The house is like a show home, you could play marbles on the lawn… everything is immaculate, yet the rats have moved in. To say that the customer is mortified is the understatement of the decade.

Prevention is better and a lot of the time cheaper than the cure… and in vermin control once you’ve ‘cured’ the problem you should set about preventing it happening again. It could be something as simple as correcting a broken air brick, blocking a hole where a pipe used to be or in this case the smallest gap at the rear of the kitchen waste gully.

Rats had taken advantage of a damaged water splash guard, gnawed away and gained entry, from here they managed full property access moving through the cavities to the loft space and then back down into the kitchen. A loft inspection showed that they had been in residence for a significant period of time without home owner realising.

As previous stated, the property owner was extremely house proud and took great care to maintain his home yet still the infestation went unnoticed. You may detest them, but you have to respect them. The common rats ability to adapt to our way of life then not only to occupy but infest our homes without us noticing has to be admired.

At Rattraxs we carry out a full and thorough site inspection not only at ground level, but to gutter height and below ground CCTV drainage surveys in a attempt to identify potential points of entry. We work to all industry standards and carry over 30 years on field experience, yet we never assume, we never say never and we approach each site visit with fresh eyes. A treatment program is worth nothing without a fully comprehensive site inspection before hand.

Please feel free to contact us direct for advise or if you would like to just ask a few questions.