About Paul Hardy

If you’re considering offering a “clean air” add-on service, consisting of air duct cleaning, dryer vent cleaning and changing the customer’s high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, you may find this......

What’s the best ant management lesson you’ve learned? Experts chime in: “In Houston, we had a mall-turned-assisted-living facility that was infested with Argentine ants (Linepithema humile). After several months of......

What is a common (but honest) mistake made, or misconception held, regarding cockroach control? Experts weigh in: “The advantage and disadvantage with our pest control service is complacency. We’re perfectly......

An early detection/protection program can help your termite customers minimize property damage, and help your business receive recurring revenue. Remember the termite swarms of the past? For many years, the......

Did you know that up to 60 percent of the air you breathe inside your home comes from the crawlspace and basement? I recall one client whose interior walls were......

As homeowners react to the need to save energy, tighter construction has become the norm in nearly all new structures — more insulation and better-sealed walls, windows and doors. The......

2013 was the year of nonsubterranean-termite wood-destroying organisms (WDO) and what appears to be evasive wood-infesting insect species. Most of the cases appeared in new construction and structures that were......

After talking to pest management professionals (PMPs) throughout the country, it appears the industry is poised for a banner year. Pests are plentiful and leads are at an all-time high.......

In mid-November, the temperature was warmer than normal. Then, all of a sudden, on Nov. 13, 14 and 15, it became unseasonably cold. On Nov. 16, 2013, about midday, the......

The good news about termite control is if you don’t like the way services are being performed, wait because it will change. When I started in pest management in 1961,......