Pest Control Biddenden

Pest Control in Biddenden

Biddenden is one of the best-known villages in the Weald of Kent, with a broad green, half-timbered houses and a rich weaving history that is still visible in the old cloth halls along the High Street. The village sits among orchards, hop gardens and pasture and the older buildings at its centre bring pest issues that go hand in hand with their age and character. Mice use the gaps in the timber framing, the spaces behind weatherboarding and the eroded mortar in the brick and stone walls to get into the buildings. Once inside, they nest in the many voids that these old structures contain, from the spaces between the plaster and the framing to the gaps under the original floorboards. Our mouse control in Biddenden handles the mice with care for the historic fabric of the buildings.

Brown rats are drawn to the orchards and farms around the village and move into residential gardens where compost heaps, bird feeders and fallen fruit provide food. The properties on the edges of the village, where gardens back onto farmland, see the most activity. The older drainage in the village centre has been in the ground for decades or longer and damaged pipes give rats a route from the sewer to the surface. We carry out rat control across Biddenden with drain checks where the problem suggests an underground entry.

The orchards are a major factor in wasp activity here. In good fruit years, the volume of food available sends wasp numbers through the roof and nests in buildings nearby grow quickly. Roof spaces, garden sheds and wall cavities are the main nesting sites and the older buildings with their many gaps provide easy access for queen wasps in spring. Our wasp removal in Biddenden covers the village and the surrounding lanes throughout the season.