Pest Control in Dunmow

Great Dunmow is a market town in the Essex countryside between Chelmsford and Bishop's Stortford. The town centre around the Market Place and High Street is full of character with timber-framed buildings and Georgian frontages. The River Chelmer rises nearby and the landscape around Dunmow is rolling arable farmland. The Flitch Way footpath follows the old railway line through the town and adds a green corridor. Housing is a mix of older buildings in the centre with modern estates at Helena Romanes and Woodlands Park wrapping around the northern edges. The farming landscape surrounding Dunmow supports plenty of rats and mice and they move into the town from the fields. Rats follow hedgerows and drainage ditches and the older drains under the town centre give them routes into buildings. Rat control in Dunmow is something we deal with throughout the year and the properties on the edges of town where gardens meet farmland tend to see the most activity.

Mice are very common in the older buildings in the centre. The timber-framed structures along the High Street have gaps in the woodwork and between the old beams where mice get in easily. Mouse control in Dunmow in these buildings takes careful proofing because there are often more entry points than you would think. On the newer estates the problems are usually around service pipes and cable entries. The autumn months are the busiest time for mouse calls but we handle them year round.

Wasps build nests in the roof spaces and eaves of houses across Dunmow every summer and the older timber-framed buildings with their gaps and crevices are a favourite spot. Wasp removal in Dunmow keeps us busy from June through September. Squirrels are a nuisance where the mature gardens and the Flitch Way give them tree cover and a route onto rooftops. We cover Dunmow and the surrounding area and can usually get to you the same day.