Providing pest control services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Midlands, West Sussex, Wiltshire. Est. 1985.
Rats in Lofts Rats in lofts are a common problem. Rats in lofts can cause fires by chewing through electrical wires, cause floods by chewing through water pipes, contaminate water tanks with urine, droppings and dead rat bodies, they carry disease and make a lot of noise. How do Rats in Lofts get there? Rats …
Squirrels in Lofts As soon as it gets colder then squirrels in lofts is a common pest control problem. Squirrels will look for warmer places to rest and possibly breed. Lofts are ideal places for squirrels to rest and to breed. Squirrels have several dreys or nests within their territory. One male or family group …
Rats in Sewers Rats in sewers are a cause of quite a high percentage of rat problems in houses and businesses. A breach in a sewer may not always be picked up by a camera survey and in some cases the sewer will function as normal. Occasionally stones, earth and other debris may be seen …
Bed Bug Heat Treatment Bed Bugs: Treatment Options There are three types of bed bug treatments: Insecticide only, Bed Bug Heat Treatment only and a combination of Insecticide and bed bug heat treatment. Insecticide only Treatment. The insecticide only option is the most popular and most cost effective method of control for bed bugs. The …
Pest Control in the UK is supplied by private companies and some time by the local council. There is a great difference between private companies and local Authority in the way that the service is provided and the quality. In the past it was normally the fact that council would be cheaper than pest control …
First it is a fallacy that the local council charge less than private companies. Unless you are on some benefits most London Councils (and a lot of councils outside London) will charge well over the private company equivalent. In most cases in my experience they offer a vastly inferior service in comparison with service, timing, …
Rats, Mice & Squirrels: Now the warmest December ever has ended and January has started at last to get colder and this will at last bring an influx of Rats, mice & squirrels into buildings. PEST UK have many rural pest control contracts where we have static preventative bait points and this Winter these bait …
Will the extremely warm Winter of 2015/2016 affect the 2016 wasp nest season? Do wasps & warm winters It is often assumed (wrongly in my opinion) that very cold weather will kill hibernating Queen Wasps. The reason I don’t believe this is that the same species of wasps we have in the South of England …
Myself (Rick Pellen), Rick Null and Mike Cooke are the technicians at PestUK who regularly carry out the installation bird spikes & bird netting. Recently me and Mike built a large pigeon net in Windsor, Berkshire. This was to stop pigeons from fouling a deck in a multi-million pound development of flats adjacent to Windsor …
Rodents in Lower Earley Today I carried out a follow-up visit for a rat treatment that i started just before christmas. When carrying out rat treatments (or mice treatments), it is important to ensure that enough visits are carried out to control a problem. At PestUK this is usually 2-3 dependent on the severity of …
Rats By Harry (who works at PEST UK) Since I have started working at PEST UK, I have learned the ways in which Rats are dealt with by our technicians. Furthermore, I have learned that they must eat 1/4 of their own body weight in Sakarat (bait) to be affected. There are a few differences …
Wasps coming out of chimney If you have bees or wasps coming out of a chimney it may be that you have had a wasp nest in the chimney the previous year, it may just be Queen wasps hibernating in the chimney or worst case scenario it may be that you have an established honey …
Rats & Mice Are Back! Now that we are in the winter in pest control we see a change in the pests that our technicians are out treating. We see the change from all the wasps and bees that dominated the summer season to the infamous rats and mice. There is a reason for this …
Wasps in January At PEST UK we are still getting calls from customers with pest control problems concerning wasps and wasp nests. Usually this involves people getting Queen wasps coming into rooms from the loft or other cavities where old nests were and/or Queen wasps have chosen these sites for hibernation. The unusually warm weather …
Rats Mice Squirrels Lofts: At last the weather is turning colder and whenever this happens it generates pest control problems with rats, mice and squirrels, especially in lofts and atics. Rats and Mice Both rats and mice don’t like the cold. Although they will tolerate the cold and both rats and mice will adapt to …
