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How to eliminate Ants from your house?

I have an ant problem at home. Have a clean house, where every garbage we have are individually wrapped in paper before going into the garbage can, garbage are moved outside the house everyday. Weird thing is I don't have ant problems in the kitchen and dining room (mess areas), but have ant infestation on areas not commonly infested by ants like the store rooms and the bathroom. My store room Consists of groceries, e.g canned foods, biscuits with plastic wrapping, instant noodles etc. So theoretically, these should be clean and do not have holes in them. Each time I replenish the stocks, I occasionally experience ants eating through the packaging and the contents inside. This always happens no matter how clean the area is. Bathroom I again experience ants eating the grout from the bathroom floor and wall tiles. I wonder what interests the ants from gnawing into the grout. Have tried pesticides does not work, as the queen ant is not killed or can not be found. For the pest control, my house is just treated for termites, the entire place is fumigated and have termite powder all over strategic locations to kill termites. Well, the termites are gone but the ants remain. Have tried Ant killing products that let the ant bring home the poison and have an affect after 7 days. Well, it works only for a short period of time, and the same problem happens 1 month after. Anybody now other methods of removing ants from you home? Natural and other methods are all acceptable to me. The Ant Killing solution is the syrupy substance that I let the ants take home to their queen. This works for about 2 weeks only. Then after a month the ants are back!

Public Comments

1. I have heard ants don't like Cinnamon
2. i wish i knew, but i feel for you
3. vinegar kills them and stops them coming back
4. buy ant powder and sprinkle around the outside of your house.
5. i got rid of my ant problem using vinegar in a spray bottle
6. I have the same problems. I am not sure why they like the bathroom either. Maybe they see the "human sanctuary" and "porcelain god" as attractive places to hang with their buddies. But seriously, hunt for them outside your house, find out where they are getting in, and spray there. It seems to work for me. Be forewarned though, it will wear off and need constant hunts.
7. The best results I have had with getting rid of ants was using the syrupy ant poison that they take back to their nest with them. I had to keep feeding them but they finally left.
8. Why don't you try my ant remedy? Use a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. The ants will come for the sugar and take the cinnamon too. Ants cannot digest cinnamon and when they take it back to their queen she will explode after a while and the colony will die out without her. Cucumber peels also have the same effect as the cinnamon. Either one is safe to use indoors or around animals. Hope this helps!