£180 for up to an hour. On an older property this is the service that decides whether you deal with rodents once or every winter — and it needs doing sympathetically.
Suitable small-hole proofing in appropriate materials, for up to one hour — meshing airbricks, pipe penetrations, unit plinth gaps, threshold gaps, cable and meter box entries.
It does not cover building work, drainage repairs or roof-level work. On a period property it also means meshing and sympathetic repair rather than sealing everything solid.
If you have had mice three winters running, the third was not bad luck. It was the same gap, and probably an airbrick.
The most important thing on this page for an older property.
This is the commonest DIY mistake on an older house, and it swaps a rodent problem for a damp one.
See our full mouse control service, published prices and what proofing involves in an older property.
View Mouse Control Pinner →| Material | Works? |
|---|---|
| Wire wool packed tight, capped with filler | Yes — the standard fix |
| Appropriate metal mesh at an airbrick | Yes — and it keeps the ventilation |
| Metal or purpose-made brush strip | Yes |
| Mortar at a gap in older brickwork | Yes, matched appropriately |
| Expanding foam on its own | No — chewed straight through |
| Filler on its own | No |
| Cement in an airbrick | No — causes damp |
| Tape, cardboard, plastic sheet | No |
Worth naming, because it is beyond an hour's proofing but it is often the answer.
An older let property that gets mice every winter has open airbricks nobody has meshed. One £180, done properly, usually ends it — and it is a stronger position than repeating the treatment annually.
We tell you exactly what we closed and what remains open. We cannot guarantee a defect we could not reach or one that appears later.
Often, for the airbricks and the internal gaps. If it is not, we tell you what is left rather than stopping silently.
Yes, where there is no current activity inside — and in late summer that is exactly the right thing to do.
Proofing helps with wasps at an older soffit too — and a live nest is £90 fixed in Pinner, guaranteed for 30 days.
Suitable small-hole proofing for up to an hour — meshing airbricks, pipe penetrations, unit plinth gaps, threshold gaps and cable entries.
No. It ventilates the subfloor, and sealing it causes damp and rot. It must be meshed from behind, which keeps the ventilation.
Usually yes — meshed from behind rather than replaced. Replacing it with a modern plastic one is the option most likely to need consent on a listed building.
It is a vertical shaft the height of the house and boxing it in is cosmetic. Capping the pot with a ventilated cowl and sealing at the base is a builder's job — and never seal a flue completely.
Proofing may need consent where it alters brickwork or a visible feature. Meshing from behind is usually the sympathetic answer and often avoids the issue.
Wire wool packed tight and capped with filler, metal mesh at an airbrick, a metal brush strip, or matched mortar. Foam or filler alone is chewed through.
After. Proofing first seals rodents inside, and in a subfloor void that is the worst outcome.
Usually. An older let property that gets mice every winter has open airbricks nobody has meshed.
£180 for up to an hour. On a period property, meshed rather than filled — and often invisible.
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