At PEST UK we often get Estate Agents and Landlords phoning us with flea problems in empty houses. Fleas in property that is unoccupied can present a problem. The problem is this: In ‘normal circumstances’ a flea treatment will take 2-3 weeks before the fleas die out, although this time frame is dependant on the …
Most rodent infestations in buildings occur in loft spaces. This means that potentially the loft insulation is contaminated with rodent faces and urine which leaves a high risk of many types of diseases, some of which can be fatal. There is also the issue of smell. You don’t want to risk your health every time …
Ladybirds: At PEST UK we are having many enquiries abut Ladybirds. These are always the Harlequin Ladybirds. No one ever complains about the native English Ladybird! First Harlequin Ladybirds are fairly new to pest control. They originally come from Asia and were introduced to Europe and North America to control Aphids on crops. It is …
Cluster Flies: The mild Autumn has lead to Cluster Fly pest control problems being extended (we were getting our first Cluster Fly pest control enquiries and jobs in September). This warm weather means that the Cluster Flies are coming out of the hibernation sites such as lofts, cavity walls and other cavities to rest in …
There are several reasons why it is beneficial and less dangerous to have a wasps December treated. It is true that a wasp nest will eventually die out naturally but last year we were still treating active nests in the last week in December! If you do decide to leave a nest to die out …
Squirrels Pest Control Autumn At PEST UK there has been a marked increase in the enquiries regarding pest problems with Grey Squirrels. The main complaint we get with squirrels is when they get into lofts. Squirrels are definitely the noises rodent pest in the UK. They are much louder than rats or mice. Not only …
At PEST UK we often treat active wasp nests in December. Can cold kill wasps? Not usually, it is usually old age. In fact cold weather can actually extend a wasp’s life, not kill wasps. In colder weather the metabolism of the wasp slows down so they are not doing as much which extends their …
This year as in the previous 5 years PEST UK is getting a lot of phone calls and e mails with complaints involving Harlequin Ladybirds. These pest control problems involve Harlequin Ladybirds coming into buildings to hibernate or in the Spring when they leave.. These are recent immigrants from Europe and are the Harlequin Ladybirds. …
Rats & Mice: Calls at PEST UK for pest control problems with rats and mice are now on the increase. There are several reasons for this: The first is that rats & mice don’t like the cold, true that can tolerate cold and will often adapt to live in cold situations should circumstances dictate that …
If you live in Berkshire, Surrey, North Hampshire, Middlesex, South Buckinghamshire or South Oxfordshire then booking a Pest Control Treatment or Getting Advice is quite simple. The PEST UK phone lines are open 24hrs seven days a week. We use an answer service for ‘out of hours’ but you can speak directly to PEST UK …
If you live in Berkshire, Surrey, North Hampshire, Middlesex, South Buckinghamshire or South Oxfordshire then the booking process to get a wasp nest dealt with is quite simple. The PEST UK phone lines are open 24hrs seven days a week. We use an answer service for ‘out of hours’ but you can speak directly to …
It is true that if you leave a nest it will eventually die out naturally. The wasp nest actually starts to shut down in August, this is when grub production ceases. The last batch of grubs are the Queens and Drone wasps (these are the only fertile forms of wasps, the Queens being the females …
The Cluster Fly season has started later this year compared with last year’s Cluster Fly Autumn season. This week at PEST UK we have had numerous calls from customers complaining that they have flies in their houses. Usually cluster flies are found in the upstairs rooms (unless a bungalow!) or around windows. The old fashioned …
The majority of our domestic call outs involving rats are in gardens and most of them are caused by feeding either birds, squirrels, foxes or domestic animals. Rats by their nature live from other animals – they find it hard to compete in a completely ‘natural’ environment where they have to compete with other animals …
The news has recently been full of stories of a ‘spider invasion’ in the UK. The suggestion is that giant house spiders are moving into our homes after a summer that was hot and wet. Giant house spiders can grow up to 12cm in length, and although they’re call ‘house’ spiders, they are more likely …
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