How to get rid of flies in a wooden house? Folk remedies and household chemicals

Why are flies hiding in your house?

For their hibernation, flies in the house choose warm and well-lit windows located on the south and west sides of the building. They prefer upper floors and attics.

If flies and a large number of them appear at home, know that more than half have already settled in for the winter. For them to enter the house, a microscopic hole is enough, those cracks that you did not pay attention to are “open gates” and the promise of a warm winter in warmth and safety.

The invasion of flies in the house is not accidental; it is unlikely that these insects will be able to find a secluded place with a constant temperature during the cold season. They get stuck in vents, crawl into cracks in walls, cracks under siding and openings in wood windows. In an attempt to shelter from the cold, they cause us trouble: they buzz annoyingly and create a lot of garbage when spring comes.

Flies in a country house appear not only on the eve of cold weather. If there is a landfill, compost heaps or pets nearby, they willy-nilly fly into your home. There are especially many flies in the house in attics and in wall voids, where they swarm and when cold weather sets in, they hibernate.

With the onset of sunny days, when the home warms up well, or when heating the room with household appliances, flies wake up, sometimes ahead of time. They crawl out of secluded places and move towards a heat source.

Where do flies come from at home in autumn and winter? Do not assume that flies are active in your home and capable of breeding during winter. All the insects crawled in last fall. Some successfully find a way out immediately, others find themselves locked indoors and doomed to die in a trap.

Why do you need to kill flies?

• First of all, flies carry many infections that are dangerous to human health. This worsens the sanitary situation in the house and threatens its inhabitants with diseases.
• A lot of flies in the house creates a favorable atmosphere for the breeding of beetles and cockroaches.

Wood ceiling finishing

After completing the wall finishing, it is the turn of the ceiling surface. It is better to leave the ceiling in its original form - in this case it can be finished using wood slats, lining, plywood sheets or wooden boards. In wooden houses, ceilings are most often finished not only with the listed materials - plastic panels and suspended ceilings are actively used. A favorite option for many homeowners is drywall. This material has become widespread in the decoration of wooden houses. It can change any ceiling thanks to a huge range of colors and textures. Ceiling plasterboard is installed directly on the metal frame. Thanks to this circumstance, the ceiling lasts a long time. Drywall has two main advantages - the ceiling is smooth and the ceiling is environmentally friendly. Why are there a lot of flies in a wooden house? Fly expert advice:

This is how you can defeat all the flies in a wooden house

It is better to leave the ceiling in its original form - in this case it can be finished using wood slats, lining, plywood sheets or wooden boards

How to get rid of flies in the house?

It makes sense to fight flies in your home if you have taken care of sealing your home in advance. Vulnerabilities should be looked for in the joints of siding, cracks near windows, under the eaves in the holes for the entry of electrical cables.

Sealing these areas and caulking the seams will improve the situation. But effective control is possible with additional treatment with insecticides , which will destroy living insects indoors.

You can deal with this horde of flies using a home vacuum cleaner or fly swatter, but it is more effective and convenient to use modern means. Of course, mosquito nets are installed on windows and ventilation openings; they prevent the free penetration of insects and reduce the number of flies. The best fly repellent for your home will depend on your specific situation. We will now consider insecticides that have earned only positive reviews among our readers and clients of our online store.

Aquafumigators

These are means of directed action against any insects. They act quickly and effectively, as they spread through the air and penetrate into cracks and secluded places.

Aquafumigator Raptor

It works unusually, to activate it you need to do a certain procedure. The aluminum container is placed in a bath filled with water. When the reaction occurs, a poisonous compound is released into the air, which penetrates the shell and paralyzes the insect.

• universal, acts against all domestic insects;
• active zone 30 sq. m.
• quick treatment (2 hours exposure);
• cost - from 600 rubles

The aquafumigator packaging contains everything you need. The user must follow the instructions and leave the premises for 2 hours.

Fly traps

There are two types of fly traps - bait traps and electric lamps. Both the first and second options involve luring and destroying insects. Special pheromones are used in baits, and heat and UV light are used in lamps. Among the diversity, it is worth highlighting

Window fly trap SWISSINNO

An original solution to passively kill flies. The package contains several envelopes that are placed in the corners of the window. This device works for up to 2 months, gradually filling with flies.

Paper envelopes are presented in several color options, which can be matched to the interior or, conversely, used inconspicuously. The more such traps you place, the faster you will get rid of annoying flies.

