Pest Control Chapel Cross

Pest Control in Chapel Cross

Chapel Cross is a small hamlet near Heathfield in the East Sussex Weald, sitting among the rolling fields and woodland that give this part of the countryside its character. The properties here are scattered along the lanes, with farms and older cottages mixed in with a few newer houses and the rural surroundings mean pest encounters are to be expected. Rats live in the hedgerows, ditches and farm buildings around Chapel Cross and they move between the fields and the nearest buildings depending on the season and the food supply. Harvest time and the onset of winter are the two peaks for rat activity near houses, as the fields become less hospitable and the animals look for alternative shelter and food.

Mice follow a similar pattern, though they tend to come indoors earlier in the autumn than rats. The older cottages around Chapel Cross have the heavy clay tile roofs and weatherboarded walls typical of the Sussex Weald and these traditional materials develop gaps over time that mice use to get inside. Mouse control here means finding and blocking those gaps as well as trapping the mice that are already in the house. Without the proofing work, new mice will simply follow the same paths as the ones that were removed.

The woodland and fruit trees around Chapel Cross provide food for wasps during the summer and the quiet outbuildings and roof spaces of the older properties make ideal nesting sites. We treat nests here from late spring through to early autumn. The damp Wealden clay and the streams running through the valleys also create conditions where fleas can be a problem for homes with pets, carried in on cats and dogs that roam the fields and woodland paths.