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Fumigating Crawlspace Red Green 04-28-2008
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Posted by Red Green on April 30, 2008, 10:44 pm

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> Red Green wrote:
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>> > Red Green wrote:
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>> >> >> Gotta do some work in crawlspace. Lotsa critters naturally live
>> >> >> there - some creepy, some dirty nasty, some poisonous (Recluses
>> >> >> & Widows popular here).
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>> >> >> It would be nice if I could bomb the crawlspace like with those
>> >> >> ones they have for inside the house where you set and vacate
>> >> >> for a few hours.
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>> >> > I'd be sure to bomb the inside of the house simultaneously with
>> >> > the crawlspace. Otherwise, you risk the nasties finding an
>> >> > escape path to the home interior, where they'd live happily ever
>> >> > after.
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>> >> I've considered something like that Tony. At minimum, spray some
>> >> kind of Agent Orange on all room perimeters, pipes, vents, etc.
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>> > No no no, agent orange is only for landscaping use, not for bugs...
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>> Dammit! And I have so much of it just hanging around.
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> Send some here, I keep getting weeds in my gravel driveway and
> roundup, triox, etc. won't keep them away.

Minimum order is 1 pallet of 4 somewhat corroding drums.


Posted by Red Green on May 1, 2008, 8:47 pm

> Gotta do some work in crawlspace. Lotsa critters naturally live there
> - some creepy, some dirty nasty, some poisonous (Recluses & Widows
> popular here).
>
> It would be nice if I could bomb the crawlspace like with those ones
> they have for inside the house where you set and vacate for a few
> hours. Trouble with those is they spray high and I believe must be
> vertical to empty.
>
> Of course I would not do anything Darwin like go under house and try
> and set and back out the 25-30 ft over pipes and ductwork. My thought
> is fortunately at the far end is a dryer vent hole in the floor. I
> could reach down from in the house and set a couple off. At the near
> end (near to crawlspace entrance) I could discharge a couple there.
>
> OK, beat me up here on this not thought through very much scenario.
>

Thanks for all the replies and input.

Followup:

The dasterdly deed was done today. First sprayed all room/closet
perimeters, outlets, vents, etc. Raid does make some short fogger cans
putting 4 in a box. Crawled to my waist through the crawlspace door.
Directed a couple by hand away and deep. Can tilt can pretty far when it
first starts to empty. Gradually tilt more vertical as it empties. Got a
whif and a couple of coughs just as I was backing (quickly!) out the half
body length. Boy I tell ya if anybody tried that going fully in just a
few feet they'd be a gonner.

Went inside and stuck my arm in the dryer vent hole at the far end of the
crawlspace with one and unloaded that on an angle in a circle. Pulled arm
out and covered hole.

Fortunately there was no invasion inside from those trying to escape.
Found a few later on in the day that made it up and croaked. While
working just outside after, I did see one actually severely limping away
next to the foundation.

So, no coroner or ambulance had to be called and no explosion.

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