• The cost of a set of traps is from 350 rubles

Electric trapMO – EL Fan -75

An electric trap neutralizes flies in a room within a radius of 15 - 20 meters. The fan creates draft and catches flies flying nearby.

• Production - Italy
• power 75 W
• Range of action: up to 20 sq.m.
• cost - from 9900 rubles

The device is additionally equipped with an ultraviolet lamp (in the container for caught flies) to neutralize and sterilize captured flies, preventing harmful bacteria from multiplying. Thanks to this feature, the trap is recommended for use in medical institutions, children's institutions, and catering establishments.

Aerosols and sprays

A quick and simple product that is convenient to use to kill flies. No preparation or complex manipulations are required to process the room.

Aerosol Dr. Klaus

A powerful jet is able to penetrate into secluded places in the room and quickly destroy all domestic parasites. Spray the room for a few 10-15 seconds and leave the room for 30 minutes. Pre-close windows and doors to stop air from entering. 15-30 minutes after treatment, ventilate the room for half an hour.

• effective and fast-acting poison;
• works in 2 modes - spraying and powerful jet up to 3 meters
• cylinder cost - from 280 rubles

Read more and buy Dr. aerosol. Klaus from flies

Sprays

Sprays are a radical remedy when the degree of infestation of a room by flies reaches catastrophic proportions. The concentrated product contains microcapsules, which, when sprayed and processed, gradually penetrate the chitinous layer on the body of a fly and other insect. There is no chance of survival if you use an effective remedy.

GET against flies

A Russian development that confidently occupies a leading position. Works against all known parasites and destroys them after the first time. The main advantage of the drug is that the residual effect after application lasts for 6 months . We can safely say that this is the best solution against flies if insects haunt you for a long time. Copes well with both adults and larvae.

• Manufacturer - Russia
• Active substance - Chlorpyrifos, 5%
• A bottle (100 g) is enough to treat a room up to 100 m2
• effective against flies, cockroaches, bedbugs, ants
• Bottle price - from 790 rubles

Prepare the drug before processing according to the proposed scheme. Safe for humans and animals. Living in an apartment. If you are wondering how to get rid of flies in the house in the fall, then use modern and affordable means.

Adding an article to a new collection

The current warm autumn has provoked an invasion of flies not only in wooden country houses, but also in city apartments. Flies crawl in from everywhere: from cracks, from under frames and cornices. What to do with these hordes? We want to offer you many options.

Where did so many flies come from? Many people ask this question. The reason is that somewhere nearby there are places that are ideal for their breeding and feeding. What attracts these dipterous insects to your home?

• Cesspools and compost heaps are favorite breeding grounds for flies. Even if the pits are on a neighbor’s property, your home is still in danger.
• The presence of a trash can nearby, especially if there are always leftover garbage lying around it.
• Food odors: leftover food left on the table; crumbs that you didn’t notice, etc. All products must be hermetically sealed and stored in the refrigerator.
• Irregular removal of the trash bin leads to spoilage of food, the smell of which also attracts insects.

Flies, which bred in the summer, when cool days come, climb into houses to wait out the cold. They get there by any means: through windows, doors, cracks in the walls and ceiling. Flies, waiting for spring, hide in all the holes in the house. When the temperature rises, insects begin to crawl out of their hiding places.

All methods of fighting flies can be divided into several types:

Interior wall finishing with wood

We answered why there are a lot of flies in a wooden house. When should you do the finishing? In fact, you should not start interior finishing with wood immediately after finishing the construction of the house. A pause is required for the structure to go through the shrinkage stage - sometimes this process takes decades. If the house is built using laminated veneer lumber, then only a month will be enough for shrinkage. The shrinkage period of a wooden house is affected not only by the type of wood, but also by other parameters.

Among them:

• Season
• Material moisture resistance level
• Climatic zonation

We can say for sure that finishing should begin in each individual case at a different time. Thus, it is extremely inappropriate to begin finishing work already in the first month after building a house, since shrinkage occurs most intensively. It is better to start caulking during this period - it will allow you to get ideal joints with the necessary tightness. Why do you need to seal? It is required because the active shrinkage stage occurs. In the absence of sealing, the interior decoration will very quickly become unusable. In order not to redo the work several times, you need to wait a certain amount of time. In this way, you can get rid of any harmful consequences that will be associated with an insufficient level of tightness.

