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Pest Control: Essential Steps for a Pest-Free Home

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If you are looking to prevent pests from infesting your home, it is important that you consider effective pest control methods. Here at Carpets & Critters, we offer more than just carpet cleaning services—we are also pest control specialists who can eliminate unwanted pests with ease.

Rest assured that our expert team is on hand to tend to your pest control needs!

So, how can you make sure that your home is pest-free?

Let’s explore the essential steps that you should take for a pest-free home!

1. Regular Cleaning

Regularly cleaning and tidying your home is key to deterring pests—make sure to wipe down countertops and avoid letting the bin overfill with rubbish. Don’t forget to regularly clean your carpets and floors as crumbs can easily be forgotten and trapped within carpet fibres. By keeping your home clean, you can reduce the likelihood of pests invading your home and making it theirs.

2. Sealing Gaps

Pests find their way inside your home through small gaps and openings, usually in the walls, foundation, doors, and windows. Make sure to keep these sealed to block potential entryways! You can use caulk to do this.

3. Natural Repellents

If you live in an area that is vulnerable to pest infestation and intruders, we highly recommend utilising natural repellents to keep pests at bay. For example, essential oils like eucalyptus can be used as a spray (mixed with water) on certain areas to deter pests. You may also want to consider growing herbs like lavender and rosemary and placing their planters near entryways or in your garden.

Please keep in mind that some oils and plants are also toxic to cats and dogs. If you have a furry companion or two, make sure to research thoroughly before resorting to natural repellents.

Should you have a persistent pest problem, it might be time to call in the professionals (like ourselves at Carpets & Critters!). From carpet cleaning services to pest management, Carpets & Critters offers quality solutions for making sure that your home is pest-free. Our services for carpet cleaning in Whakatane can ensure that your carpets are thoroughly cleaned, which can deter pests who are attracted to dirt and filth. For more information about our range of services, or if you have any further questions, please contact us today.

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We take great pride in the commitment we have to excellence and outstanding customer service.

Here are a few words from some of our satisfied customers.

 Paula Kurei

Got Tony and his services in to help.eliminate cockroaches. He did a marvelous job of getting rid of them and we've nothing since then. Also got him to help with mice and rats and once again a marvelous job.. our house is critter free.. Thanks Tony & crew

 Peta Browne

Thanks Tony for the couch clean. My gosh what a difference you’ve made. It’s brilliant. I don’t let the kids on the couch now to avoid it getting dirty again! Hands down recommend carpets and critters if you need your couches cleaned. I’m positive Tony will do an amazing job on anything else you need also. Thank you!

 Erna du Preez

Shout out to Tony from Carpets & Critters. He cleaned and flea treated our carpets after we moved out of our rental. He was excellent in communication, patient and did a fantastic job. We would DEFINITELY recommend them and use them again in future!

 Katie Worthy

Amazing service! Super friendly and helpful. A late pre-Christmas request and it wasnt a problem. Highly recommend.

Chris Joubert

Tony had a tough job with the state of our carpets due to two messy large dogs, but he got them looking good as new and smelling fresh again. Amazing service and highly recommended!

 Clare Lowrie

Tony did such a great job cleaning our carpet where the cat had peed. Very quick, efficient and friendly service and the cleaning products smell nice compared to others we’ve used.

 Serai Stockman

We had Tony out to do a fly extermination at our place and it’s been an absolute game changer. We haven’t seen a fly since — the one that did sneak in didn’t last long at all. Excellent service and already recommended him to the whole family!

 Petra Parkinson

Tony has done a great professional job in placing a patch in our carpet where the fire place was removed. It looks amazing and I can’t actually see where it is joined in. It’s perfect! Thank you for a wonderful job.

 Sara Davie

We used Carpets and Critters and we were very impressed with their communication and their service. They came when they said they were going to come, they did a great job and there was excellent communication throughout. We are very happy with the finished result. Thank you so much