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The Sun
9 hours ago
- Business
- The Sun
Home Bargains' £3.99 kitchen essential helps banish insects from your home in hot weather and it's ‘a breeze to install'
HOME Bargains is working hard this year to ensure your home is bug-free this summer, with a cheap new homeware essential. After experts announced the forthcoming Flying Ant Day could be one of the biggest in recent years, here's everything you need to know about Home Bargains latest must-have. 3 Although the British weather is never that predictable, the recent weeks of high heat have left many feeling a bit flustered. To stay cool, it is often recommended to ensure there is a enough airflow throughout the home. However, with the impending Flying Ant Day, opening all the windows and doors to get some air in also means pesky insects have been given an invitation to infiltrate your home. But Home Bargains has fixed the conundrum with their latest must-have. Their affordable Jardin Magnetic Insect Door Screen is a kitchen essential that will prevent bugs from infesting your home. 3 Cheap trick to keep your home pest free The budget-friendly retailer has solved one of summer's biggest stumbling blocks - bugs. For only £3.99 its new insect door screen allows homeowners to be able to open doors and let the air in while keeping the pesky bugs out. The magnetic closing technology creates a sleek and easy user experience and is secure enough to stop even the most persistent pests. It is a breeze to install, as it requires no tools, meaning it can be put up without a second thought, and at that price, it's almost a no-brainer. What's more, while the weather is making us feel like we're on the continent, why not transport your home there too with it's sleek Spanish inspired design. The lace detail, coupled with the black colouring, reflects a sense of the Iberian style and makes it both fashionable and functional. Biggest flying ant day in recent memory Homeowners are pulling out all the stops to keep insects out this summer, as experts suggest this could be the biggest Flying Ant Day in recent memory. Flying Ant Day is the annual mating flight of millions of ants, when they fly through the skies in synchronised displays. While this may sound like a sight to behold, it's never nice to have the little insects crawling around your home. There are various ways to help keep the pests at bay, but when coupled with Home Bargains' new affordable solution, it's hard to think how the bugs will be able to get in. What's more unlike some chemical options, this screen does not cause the ants harm, and so it is the perfect solution. Paul Blackhurst, Head of the Technical Academy at Rentokil Pest Control, explained: 'While flying ants may disrupt your picnic, barbeque, or pub garden pint, they play a vital role in the ecosystem. "This natural event, when vast numbers of winged ants, known as alates, take to the skies at once in search of mates from other colonies, could be one of the most prolific for years."
CTV News
2 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
How to keep your home bug-free this summer
How to keep your home bug-free in the summer. Summer has officially arrived and that means it's an important time to stay protected from ticks and mosquitoes. While it's important to protect yourself from bugs while hiking or camping in the woods, they could also be lurking in your backyard. Ticks and mosquitoes are the most common critters that bring not only bites, but illnesses and viruses as well. CTV Morning Live spoke with Dr. Paul Roumeliotis to talk about ways to protect your backyard from bugs this season. Ticks Roumeliotis says personal protection is key when preventing ticks, including long sleeves and insect repellent, but knowing how they move and breed is equally important in keeping them away. Lyme disease can be transmitted by ticks, an infection that is spread to humans from bites. Ticks can also carry other diseases. 'There's a lot of things we need to do to understand where ticks live. Ticks like to live in the dark, foresty, grassy areas,' he said. Homeowners living by a forest or grassland are most at risk of being affected by ticks on their property. Roumeliotis recommends building a barrier of mulch or gravel to surround your property. 'You can prevent the ticks from entering your property because they don't fly,' he said. 'If there's a lot of shrubbery, old branches, get rid of them too because they like to hide in there.' Ticks How to keep ticks off your property from Dr. Paul Roumeliotis. (CTV Morning Live) The higher the grass, the more likely they will lurk in that area, he says. Making sure your grass is mowed properly is also important. 'If you have picnic tables, you can put gravel or sand or keep the grass as low as possible,' he said. Roumeliotis says reports of tick bites are increasing in the summer months. He says it doesn't just impact kids, but those working in shrubbery and landscaping as well. 'The amount of ticks that we see in the area has risen. Right now, we see them across eastern Ontario, Ottawa, between the St. Lawrence River and the Ottawa River.' Mosquitoes Outside of an itchy and painful bite, mosquitoes can also carry diseases such as West Nile virus, making it even more important to prevent them from growing near your home. Roumeliotis says knowing their habits and where they thrive is important in learning how to prevent them. 'When we talk about personal protection, it's great, but you need to be aware of these mosquitoes and ticks and where they breed and then we can actually diminish the amount of them in our backyard,' he said. Roumelitois says mosquitoes like to lay their eggs in pooled water. He recommends checking your property to limit areas that collected water, including pales and tires. 'Similarly, pots, wheelbarrows, recycle bins, all those things left out in the rain that create a puddle or a pool, can actually promote mosquito growth in your area,' he said. Roumeliotis says some may have noticed an increase in mosquitoes this year, linked to higher amounts of rain in the region this year.
