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I dont know if this is place to ask but dont know what else to do? Anyone know how to get rid of ants? Or anything they dont like? They are in our living room, I have put ant powder down outside around the edge of the house but still getting them and ants traps inside where we think they are coming in I have a 8 week year old and I have had to lift l her play mat and toys etc up, Being isolated is bad enough with 8 week old let alone having ants all over, now playing sat on sofa but noticed one running alone the cushion  My house is clean and tidy, hoovered and disinfected daily, some of the family and friends joke I'm obsessed with cleaning, hoover has been cleaned out, it's hard floors not carpets ( apart from a rug), we have no pets Any tips welcome it's making me feel dirty and scruffy Thanks x

Answer 1

Ant bait houses, I usually get mine from Wilco’s but ordered from amazon

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Wilkos I mean lol

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@converter10 we get these every year Ants come back every year. we find outside nest (looks like a mound of mud/earth with a few small holes near top) we put ant powder in and around we put 2 or 3 ant traps in front room (where we get them) under settees so kids cant get to them and within a week or two its sorted.  

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@mush @bruch311 Dugdale aww we have used these a few years ago and didn’t have any ants for a long time but needed to get more. Hope you get sorted to be honest I’ve never seen a mound around mine but theses bait houses have worked in the past

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@converter10 1st time we used them didnt have a problem for about 4 years but for the past 3/4 we seem to get them every spring xx

Answer 2

Talcum powder x

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All round windows, doors and skirting boards, safe for children and pets, but ants hate it x

Answer 3

They are attracted to food. Make sure you lift the playmat and give under it a good scrub.  

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If you mix icing sugar with bicarbonate of soda put it near where they are, it takes a while but does work

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They hate cinnamon

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Ant trap or bait station they really work

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@crystalloid64 got them :(

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@metz139 what about hot water on the nest x

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We cant find where they are coming from yet xx

Answer 7

Baby powder

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For outdoors I use a mix of vinegar and a bit of washing up liquid in a spray bottle and spray around the house and between the paving stones. I use ant traps from Wilco for indoors.  

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I had loads last year in my kitchen. I’m same as you, like it all clean and tidy. They were in the food cupboard, all over the worktops when I got up in the mornings. I put bait stations down where I thought they were coming in from and it worked a treat

Answer 10

Vaseline put round the doors and windows where ever u think coming in to cover over the holes works a treat !  

Answer 11

Watch them see where they are coming from . I had the all over front room after a lot of patience watching them I found a school shirt which had something really sweet and sticky behind the curtain but was caught up in tie back and as I never drew them prob was there a while. Then I got the ant box things never been back x

Answer 12

Ive had loads and ive put powder down didnt work so i got theses and none since

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We had ants inside too, they where coming from under the skirting near our door. We put down an ant trap.  

Answer 14

Don’t hoover up the dead ants. I know it sounds gross but if you kill the ants with ant powder the alive ants will take the dead ants back to the nest. This spreads the ant powder to the nest killing them there. This worked for me last summer.  

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We had them once. They were getting about under the laminate. We tried everything. Had to spray half a can of raid round the room and on a hole that went under the laminate. Then stayed out of that room for the day. Gone the next day x

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We get ants every bloomin summer in our living room, I use bait boxes, plus ant powder then go outside and follow them, look for tiny little holes, I then chuck a few kettles of boiling hot water down. Xx

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I had trouble with ants in my living room last year. I got a squirty bottle and put washing up liquid in there with warm water and it worked wonders for me x

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Product called Dethlac. Stops them following the trail left by other ants. We got ours from Wilco, but had to order it.  

Answer 19

I heard they won't walk over white vinegar

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Cinnamon works great. They Hate it

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Put a banana skin by the door or where they're coming in. A line of salt inside the door x

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If you can get hold of some mint, they don’t like it.  

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Yes. I have them ans just rid off them. Icing sugar mixed with bicarb of soda. Sweetness attracts them and bicard kills them and theit queen and nest. Its ridic

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Talc works

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If they are inside your house you can use talcum powder - it acts on them in the same way as ant powder but safer to use indoors.  

Answer 26

They aren't dirty so cleaning won't make any difference. Apart from removing food scraps they might eat. I think it takes time for stuff to work. So have patience. And keep you little one away from poisons

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Cinnamon put a stop to our summer visitors. Nothing else had worked until I started lining doorways with it.  

Answer 28

I struggled with ants every summer for 3 years then an Indian lady told me to put a coating of paprika or any strong smelling curry powder or cinnamon along the outside of my windowsill and the smell will stop them and it worked a treat x

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I use food grade Diatomaceous Earth powder. I sprinkle it around the bottom of the doors and anywhere else I see that they're coming in. They love the stuff and carry it back to their nests where they eat it and it destroys their exoskeleton and therefore killing them. If you make sure you purchase the food grade variety it won't harm you or your children if they happen to get any on their hands (as we all know that little-ones always put their fingers in their mouths).  