Look at the question why there are a lot of flies in a wooden house from the other side. Maybe you recently had a big harvest, for example, apples, and you decided to store them at home? This is a very common occurrence of a large number of flies. Let's return to repairs - when and how to do caulk? It must be done in two cycles. Primary caulking is carried out approximately a month after the completion of the construction of the house. Secondary caulking – approximately eight months after the initial caulking has been carried out. The insulation can be jute tow. Often simple tow is used. There are cases when moss is used as insulation. Work starts right from the bottom crown. To prevent the house from tilting, it is necessary to caulk both sides. After it is completed, the log house will grow by approximately seven centimeters. However, after a long time, it will re-deepen into the ground - the shrinkage process will occur due to landing under its own weight and compaction of the insulation. In this case, the tow serves as a limiter - it closes all the cracks and thus the joints are sealed. It is necessary to carry out the above work extremely carefully - otherwise the house will forever remain cold and will be unsuitable for use in harsh climates. You can begin interior finishing after the frame has finally settled down. To find out this, it is necessary to measure the level of the walls over several months - if their height remains unchanged over the course of months, then the shrinkage is complete.

Flies often live under the floor

Traditional methods of fighting flies

A favorite folk remedy is an ordinary fly swatter and its home-grown analogue - paper folded in several layers. What else do those whose homes are favored by dipterous insects use?

Fly tape

It’s difficult to call this method aesthetic, but it is definitely very effective. Sticky tapes for catching flies were and are sold in every hardware store. All that remains is to buy it and hang it throughout the house.

If you have nowhere to buy a sticky trap at the moment, and insects are annoying, we suggest making this miracle product yourself. For the trap you will need: rosin, machine/linseed/castor (whatever you can find) oil, honey and a small roll of paper. This could be, for example, tape for cash registers or paper for covering windows. If paper cannot be found, it can be replaced with any long strip of fabric.

Take oil and rosin in a ratio of 1:5. Melt the rosin (you can do this in a water bath). Combine the resin with oil and add honey to the resulting composition. It is its smell that will attract flies to the trap. While the mixture is warm, spread it over the entire length of the tape. At the very end, attach a small weight (stick, cardboard, etc.) to it, which will prevent the tape from curling up, but will keep it straightened. Hang the trap in the desired location.

• The sight of fly corpses dangling here and there on the tape is unlikely to improve your appetite or lift your spirits. This is not a pleasant sight.
• Long ribbons catch on hair and clothes.
• In large rooms you are unlikely to get by with one ribbon - you will have to hang several of them.

Vacuum cleaner against flies

If the number of flies in your house is not in the tens, but in the hundreds, the tape will not solve the problem. Arm yourself with a vacuum cleaner and walk it through places where insects accumulate. These are windows, window sills, any cracks that you can find in the house.

• It is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to reach all the places where flies have hidden for the winter with a vacuum cleaner.
• Not every dacha has a vacuum cleaner, and taking it from the city to fight flies is not the most reasonable option.

Which insulation materials harbor pests?

The most popular thermal insulation materials can be divided into organic (ecowool, expanded polystyrene, polyethylene, etc.) and inorganic, which include:

Organic insulation materials - polystyrene foam and expanded polystyrene - are especially loved by both rodents and insects. Boric acid, which is part of ecowool, makes it unsuitable for pests.

Among soft inorganic materials, rodents prefer mineral wool, while basalt and flax fibers do not attract them.

Pests also avoid loose and inflatable materials.

Modern methods of controlling flies

Life does not stand still. Progress has also come to such an important area as fly catching. What did scientists and inventors come up with for us?

Insect trap lamps using the sticky tape principle

The idea of ​​sticky tape on which flies find their death was used in the manufacture of this trap lamp. The habit of many insects, including adult flies, to fly towards the light is also used here.

The lamp is mounted on the wall and is quite attractive in design, so it will easily fit into the interior of not only a country house, but also a modern apartment. The principle of its operation is quite simple. There is sticky paper on the back of the lamp. There are ultraviolet lamps in front of it. Insects, attracted by the light, fly to the trap, fly inside and stick. All you have to do is change the paper from time to time.

Insecticidal lamps

Insecticidal lamps have a similar operating principle (they are also called insect exterminators). The difference between them is that the flies do not end up on sticky paper, but on the “electric chair”.

What is an insecticidal lamp? Behind the outer grill (most often made of plastic for safety reasons), UV lamps are located, just like in the previous device. Next to them is a metal mesh (grid), through which an electric current is passed. The fly, having flown to the light, hits the grid, receives a shock and falls dead. The designers thought through everything to the smallest detail. After its death, the insect falls onto a special tray located at the bottom of the lamp. When the tray is full, it needs to be removed and cleaned.

