Pests and insects nesting in or near your home can trouble your HVAC system. There are many pests. There are a few things that you can do to identify pests and get them out of your system. You can look for insects and other creatures that are not supposed to be in or around your HVAC system. You can also look for droppings or other clues that indicate that pests are present. Even the slightest problem with your HVAC system can lead to an expensive repair or replacement and the need for emergency pest control. In this blog, we will discuss five common pests that can wreck your HVAC system and how to deal with them.
Five Common Pests That Can Wreck Havoc On Your HVAC System Are:
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are very well-known and common pests found in homes due to their small shape. They can easily enter your home without any problems. They can go through vents, air holes, ductwork, etc. They mostly like cool and dark places. Mostly they stay near your drain pipes and come to your house in search of food they mostly found in drain pipes and kitchens.
They do not cause too much trouble in your house like other ones, but they carry several diseases with them like-
• Cholera
• dysentery
• typhoid fever
• leprosy
• campylobacteriosis
• giardia
• salmonellosis
• gastroenteritis
• listeriosis
These are diseases caused by cockroaches that are very harmful to us. Proper pest control will solve this problem easily by spreading insecticides. And it can not happen again if you regularly clean your home and close those small holes.
Spiders
Just like cockroach, spiders are also smaller in size. They can easily fit inside small holes like vents, air conditioner holes, and ductwork and enter your house. Unlike cockroaches, they create their shelter with their strings. They are also very known pests.
Unlike others, they don’t disturb and cause trouble to your HVAC system and don’t cause too many diseases, but many one them are sufficient to inject venom into human bodies. That’s why they are very harmful. This venom is sufficient to cause problems like neurotoxicity, systemic illness, and skin lesions.
Commercial insecticides can cure it to keep spiders away. Unlike cockroaches, spiders live very long; you might have to spread insecticides twice or thrice. If you are more concerned about more species, you can also clean sewer pipes, ductwork, kitchen, and vents. If you are only concerned about normal spiders, you can clean your home daily and keep away those spiders.
Snakes
When there is cold weather in your city, that is the time for snakes to enter your house. Snakes always seek warm shelter. The reason behind these is they are cold-blooded animals. They can’t change their body temperatures. They like to create their nest in ductwork, so they might breed there too. They might hide in warm blanket bed sheets and everything warm. They also died various times due to their attraction to heat, like entering into a conditioner.
To avoid snakes in your home, keep your garden weed-free and try not to plant more bus types, and avoid holes in the garden because that can be a good hiding spot for snakes. If you are still concerned, use Sulphur Powder Spray to avoid snakes.
Rats and mice
They like to crawl through holes in your home, and they can damage your HVAC system a lot. They can use materials from your home to create their nests. They can also chew your home bed sheets and your food. They are mostly spreading lots of diseases.
• Hantavirus
• Tularemia
• Salmonella
•Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV)
• Plague
• Ratbite fever
These diseases are very dangerous and caused by mice and rats, and in old times, mice and rats were major carriers of dangerous diseases like the plague. They can be stopped by regularly spreading pesticides and by closing all holes of your house that act as entry points for them.
Raccoons and Squirrels
Animals like raccoons and squirrels can cause sufficient damage to your HVAC system easily; raccoons are very common in jungle areas and hilly areas. They are easily hearable, fortunately. They can seek in your homes through sort of big holes and can take shelter inside your home. If raccoons and squirrels chew your ductwork, you have to replace it.
They can also seek cold places or air conditioners to cause you very high for repair. They can also chew your electrical wires, and that can cause a heavy short circuit or even fire. If you call a professional pest control team, you will remove them and later clean your ductwork or home. They don’t cause any major disease, but they very much affect your HVAC system.
Conclusion
So we saw what common pests are found in your HVAC units and homes and how to get rid of them quickly. Stopping pests can help you to stay away from disease and stay a healthy life.
Read More: What Are The Signs Of Pest Infestation.
