Pest control is the process of managing troublesome animals. Commercial pest control is the management of these animals in business enterprises. Domestic pest control is the management of residential areas. Visit www.localpestcontrolmaidstone.co.uk for the commercial and domestic pest control methods. There are three primary mechanisms of pest control that can be used both in commercial and domestic pest control;
Primary mechanisms
Chemical methods
This is the most common and efficient mechanism of pest control. It is used both commercially and domestically. It involves the actual use of pesticides (chemicals) in application to either pest directly, host, or poisoning them on what they feed on. These chemicals exist in different formulations. This can be solutions, emulsions, suspensions, powders, pellets, or even tablets. There are as well different methods or modes of applications for these chemicals. These methods include; spraying, coating, sprinkling, and drenching infested areas.
Systemic method
The systemic method is a different mode of application. This is where a particular chemical is introduced into the 
body system of the host so that the pests die or keep from attack. This method is not so popular because it exposes the host to other secondary risks due to chemical induction into their systems.
These chemicals have different modes of action. They don’t necessarily kill the pest. They either repel e.g. mosquito repellant, some kill, while others inhibit their activities in various ways. Some chemicals have strong unpleasant odors while others could be odorless but toxic.
The physical mechanism of pest control
The physical method can be applied commercially and domestically. Commercially, for the case of accommodation facility, it’s used to avoid chemical odors for guest. It’s used in kitchens both domestically and commercially to prevent contamination. Methods employed to control pests in this mechanism include;
Use of heat
It’s affected by increasing the temperatures of the infested areas. This is facilitated by use either hot water or steam, or even exposure to the sun or fire. This method works for mites, bedbugs, and cockroaches.
Use of water
This is basically to wash away the pests. The water can be cold to hot.
Increasing humidity in some areas also helps keep off pests that enjoy dusty environments for instance mites.
Exposure to light
Most pests hide in dark areas like closets, bedding, and crevices. Exposing them to light e.g. bedbugs and cockroaches makes their environment unfavorable, thus escape.
Mechanical mechanisms of pests control
Here, pests are manually removed from their areas of infestation. This can be done by hand picking, dusting off, sweeping, brushing, vacuum cleaning, traps or coating the areas with paint. It’s a traditional way of pest control used both commercially and domestically.
All the above mechanisms have managed to control pests both commercially and domestically. Factors such as; the nature of pest, the degree of infestation and availability of the mechanism should be considered when choosing the best mechanism.