For humans, according to manufacturers, the lamps are absolutely safe. It does not emit any toxic odors or fumes, and the current strength is so low that it is completely harmless to us.

Electric fly swatters

This is another way flies die from electric shock. But, unlike the previous device, a fly swatter is more suitable for those who love movement: in order to destroy a fly, you must first find it - it itself will not fly to the fly swatter.

The fly swatter resembles a badminton racket, only the plastic grid in it is replaced with a metal one. The handle contains batteries or an accumulator, which serve as a source of current (you are not tied to an outlet - this is a plus). When you have a desire to kill an annoying insect, you press a button on the handle - and the fly swatter is immediately ready to work. To kill an enemy, you don't need to slam him. A fly just needs to come into contact with the surface and it dies from electric shock.

This modern device also has its disadvantages. Firstly, flies sometimes get stuck between the bars and have to be literally picked out. Secondly, during a hunt, a rather cumbersome fly swatter can inadvertently break valuable objects: vases, figurines, etc. And thirdly, the price of an electric fly swatter is several times higher than its traditional counterpart.

Electric fumigators

Another modern device for combating flying insects is an electric fumigator. It is based on the ability of some substances to have a detrimental effect on insects with their odors.

The fumigator consists of a plastic case in which a heating element and a substance that emits an odor are located (this can be either a liquid or a solid material - plates or tablets). You plug in the device, the temperature of the heating element rises, and a substance toxic to flies begins to evaporate. Gradually, the room is filled with vapors, which have a nerve-paralytic effect on the dipterans. After a few hours, all you have to do is collect the immobilized insect corpses.

Causes of midges

One of two types of small flies can settle in the kitchen of an apartment. These can be fruit flies (or fruit flies) or sciarid flies (or soil flies). The former love to profit from various plant debris, as well as rotting vegetables and fruits. The latter live in flower pots and feed on the roots of indoor plants.

Where do these little insects in the kitchen come from? Eggs and larvae are usually brought into the apartment by people themselves on slightly rotten fruits. In addition, having miniature sizes, these insects are able to migrate from neighboring apartments through ventilation ducts, small cracks and sewers. Having appeared in an apartment, these midges can live not only in the kitchen, but also in the bathroom, although it would seem that they have nothing to eat there. It is clear that they find food in the kitchen, and enter neighboring rooms through cracks and sewers. Drosophila live on rotten fruit. Sometimes the cause of their appearance is a piece of spoiled fruit that has fallen into the gap. They can multiply quickly, settling on damp potatoes or in a rotten onion, from where they scatter throughout the apartment. Fertilizing indoor plants with used tea leaves and tea can also cause the rapid proliferation of small flies. Having found out where these uninvited guests come from, you can think about how you can get rid of them.

By leaving food in open places, you yourself support the vital activity of house flies - you literally feed them from your table

How to remove small midges

To get rid of small flies, you should do a general cleaning in the apartment (primarily in the kitchen). At the same time, we must try to find the place where these harmful insects come from - their habitat and breeding places. This could be a tea bag that fell past the trash can, an open jar with leftover jam, an unopened juice box that was not put away on time, spoiled potatoes or rotten fruit. Stuck pieces of food in the pipes and grates of the sink will suffice for them. One of the easiest ways to get rid of small flies is to deprive them of food. If the flies have nothing to eat, they will soon disappear on their own.

The soil in pots of indoor flowers can be watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate or sprinkled with ground pepper - this will help get rid of annoying midges. Methods for dealing with small flies in the kitchen are as follows:

1. Inspect stored vegetables and fruits and get rid of rotten ones. If possible, put high-quality fruits in the refrigerator.
2. Place all dry food products in an airtight container.
3. Rinse the sink, pour a small amount of soda into the drain hole and pour in a little vinegar. After the reaction, accompanied by a characteristic hissing, ends, you need to rinse the sink with water (you can clean it with a plunger).
4. The soil in pots of indoor flowers can be watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate or sprinkled with ground pepper. Several matches stuck into the ground with their heads down will help get rid of soil flies. It is advisable to sprinkle the soil on top with small pebbles or marble chips.
5. Pet feeders should be cleaned and washed immediately after feeding.
6. Traps for small flies help a lot. They are very easy to make: put a little jam, a piece of fruit in a plastic cup or jar, or you can pour a little beer. Roll up a funnel with a small hole out of paper, insert it into the glass with the narrow tip down and secure with tape. The flies will follow the smell, get into the jar, and will not be able to get out of there. Traps need to be changed from time to time. Used ones should be thrown away along with the caught insects, after filling them with water or detergent. Instead of a paper funnel, you can use cling film, cover the top of the cup with it and poke several small holes in it.
7. Many insects, including fruit flies, are afraid of the smell of geranium. Even if it does not help to completely get rid of small flies, it works 100% as a preventive measure.
8. Sticky fly tapes help remove these insects.

