Author: Daniel Brooks

If you found bed bugs in your couch, do not drag it to the curb. Tossing it usually just re-infests the next one, because by the time you spot them on the sofa they... Read more.

If you are weighing bed bug heat treatment, the case for it is simple: heat is the one method that kills every life stage, eggs included, in a single pass. That... Read more.

If you woke up with itchy welts and you are scanning the bed for proof, start by ignoring the bites. People react to bed bugs wildly differently, and a large share... Read more.

If you have bed bugs, the first thing to understand is that you did not cause them by being messy. Bed bugs are a hitchhiking problem, not a dirty-home problem,... Read more.

If you think you might have termites, the hard part is that you almost never see the insects; you see the evidence they leave behind. Termites work inside wood and... Read more.

The real question behind termite treatment cost is not DIY versus professional. It is how far the termites have spread. A handful of DIY products cost tens of dollars... Read more.

If you want to keep termites out of your wood, the best wood treatment for termites is a borate applied to bare, accessible lumber, and the thing to understand first... Read more.

A foam is for the termites you have already found. It expands into the galleries, voids, and channels inside damaged wood and kills the exposed termites on contact,... Read more.

Termite bait stations do two different jobs, so the first thing to settle is which one you actually need. A detection station tells you whether termites are foraging... Read more.

If you are dealing with termites, there is no single best termite killer, only the right product for the part of the problem you can actually reach. An over-the-counter... Read more.