A PEST control expert has told how ants could make your driveway SINK if you don’t follow three simple tips.
Pavements ants make their nests under cement slabs, rock and paver stones – and can create an elaborate network of tunnels beneath the area where you park your car.
Over time they can dig so much that it can cause driveways, footpaths, patios and pavements to collapse.
Now Stuart Halliday, 42, owner of Kill and Cure Pest Control, has told The Sun exactly what to look out for.
Ants are just starting to raise their heads this time of year because of the temperature difference
The first sign of ants is whats called spoil.
It’s little bits of orangey-brown things being pushed out of a little hole somewhere in your kitchen or your patio or your drive.
This and piles of sand appearing for no reason on your drive means you’ve got an investation.
If you see any of this – or ants getting close to your property and you need to do something about it.
Soon your drive could start to sink – or they’ll start going through the mortar of your property to find warmth.
Once they find a home they’ll come back every year so it’s very important you do something about it.
Pavements ants make their nests under cement slabs, rock and paver stones. Cone-shaped piles of dirt in cracks and joints mark hive entrances.
Sometimes having pot plants positioned on the drive can mean ants may sink your drive.
They’ll start in the pot plants and then make their way down between the cracks of your drive.
Over a couple of years, all of their tunnels will mean your drive can collapse.
Plants need to be moved around the drive regularly and repotted regularly.
As it gets colder they will try to get into your house.
Never move pot plants from outside indoors because if there’s a nest you’re just inviting them in.
Another thing is to not leave your wheelie bins that contain food right beside your house.
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Once they’ve taken over the areas where they’ve dug their tunnels will have to be pulled up and will have to be treated underneath.
If you leave it just spreads.
