This will help keep bugs out of your house during the winter

Q – For some reason I am starting to see pests in my house now. I thot all the bugs went away when the weather got cold?

What am I doing wrong?

Rebecca in Dunwoody

A – Well first of all you don't necessarily have to be doing anything wrong to have pests in your house. Bugs and such like the warmth and places to hide out when it gets cold, and since they are a lot smaller than you are they can squeeze thru most any crack in your house.

So be sure to seal your house, looking especially for small cracks and openings into your house. You can fill them with spray foam.

Also – be very careful about bringing firewood into your house. Bugs love to nest in the wood, and when you bring it into your house you are giving them a lift into your house.

As the wood warms up the little nuisances spring back to life and voila! - you have bugs in your house.

Keep the wood at least 10 feet from your house and try to only bring in as much as you are going to use for that fire.

Hopefully this will help keep you bug free, at least until the weather warms back up and the whole cycle starts over again.

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