Spider proofing outside, fly proofing inside

Ask Des what most Canterbury homes need coming into summer and the answer is nearly always the same sentence: spider proofed outside, fly proofed inside. It sounds like a slogan, but it is really a strategy — two different pests, two different behaviours, treated where each one actually lives.

Outside: where spiders settle

Spiders are outdoor animals that wander in. Their strongholds are the eaves, spouting, window frames, fences and sheds — the sheltered hunting perches around your home's perimeter. Treating that exterior band deals with the population at its source, which is why web problems and indoor spider sightings both drop after an outside treatment. It is perimeter thinking: stop them at the boundary and the inside mostly looks after itself.

Inside: where flies return

Flies are the mirror image — outdoor insects that come inside to feed and rest. They ignore the eaves and head for warm high corners, ceiling lines, window surrounds and kitchen warmth. That is why the interior treatment goes room by room onto the resting surfaces flies choose, sitting quietly until the regulars land. Same house, opposite geography.

Why both at once

Done together before summer peaks, the two treatments cover the season's two certainties: webs rebuilding outside and flies gathering inside. One visit, one operator, both sides of the glass handled — and a home you can open up to the evening without a second thought. If that sounds like your summer, ring 0800 933 983 for free advice on what your place needs.