Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

--
Regards


SantaUK

In message , SantaUK
wrote
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?



The spider are not pests - they will be eating the pests.
--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

In message , SantaUK
writes
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

--
Bill

SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Don't think of them as pests. They are very beneficial to your house and
garden.

Dave

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:12:18 +0100, "SantaUK"
wrote:

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Get some chickens they eat spiders

Stuart

SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

If you bolt a ledger plate to the wall of the house above DPC level you
should use spacers to leave a 10mm gap, & the board(s) should have a 6mm
gap.

If you haven't done so, spiders are the least of your problems.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

why is there a massive influx of spiders?
what are they eating?
why is there a massive influx of spider food?
maybe there's a dead cat under there
and pests are eating the cat
and spiders are eating the pests?

[g]

george (dicegeorge) wrote:
SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is
there anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid
of these pests?
why is there a massive influx of spiders?
what are they eating?
why is there a massive influx of spider food?
maybe there's a dead cat under there
and pests are eating the cat
and spiders are eating the pests?

"There was an old lady who swallowed a fly...."


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

In message , "george (dicegeorge)"
writes


SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

why is there a massive influx of spiders?
what are they eating?
why is there a massive influx of spider food?
maybe there's a dead cat under there
and pests are eating the cat
and spiders are eating the pests?

Decking, patios, remember Brookside?????????

--
Bill

SantaUK wrote:

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

What are the spiders doing to annoy? Most people like spiders because
they are good at dealing with troublesome insects.

Daniele
--
Wanted: TEAC A-2300SX, Akai GX-4000D

SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

Lots of things, but then you'll be troubled by bluebottles, so the question
really is, which would you rather have - spiders sitting quietly, or a dozen
bluebottles covered in dog**** and vomit hovering around your face and
landing on your burgers?

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

In message , "george (dicegeorge)"
writes


SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

why is there a massive influx of spiders?
what are they eating?
why is there a massive influx of spider food?
maybe there's a dead cat under there
and pests are eating the cat
and spiders are eating the pests?

No flies on you george ...

--
geoff

In message , Bill
writes
In message , "george (dicegeorge)"
writes


SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is
there anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid
of these pests?

why is there a massive influx of spiders?
what are they eating?
why is there a massive influx of spider food?
maybe there's a dead cat under there
and pests are eating the cat
and spiders are eating the pests?

Decking, patios, remember Brookside?????????

No, never watched it



--
geoff

In message
,
Matty F writes
On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !


Move to a less pikey area / country


--
geoff

On Mar 30, 12:29 pm, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes

On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

Move to a less pikey area / country

I'm just monitoring an unoccupied building site.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8501576/

"An estimated 4.2 million cameras — largely concentrated in London and
other major cities —observe Britons as they go about their daily
business"

In message
,
Matty F writes

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

Now that I do sympathise with, but one fix it to fit dome cameras. I've
had lots of webs on the older style housings but domes do not give the
spiders the location they like and so are left alone.
--
Bill

SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Wot - no angle grinder angle?

"Phil L" wrote in message
news
SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

Lots of things, but then you'll be troubled by bluebottles, so the
question really is, which would you rather have - spiders sitting quietly,
or a dozen bluebottles covered in dog**** and vomit hovering around your
face and landing on your burgers?

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

Nice answer Phil,
I'll have to remember that when my Missus demands I kill a spider that she
doesn't like the look of :-)
Franko.

On 29 Mar, 23:09, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. *Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

If you bolt a ledger plate to the wall of the house above DPC level you
should use spacers to leave a 10mm gap, & the board(s) should have a 6mm
gap.

If you haven't done so, spiders are the least of your problems.

--
Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk

This is what I would call a 'Wall Plate', and I must admit I've never
heard of spacing it off, but if it is above the DPC then something
like that is necessary. Surely, however the spiders will just use the
spacers as bridges across the gap ?

Rob

Thanks for the replies folks - its more SWMBO who really wants rid of them.
Its only March and when she walks out on the deck on a sunny day, the
blighters are everywhere, sunning themselves! Gives our niece a bit of a
game to play right enough, she has yet to catch one, but never gives up
trying.

--
Regards


SantaUK
"SantaUK" wrote in message
...
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year,
there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything
that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

--
Regards


SantaUK

No, everything okay on that front.

--
Regards


SantaUK
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
...
SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

If you bolt a ledger plate to the wall of the house above DPC level you
should use spacers to leave a 10mm gap, & the board(s) should have a 6mm
gap.

If you haven't done so, spiders are the least of your problems.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Matty F wrote:
On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?
Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

The only thing I can think of is to introducer some heat. A spider might
consider it to be a predator and move away from the camera.

Dave

Rob G wrote:
On 29 Mar, 23:09, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
SantaUK wrote:
Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

If you bolt a ledger plate to the wall of the house above DPC level
you should use spacers to leave a 10mm gap, & the board(s) should
have a 6mm gap.

If you haven't done so, spiders are the least of your problems.

--
Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk

This is what I would call a 'Wall Plate', and I must admit I've never
heard of spacing it off, but if it is above the DPC then something
like that is necessary. Surely, however the spiders will just use the
spacers as bridges across the gap ?

Depends how big the spiders are I spose. Those with legs longer than 10mm
will stroll across, the shorter ones will abseil.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Mar 31, 6:57 am, Dave wrote:
Matty F wrote:
On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?
Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

The only thing I can think of is to introducer some heat. A spider might
consider it to be a predator and move away from the camera.

The cameras are very small and have six infrared LEDs. I imagine they
would be warm as they consume a few watts.

In message
,
Matty F writes
On Mar 30, 12:29 pm, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes

On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

Move to a less pikey area / country

I'm just monitoring an unoccupied building site.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8501576/

"An estimated 4.2 million cameras €” largely concentrated in London and
other major cities €”observe Britons as they go about their daily
business"

A few less after tomorrow ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ma...ment-transport
-g20



--
geoff

On Mar 31, 7:50 am, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes



On Mar 30, 12:29 pm, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes

On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

Move to a less pikey area / country

I'm just monitoring an unoccupied building site.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8501576/

"An estimated 4.2 million cameras — largely concentrated in London and
other major cities —observe Britons as they go about their daily
business"

A few less after tomorrow ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ma...-transport-g20

Can't they pass a quick law to fix that? In my pikey country we pass
retrospective laws whenever necessary!

In message , geoff
wrote
In message
,
Matty F writes
On Mar 30, 12:29 pm, geoff wrote:
In message
,
Matty F writes

On Mar 30, 9:31 am, Bill wrote:
In message , SantaUK
writes

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there
seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I
can put down or spray around that will get rid of these pests?

Now I'm certainly no eco warrior, but what harm are the spiders doing
you that you wish to destroy them?

Probably none. But how do I stop spiders from crawling over my
security cameras and making webs? Every time a spider moves I get
three video files recorded of it. I'm sick of having to check all
those files !

Move to a less pikey area / country

I'm just monitoring an unoccupied building site.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8501576/

"An estimated 4.2 million cameras €” largely concentrated in London and
other major cities €”observe Britons as they go about their daily
business"

A few less after tomorrow ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/ma...ment-transport
-g20


It looks like someone has just looked at the numbers (of the camera
pixels) without actually understanding what they mean.

--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

SantaUK wrote:

Help - having fitted decking right to the wall of the house last
year, there seems to have been a massive influx of spiders. Is there
anything that I can put down or spray around that will get rid of
these pests?

Set fire to the deck. They will run away from the heat.

--