Pest Control Cradley Heath

Pest Control in Cradley Heath

Cradley Heath is a Black Country town with a proud industrial past, built around the chain-making and nail-making trades that once dominated this part of the West Midlands. The housing is a mix of Victorian and Edwardian terraces in the older parts of town, council estates from the post-war period and newer developments on former industrial land. The terraced streets around the town centre have the most pest issues. Rats move through the older drainage system and along the back alleys between rows of houses and food waste around bins in the shared rear yards attracts them. We deal with rat problems across Cradley Heath and the tightly packed terraces near Lomey Town and along the Halesowen Road are among the busiest spots.

Mice are a constant issue in the older terraces too. The houses share party walls and once mice are inside one property they can travel along the entire row through gaps in the brickwork and around pipes. Mouse control in these terraces works best when it covers the whole row rather than just one house, but even treating a single property will make a difference if the entry points are sealed properly. The newer estates on the edges of town tend to have fewer problems, though mice still turn up where there are gaps around service entries or poorly fitted doors.

Wasp nests are common during summer, found in loft spaces, under the eaves of garages and in old air bricks across all types of housing. Wasp removal is straightforward and we can usually treat a nest within a day of being called. Bed bugs have become more of an issue in recent years, often turning up in the rental properties and houses of multiple occupation around the town centre and a professional bed bug treatment is the only reliable way to clear them.