Chemical methods of control

If all the previous methods have not made you a winner in the war with flies, let's move on to a chemical attack. Almost all chemical preparations aimed at killing flying insects include pyrethroids - insecticides (poisons) that cause paralysis in insects and lead to their death. Such products are produced in the form of aerosols, powders, liquids, etc. All these insecticides do not, according to manufacturers, have a negative effect on human health. However, it is still worth taking precautions:

• It is best to spray aerosols while wearing a respirator.
• Gloves should be used when handling powders and liquids.
• After using the drug (after the time specified in the instructions), it is imperative to ventilate the room.

We list the most effective, according to users, chemical preparations for killing flies and other flying insects.

• Dichlorvos. The name of this aerosol has been known to us since childhood. Now, under this name, drugs are produced that differ in composition from traditional dichlorvos. Some of them are odorless.
• DR. KLAUS against flies. Another aerosol. Manufacturers claim that its action will last for 2 months. To prevent the invasion of flies from the outside, it is recommended to spray those places outside the house that most often serve as a refuge for insects.
• Contra Insect Universal. A spray that can be applied to any surface where flies have been observed. There is no pungent odor.
• Agita. Powder, which, after diluting in water, must be applied to frames, doors, window sills, warm pipes, etc.
• Fly Byte. Granular preparation. The granules should be placed in the most fly-infested areas. You can make a paste out of them and apply them to those surfaces that are most often visited by dipterans.

Finishing a wooden ceiling using a stretch ceiling

We answered in as much detail as possible why there are a lot of flies in a wooden house. As for the ceilings now. It would seem - why spoil a noble tree with artificial PVC cloth? But everything is not so simple. A suspended ceiling in a wooden house can completely change the space and make something new out of it. The decorator's capabilities will be increased by an endless number of textured PVC solutions. PVC ceilings have the following trump cards:

• Easy to care for
• Moisture resistance
• Almost perfectly smooth surface
• Possibility to cover defects of the rough ceiling
• Easy installation
• Does not absorb odors
• You can install spotlights

The decorator's capabilities will be increased by an endless number of textured PVC solutions

What to do if flies turn out to be immortal

If all your efforts have been in vain and the flies continue to live quietly, depriving you of peace, the last thing left is to call the rescue service. You can easily find on the Internet the addresses and telephone numbers of organizations that carry out disinfestation (as it is called) of premises. Professionals will not only destroy insects, but also provide a guarantee for their work.

Flies are not only annoying, but also quite dangerous insects, because... can become carriers of very serious diseases. To prevent an increase in the number of dipterous insects and their penetration into the house, the following preventive measures should be followed:

• use mosquito nets on windows;
• maintain cleanliness in the local area;
• plant plants that will repel them near the places where flies accumulate most;
• Seal all visible cracks in the house.

With the onset of the first autumn cold weather, an invasion of flies begins in warm houses and apartments. Hordes of annoying insects crawl inside, getting into the cracks of buildings and windows. Flies, in anticipation of winter, attack not only windows, but also walls, ceilings, doors, mosquito nets and ventilation grilles. The WINDOWS MEDIA portal talks about what needs to be done in order to avoid an unpleasant misfortune.

Homemade sticky tapes

All kinds of industrially produced Velcro are well known to everyone. And few people realize that they can be made at home.

Rosin dissolves in heated castor oil (ratio 1:2). Honey or molasses is added to the solution. The adhesive mass is applied to strips of parchment using a wide brush.

Instead of honey, you can use office glue. It processes the paper and only then applies a solution of rosin and castor oil.

Advantages: cheap and simple.

Flaws:

• Honey and molasses acquire an unpleasant odor over time;
• Placement near heating devices and open flames should be avoided;
• tapes with attached flies look unsightly, especially in the kitchen.

Where do flies come from at home?

In September, when it starts to get colder, flies start looking for warmth and food. Insects accumulate in large numbers due to special signals, in other words, instincts of survival and reproduction. They need somewhere to spend the winter, and there is no better place for them than a person's home.

