Pest Control New Romney
Marsh in every direction, drainage dykes instead of hedges, and a great many caravans.
Pest Control in New Romney
New Romney sits in the middle of Romney Marsh, which is drained grazing land criss-crossed by dykes and sewers, with holiday parks and chalet sites strung along the coast from Dymchurch down towards Dungeness.
Marsh and lightweight holiday accommodation is a combination that produces one very particular kind of job.
Marsh and holiday parks
The Void Under the Building
The marsh is a reservoir, not an infestation. Rats along the dykes and drainage channels are a permanent wild population and nothing done to an individual property changes that. What a property can do is stop being the easiest thing on the route.
Statics, chalets and park homes all share one feature: the structure sits on blocks or piers with a skirted void underneath. That void is dry, sheltered, warm from the floor above and completely undisturbed, and the service pipes run up through it into the kitchen. The journey from the void to the worktop is inches.
Proofing that void properly — a sound skirt with no gaps, a mesh line at ground level, sealed service penetrations — is usually the whole job. A treatment without it works until the next one arrives, which on the marsh is soon.
For park operators there is a scale version of the same thing: the vans at the perimeter of a site take the pressure first, waste compound siting matters more than anything else on the park, and a documented programme is worth having when a guest complains.
What we cover
Every Service, in New Romney
Each one links to its own New Romney 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 →New Romney — Common Questions
We have a static caravan. Can you treat it?
Yes, and the void underneath is usually where the work is. Sealing that is what makes it last.
Can you clear the rats off the marsh behind us?
No, and nobody honestly can - it is a permanent wild population. Making the building the hard option is what works.
Do you cover Dymchurch, Lydd and Littlestone?
Yes, and the marsh villages and the coast down to Dungeness.
Going further
Advice Worth Reading First
What Happens On A First Visit
Nobody enjoys booking this. Here is exactly what it involves, so there are no surprises on the day.
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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