Pest Control Plaxtol

Pest Control in Plaxtol

Plaxtol is a pretty village in the Kentish Weald, sitting in the valley between Ightham and Shipbourne with the Greensand Ridge rising to the north. The village has a fine church, a cricket ground and rows of attractive period houses and cottages. The surrounding landscape of orchards, farmland and woodland brings rural pest pressures into the heart of the village. Rats move between the farms and orchards and the domestic gardens along hedgerows and watercourses and properties with bird feeders, compost heaps or fruit trees see the most activity. We carry out rat control across Plaxtol and the surrounding villages year-round.

Mice are equally common, especially through the colder months when they move from the surrounding fields into the warmth of houses. The period cottages in the village are particularly vulnerable, with their aging brick and ragstone walls, timber frames and peg-tiled roofs all developing gaps over the years. Once inside, mice nest in wall cavities, loft insulation and under floorboards. A thorough mouse control visit covers removal and proofing together, because without sealing the entry points the mice come straight back.

The orchards around Plaxtol attract wasps in large numbers as the fruit ripens in late summer and nests turn up in loft spaces, garden sheds, outbuildings and in the ground around the village. We handle wasp removal throughout the season. Squirrels are another common pest, with the mature trees in gardens and along the lane to Old Soar Manor giving grey squirrels routes onto rooftops. Squirrel control stops the damage to wiring and insulation that squirrels cause once they get into a loft.