Keep Bugs Outside with CleanSpace

Today’s topic is for all of our friends in the middle of a drought, particularly those here in Lansing. Sure, it’s rained a few times - we’ve had a few 10-minute storms that have been great for ripping out trees and knocking out electricity, but at the end of the day, the grass is still brown, the ground is still dry, and there are still earwigs in my house.

Maybe you’ve noticed them, too. One scurries out from underneath an oven mitt, another looks very confused as to why it’s on your stairs. They’re harmless, but they’re creepy. And they’re somehow getting in your house.

Earwigs like cool, damp environments. In a pinch, they’ll even just settle for damp, since they can burrow into the ground and create their own cool. But when the weather is hot and dry, like it has been in Lansing, they flee into your crawl space.

Did you know that encapsulating your crawl space can be just as effective against earwigs (and spiders, and mice, and all the other critters lurking about) as it is against water? CleanSpace vapor barrier is called a barrier for a reason; it protects your crawl space from the elements, which keeps your home free from the effects of water, bugs, and anything else that used to take up residence down there.

With only minimal rain in the forecast and temperatures continuing to climb, it may be a long time before the earwigs go back where they belong. But with CleanSpace, you can keep them out of your home.