Pest Control Northolt

Pest Control in Northolt

Northolt is a suburban town in the London Borough of Ealing, sitting between Greenford and Ruislip with RAF Northolt on its northern edge. The area has a mix of 1930s semis, post-war council estates and some newer developments and the wide open spaces of the airfield and the surrounding playing fields bring a semi-rural feel to parts of the town. Mice are the pest we see most often in Northolt. The inter-war houses have cavity walls and suspended timber floors that develop gaps over time and mice find their way in through cracks in mortar, around service pipes and under poorly fitted doors. In the flatted blocks on the estates, mice travel through ceiling voids and service risers between units, making treatment of a single flat pointless unless the wider building is considered. We carry out mouse control across Northolt year-round.

Rats are common too and the green corridors running through the area play a part. The Northala Fields, the allotments off Mandeville Road and the open land around the airfield all provide habitat and food for rats. From these spaces they move into nearby gardens and damaged drains beneath the older streets provide another route into buildings. A rat control job in Northolt often involves checking the drainage as well as treating above ground, because cracked pipes are one of the most common reasons rats keep returning to the same property.

Wasps build nests across Northolt every summer, from the loft spaces and soffits of houses to garden sheds and cavity walls. The large areas of open grassland around the town are also good ground-nesting territory. We handle wasp removal throughout the season. Bed bugs have become more of a problem in this part of London, turning up in the higher-density housing where turnover of residents is frequent. They spread between units through shared walls and service routes and a proper bed bug treatment requires careful preparation and usually at least two visits.