Pest Control Stone

Pest Control in Stone

Stone is a market town in Staffordshire sitting on the River Trent with the Trent and Mersey Canal running through the centre. The combination of river and canal gives the town a pleasant character but also creates ideal conditions for rats. They use the waterways and their banks as shelter and routes through the built-up area and properties close to the canal and the river see the most activity. The towpath, the overgrown margins of the water and the green spaces along the valley floor all provide the cover rats need to move around without being seen. From there they spread into gardens, outbuildings and beneath buildings in the streets nearby.

The town centre has a mix of older buildings along the High Street and around the churchyard, with Georgian and Victorian properties sitting alongside some more modern additions. These older buildings have the usual gaps and worn features that mice exploit. Spaces around door frames, gaps in the brickwork and openings where pipework enters the building are the most common entry points. The residential areas spreading out from the centre include a mix of Victorian terraces, interwar housing and newer estates, each with different vulnerabilities. The food businesses along the High Street and around the town centre need to manage waste carefully, because the proximity of the canal and the age of the buildings make it easy for pests to move in. Wasp nests are a summer regular across Stone, turning up in roof spaces, wall cavities and garden sheds. The green spaces along the canal and river support the insect life that keeps wasp colonies growing through the warmer months.