found that their equipment was less effective than professional grade.
One thing to note is that the professionals have access to Professional-grade products, plus years of experience, certifications, and training. Our former DIY’ers found that better equipment, products, and methods added to better results.
Convenience
Our clients were very clear that they were happy not to worry about preparing or storing chemicals. They were no longer concerned with cleaning and maintaining the equipment or running out to buy more products when they ran low. Having Briphen perform their pest control services relieved the stress and headache of managing another daunting home maintenance task.
Cost of Pest Control vs. DIY Pest Control
With all of the benefits that come with professional pest control, the only hold up to taking the leap was the question of cost. Our customers assumed that hiring a professional would cost significantly more than performing the work themselves. They quickly learned that when they considered everything: Time saved, convenience, safety, worry, hassle, etc. cost of hiring Briphen was equal, or even less than trying to D.I.Y their desert pest control.