Residents of private houses and summer cottages complain about clusters of flies indoors, which most often enter during the temporary absence of the owners. Residents of apartment buildings complain that many flies swarm around plastic windows and even penetrate mosquito nets. In this case, there are several reasons for insects to penetrate into seemingly enclosed spaces:

• Gaps in wooden houses and gaps between incorrectly installed window structures.
• The heated surface of roofs, as well as plastic and wooden windows and mosquito nets, which attracts flies.
• Compost pits, animal fertilizers, etc. located near private houses.

Zoologists say that in the fall, flies themselves become the target of an attack by fungal mold, which actively spreads and kills a large number of insects, but not all. The rest continue to live in secluded places in our homes, but do not hibernate, their life activity simply slows down. In a barn, next to animals, they can reproduce in winter, and with the onset of spring they can fly long distances and quickly spread throughout the city.

Plasterboard cladding

Decorating the walls with wood inside the house, the photos of which attract us, can even be made from simple plasterboard. This material behaves well in wooden houses - it is indispensable for cladding any wooden walls. It would seem that plasterboard is a simple and unprepossessing material, but it is what allows you to create real masterpieces - all kinds of decorative arches, stained glass windows, slopes and other elements. This is achieved thanks to the flexibility and elasticity of the material. The installation of drywall begins with fastening the profile. It is attached using self-tapping screws and a simple screwdriver. Drywall sheets are already mounted on the resulting base.

Drywall has a number of advantages:

• You can cover technical communications
• Low cost
• Easy installation
• Ease of operation

There are also disadvantages to drywall, including:

• Additional finishing required
• Fragility
• Resistance to mechanical stress

Flies are untidy and dangerous

There are more than 4,000 species of flies in the world, in Russia there are about 1,000 of them, called real flies in biology. Almost all species, even non-dangerous species, are annoying. Synanthropic flies are the most dangerous for humans and animals, as they are ecologically connected with humans and their homes.

All flies move very quickly, can fly at altitudes of up to 2 kilometers, and are extremely fertile, most of them lay eggs. For example, a species of housefly can lay up to two thousand eggs in three months.

25 million microorganisms live in the intestines of flies, which remain active for several days. The blood-sucking autumn zhigalka can infect animals and humans, in addition to sepsis, anthrax and yellow fever. At temperatures up to 20°C and high humidity, the infection inside the flies can persist for up to 9 days.

The untidiness of flies is beneficial for nature; with their help, the decomposition of organic substances is accelerated. Another important thing for a person is to prevent the possibility of infections and protect the territory of houses from fly attacks.

Wood interior finishing options

Good interior decoration will create harmony and comfort. Why there are a lot of flies in a wooden house provides a wide variety of answers. Let's look at them in detail. One of the main reasons for the appearance of flies in a wooden house is excessively high humidity. Dry the house.

The log house itself is often used for interior cladding of the house. What are the stages of work when creating interior decoration? The initial stage consists of carefully processing the wood using sandpaper - the wood is processed until a close to ideal surface is obtained. The second stage is painting the wood - painting is done using paint and varnish, but it must be exclusively water-based. This type of staining will not only preserve the wood pattern, but will also make it more pronounced - thus the wood texture will be revealed in all its splendor.

It is also possible to use a coloring antiseptic as a coating. This material will also highlight the wooden pattern and add new colors to the wood. If the floor is being finished, it is better to immediately coat it with varnish and thus stop its wear and tear in the future. The joint of logs that seems unsightly to many is often sealed. This work is done using a twisted cord. The cord in the groove can effectively protect the interior of the house from wind and draft.

Advantages of a natural base as a finish:

• Possibility of maintaining the original appearance of the house
• Saving on material

There are also disadvantages. Among them:

• Short lifespan
• It is necessary to repeat finishing work every five years
• It is impossible to remove defects after drying

It is impossible to remove defects after drying

Useful uselessness

In the fall, flies crawl into all the cracks you can imagine, between the window and the sash, mosquito nets, and crawl into the cracks between the joints of the walls of houses and uninsulated roofs of attics and attics. Therefore, it is important to seal all cracks and joints in the house, close windows and not leave compost pits near houses. In the house itself, it is important to frequently clean all rooms, not leave food on the table and prevent it from getting into hard-to-reach places. Even if a plastic window and a mosquito net are installed, they will not help against flies when there are cracks in the houses. However, it is important to install modern windows that are airtight. All precautions can help to significantly reduce the number of flies annoyingly trying to enter living spaces.