Answer 30

Find the hole they're getting in through and fill it

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Mix warm water with washing up liquid I a spray bottle and spray live ants inside and outside they die instant find the nest outside and spray really well loads will die x

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Thanks all will start with the stuff at home the talc, and cinnamon and work my way down the suggestions xx

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Talc worked for us, just pour it around where they are exiting / entering.  

Answer 34

Ant bait Station. The ants take the bait back to the nest to get rid of them at the source

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I had some a couple of weeks and found a hole in the skirting board where they were coming through, look for where they are coming in and fill the hole and put bait stations down

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We get them come back every year in our kitchen, they hate lavender, so maybe get some lavender oil? Talc also works effectively x

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Actual ants are clean so don't think your dirty you can buy stuff from supermarkets becarefull with the baby with them good luck

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Use bait traps, or try to find nest, powder is a waste & poisons the house

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I used flour never saw them again

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White vinegar

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Place cinnamon sticks around they hate them and won't come in

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White vinegar! We went away for 4 days and when we came back the downstairs of our house was ravaged with them. Stupidly I'd forgotten to rinse the pots in the dishwasher and that was their target but they were all over! (Open-plan tiled floor). We sprayed them with neat white vinegar immediately and it kills them instantly. Then we saw where they were coming from and filled the hole. We put Ant powder outside the house and some bait stations and some were still coming. Every day I mopped with a mix of white vinegar and water where they were going to kill the trails and after two weeks they were almost gone but there were a few stragglers. I read on the internet about hot chilli powder and put that down and that got rid of the rest!  

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If you see a line ant they are ‘scavenger’ ants and they’re looking for anything to eat. When they find something they go tell all the others and when you see loads that means they have found something and one by one are taking food back. If there are lots, follow them to the hole they’re coming from and block it with cotton wool soaked in white vinegar. If you see a lone one take it outside as they’re smelling out tiny bits of food. Make sure there are no crumbs under your settee, down the cushions or in the bin. No need to hurt them really.  

Answer 44

Washing up Liquid bit of water they won't cross

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I put the power around the skirting inside the house also and does the trick stopping them coming in. Also get the ant traps that you put outside and they carry the food back to the nest and kills them all

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Ant stop is amazing, my frontroom was pickled in the buggers when i moved in ive had one down nearly 2 years now and havent seen one since x

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Try the Dyson

Answer 48

Talc powder works

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We got these from eBay, worked great . Took about 2 weeks.  

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I had an ant infestation in my old house, coming out of walls and skirting boards. I used baby talc powder all the time and hovered twice a day, I also squeezed toothpaste in all cracks. Done the job, after a couple of weeks they seemed to go x

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A mix of icing sugar and bicarbonate soda. Won't hurt the kids. Icing sugar attracts them and the bicarb kills them. They take it back to the nest to feed and it kills them too

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Talc works. Xx

Answer 53

Try sprinkling turmeric powder around the outside of your house where they are coming in.  

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Lavender essential oil. They hate it! Just as an extra if also kills them if you can see some actually coming in.  

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Semolina works. They take it back to the nest, it swells in their stomach and  

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Cinnamon is supposed to work.  

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Rachael Hughes xx

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Cinnamon worked for me

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Deffo talc

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I got these little ant boxes round black things they do work

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Raid spray. Works a treat. Kills on contact and lasts 4 weeks.  

Answer 62

Ants use the same line back and forwards to their nests spray perfume along that line they hate perfume smells.  

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We had it in our kitchen. They had created a tunnel under patio door and came through the skirting. It was normal ants and the pesky flying ants too which are bloody horrid. I used ant spray on inside, and the outside part of tunnel I kept hosing into it and then spray ant spray. The ant spray killed the ones it got to and the hose washed the dead away for the next squirt of ant spray to work. It took a couple days but eventually moved away to somewhere else.  

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Ant traps are what we found worked best and constant vacuuming. They eventually went. So frustrating isnt it! Hope you get sorted xx

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My neighbors used icing sugar with baking powder. Apparently it kills them. I just used an ant powder which I bought from Morrisons. Can’t remember what it was called but it was safe to use with pets and children.  

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Bicarb of soda works for me . Same time you can sprinkle some sugar away from your house like back garden  

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Pour bleach around the outside of the whole of your house. Or a spray bleach. Of course but only if it’s safe for you, family & pets.  

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Pour boiling water outside where you see them going in might have to do it for a few days but it did get rid of mine outside my front door.  

Answer 69

Ant bait stations are really good

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Raid spray i have to spray the whole outside edges of my house doorframe windows etc. I do it a couple of times a year but seems to work.  

Answer 71

We have found the holes that they are going in and filled them, and lifted the bay tree up and under the pot is a nest, n, save to say it's now gone, hopefully will stop seeing as many inside, also have some traps and things inside x

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And got some Nippon ant killer from my dad x

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Washing up liquid with a bit of water worked for us. Sprayed it around where they were coming in and didn't see them again x

Answer 74

Not seen anymore since we filled the holes! Thanks all x

Answer 75

Putting bleach down does nothing but clean the surface for them to walk on