Pest Control Chatham
Dockyard terraces, a hill full of Victorian housing, and a town centre with flats above the shops.
Pest Control in Chatham
Chatham was built for the dockyard, and a great deal of the housing went up quickly in the nineteenth century to house the people who worked in it. Long terraces, small yards, shared roof runs and drainage that has been altered more than once.
That is a good building to live in and a generous one to be a rat or a mouse in, because a terrace of that age is rarely sealed at the places it matters.
Victorian terraces
The Roof Void Is Usually Not Yours Alone
The single most useful thing to know about a Chatham terrace is that the loft often runs the whole length of the row with nothing between the properties but a party wall that stops short of the tiles. Where it does, a squirrel or a rat that gets in at number four has the run of the whole terrace.
It explains a pattern we see constantly here: a household treats its loft, the noise stops for a fortnight, and then it comes back. Nothing failed. The animals simply moved along and came back.
Two other features of this stock matter. The yard and the rear alley - bins, decking, a shed on a slab - give rats cover right up against the back wall. And old drainage: clay pipework with perished joints, and in some rows an interceptor trap in the chamber that has lost its stopper, which is an open door from the sewer.
Flats above shops in the town centre are a separate case again, where the problem is usually the commercial waste at street level rather than anything the residents are doing.
What we cover
Every Service, in Chatham
Each one links to its own Chatham page.
Wasp Nest Removal
Nests in eaves, lofts, cavities, sheds and hedges. Treated same or next day for one fixed price.
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Rat Control
Baiting, trapping and — the part that matters — finding and closing how they are getting in.
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Mice Control
A mouse gets through a gap the width of a pencil. Treatment plus proofing, not one without the other.
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Bed Bug Control
Beds, frames, headboards and the room around them. Always more than one visit — nothing kills unhatched eggs.
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Flea Control
Carpets, upholstery and pet bedding. Works properly only alongside current treatment from your vet.
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Ant Control
Gel bait taken back to the nest rather than a spray that kills the ones you can see and nothing else.
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Cockroach Control
German and Oriental cockroaches in kitchens, flats and food premises. Discreet and documented.
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Moth Removal
Carpet and clothes moths in wool carpets, rugs, wardrobes and under furniture that never gets moved.
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Carpet Beetle
Often mistaken for moth damage. The larvae — "woolly bears" — do the eating, and they hide in the underlay.
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Squirrel Control
Grey squirrels in lofts and roof spaces, where they chew cables and lift insulation. Legally handled.
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Commercial Pest Control
Pubs, shops, kitchens, schools, care homes, warehouses and farms. Out of hours, with the paperwork.
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Pest Control
Not sure which of these you have got? Start here, or send a photo and we will tell you.
Find out more →Chatham — Common Questions
The noise stops and then comes back. Why?
On a terrace, very often because the loft is continuous above the party walls, so they move along the row rather than leaving. It needs looking at as a row rather than a house.
Can you treat a flat above a shop?
Yes. Where the source is the commercial waste downstairs we will say so in writing, which is what gets the landlord or the managing agent to act.
Do you cover Luton, Walderslade and Brompton?
Yes, and the rest of the Medway towns, with same-day appointments where we can.
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Read more ›What It Costs, And What Changes It
One published price, and an honest account of why everything else is quoted instead of listed.
Read more ›Pests In A Rented Home: Who Is Responsible?
General information rather than legal advice, and the short answer is that it usually turns on how they got in.
Read more ›Pest Control And Your Food Hygiene Rating
The treatment is half of it. The paperwork is the half that gets scored.
Read more ›Preparing For A Treatment
Some of this genuinely changes the result. Some of it just saves time. Both are worth doing.
Read more ›Which Trade Does What
We would rather tell you it is somebody else’s job than take the money and leave you with it.
Read more ›One-Off Treatment Or A Contract?
Contracts suit some premises and are a waste of money for others. Here is the honest test.
Read more ›Wildlife Law, And What Cannot Be Treated
Some of the things people ring about are protected, and a firm that offers to deal with them anyway is offering to break the law on your behalf.
Read more ›Pests When Buying Or Selling A House
It comes up more often than people expect, usually at the worst possible moment in the chain.
Read more ›Pest Control In A Flat Or A Block
The hardest part is rarely the pest. It is that the part of the building causing it is not yours.
Read more ›Areas We Cover
We cover the whole county, with no travel charge and no different pricing depending on where you are.
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