The methodology behind Pest Lock is to mechanically control structural invading pests from entering a house or building. This is done through the installation of the Pest Lock exclusion system. A properly installed Pest Lock system physically prevents pests from accessing to the structure. With Pest Lock installed, exterior control of pests becomes easier and requires dramatically less pesticide application. Pest Lock will accomplish the same goal as conventional pest control but in a much safer way.
Structural pest control has historically been accomplished by the application of toxic pesticides. Generally, these pesticides are broadcast over large areas around the exterior as well as target areas of the interior of a home. In some cases, broad application of pesticides are done on the interior of the home. Ultimately, toxic pesticides are being continually applied where we sleep, eat and raise our families increasing health concerns by increasing the frequency of exposure.
Pesticides work as toxins. As pests come in contact with the applied products, they die. However, due to products designed to rapidly degrade, newly hatched eggs may not be effected by products applied on the last quarterly application. Ongoing application of pesticides is usually required to kill the young larva as well as adult insects that live & breed in the walls or find there way into the structure from the outside. At best, pesticides can be used to control infestations by limiting colony sizes in a structure but an ongoing application schedule is necessary. The problem with ongoing application is the potential for pests to become resistance to products. More importantly, there is a growing concern regarding the overall environmental impact that pesticides have on our home, neighborhood and our world.
Over the history of pest control, few solutions have been developed to control pests from entering a structure. Unfortunately, homes are build with openings and gaps. Some of these openings are on purpose but most are not. Construction practices do not focus on preventing pest access. When a Pest Lock system is properly evaluated and installed on new or older houses, openings in the building perimeter envelope are narrowed down no larger than 1/8th inch. The primary concern is to create obstructions where systems of the house must breath and seal areas that do not require ventilation. Weep holes, or the gaps between the bricks that sit on the slab, are a good example of a system that should not be sealed and must ventilate.
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