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Charlie Bress Charlie Bress is offline
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Default Fogger in the attic - is that OK?

I've used these foggers in the house and in the crawlspace under the house.
You can't ust "throw" it into the attic, it must be placed upright.
I do mine on a day when we are going to be away for the day, at least 6 or
more hours. That gives it lots of time to clear out of the air. Since the
attic is not living space I would not be overly concerned about it airing
out. If you have an access to the attic from the oitside such as a hatch of
some sort the natural convection this time of year will provide decent air
flow up into the attic and out the vents.

Charlie


"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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I have a problem with ants coming from the attic, it seems they are coming
from the outside flower bed and up the gutter and somewhere got in through
the fascia into the attic and down some walls. Using Terro provided some
control in some spots but they kept coming.

I am going to spray Termidor outside the wall to stop further intrusion,
but was wondering about the population up in the attic, can I get one of
those Raid Fogger:

http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fogger/

and throw it into the attic? I am concerned with the fumes coming through
the ceiling at spots that are not sealed such as ceiling lights, AC vents
covers, attic hatches etc...those are closed off but not air tight...just
not sure if there should be big concerns. The instructions say you can
air it out two hours later if applied to a room, but for an attic it has
to naturally air out via the vents.

Thanks,

MC