Andrew
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Every year we get ants pretty bad. It's not too bad when someone is in all day killing the bastards. Wasn't home for a few days last week and came back Sunday to find them all over the place. Mainly on work surfaces where bottles of juice are etc. Killed the little twats and bleached everywhere.
Anyway, been away again and the little fuckers are back. Even got in the fridge but died due to lack of warmth or something. £30 worth of food gone in the bin..
How the fuck do you get rid of them for good 
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Sam
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http://www.rentokil.co.uk/
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Andrew
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Can i not just buy something to spray or put down? I've not pets or anything to harm.
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Sam
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Well yeah you can buy ant killer spray stuff  but TBH they are getting in from somewhere so by getting a proper pest control type company in they'll be able to identify where the source is and plug it, so to speak.
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Andrew
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Tried that white power Ant Killer stuff. Doesn't work very well though..
Will have to look into pest control i think.
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Ste
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I really did LOL at that pic
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Colin
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anti-ant powder around the doors & windows to stop them getting in the house.
Find the nest & pour a kettle of boiling water over it.
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am4nf
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get some deoderant, spray it in the hole where they are coming from, get a lighter and ignite it  then fill the hole
[Edited on 08-04-2009 by am4nf]
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Ste
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The whole what?
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Andrew
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It's not a nest as such. They are all over are close 
Tried that Colin, they still get in.
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dannymccann
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Have you been round the entire outside edge of your house with the ant powder? Surely if you have done that they wont be getting in from the outside, which means they could well have nested somewhere in the wall inside? 
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Sam
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I saw this programme on TV the other day about this American pest control company, they had to do an inspection in a block of 'apartments'.
There was one place that was an absolute shithole and had no pest issues, yet one guy who's place was immaculate had an ant invasion, even the same as Andrew they were going into the fridge (fucked door seal).
Anyway, they found the source of the ants, it was actually inside the wall next to the fridge! They had to drill a small hole into the wall and spray this chemical inside it (they all had to wear gas masks so it must have been pretty lethal even for humans!).
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C2RL R
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i've always found that ant powder to be pretty good. there are ant traps you can buy too that work well.
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random dav
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Set fire to your kitchen...
WRLFC !
Project cars
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am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste W
The whole what?
I was half asleep when i wrote that, cheers for pointing out my error 
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by random dav
Set fire to your kitchen...
Winner!
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Andrew
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I've got no insurance you badgers
Yeah, still need to sort that
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
I've got no insurance you badgers
Yeah, still need to sort that
You better hope they're not fire ants then 
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sand-eel
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tell them to "go away"....always works.
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For the sake of the callout charge for the pest control people, just do it.
You'll only end up throwing good food away.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste W
I really did LOL at that pic
EVen better...
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chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
i've always found that ant powder to be pretty good. there are ant traps you can buy too that work well.
ant traps... what they then? tiny versions of mouse traps?
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Richie B
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
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am4nf
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
i've always found that ant powder to be pretty good. there are ant traps you can buy too that work well.
ant traps... what they then? tiny versions of mouse traps?
iirc there a little box with something inside it they want but the floor of the box is sticky so they go in but dont come back out
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