Got Ants? Make Them A Partner In Your Home Healthiness Investigation.

Ants can be a problem in your home. But they can also point the way to hidden healthiness challenges.

When you were a kid, did you ever wonder why those ants were marching one by one?

As a home healthiness examiner, I have learned a surprising truth! Those pesky ants are actually our friends, yours and mine.

Believe it or not, they’re pointing the way toward a problem in your home’s healthiness.

All we have to do is follow the trail they’ve laid out for us. Following their line In one direction, we learn what attracted them to our living spaces. This is their harvest site. In the other direction we find where their nest is located Most often, their home base is outside somewhere. Their excursions into your house are more like shopping trips to the grocery store.

When we tap into ant behavior, we can appreciate the wisdom of all that marching. Because between those two points often lies a problem in your home’s healthiness.

Most of us are aware that ants on counters and surfaces usually indicate it’s time for a clean-up of crumbs, drips and spills. But we may not be aware that ants can also be an early harbinger, or warning sign, that helps predict and prevent damage to your home caused by unseen and unknown wetness intrusions.

Look out down below.  

How is this possible? Lead explorer ants have an important job. That’s to find a water source for the colony. The lead explorer ant locates a reliable source of moisture, then lays a scent trail back to the nest.

The other ants follow.

As a homeowner and investigator, you can follow the trail of the ants from the hive to the house, or from the house to the hive. (I recommend using a trusty flashlight.)

Down in the basement, imagine you find a plumbing leak. This leak has slowly begun to affect the core of the house. You know that left unchecked, dampness and humidity can lead to mold growth, a major healthiness concern. When you tap on the boards, the surface feels saturated. Other insects may have moved in, such as termites. There’s little doubt that termites and other insects can erode the home’s health and safety if undiscovered over time. Down below, we’re talking foundation and structural elements, which can become costly to replace if an issue goes unchecked.

Sure, ants may be pesky, but to a resourceful homeowner, they can also be helpful allies.

Follow where the trail leads you.

The first step to resolve an ant problem is by using ants as natural home healthiness experts.They will help lead you to a resolution that not only fixes brewing house healthiness troubles, but turns ants on their way to some other more favorable territory. Ideally, back to the wild where they belong.

When we follow ant trails, we are getting our own marching orders to place attention on the  hidden healthiness issues in our home or work spaces. With the help of ants, A Healthier Home’s  investigators have been able to find hidden moisture troubles, mold issues, and other healthiness problems before those become serious problems.