Almost everything that works is free, physical and permanent. Almost everything sold for the job is neither.
Remove webs weekly, cut the outside lighting near windows, draught-proof the gaps, and reduce the insects they feed on.
Reduce the prey and you reduce the spiders. Spray is the least effective part of the answer, not the most.
A flat where the webs get brushed down every week has a fraction of the spiders of the identical flat upstairs where they do not.
£180 for the first room, £60 for each additional — though most enquiries need no treatment.
View Spider Control Rayners Lane →| Remedy | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Conkers | No evidence whatsoever. Persistent folklore |
| Ultrasonic repellers | No credible evidence |
| Peppermint or citrus spray | Mild, very short-lived |
| Vinegar | Cleans. Does not repel |
| Leaving lights on | Attracts more insects, so more spiders |
| Supermarket spider spray | Limited — long legs keep the body off treated surfaces |
| Blocking trickle vents | Causes condensation. Mesh instead |
September and October bring large males wandering indoors looking for females. They are not breeding in your flat, they are passing through, and it ends within weeks. Every year. A ground-floor flat with a garden nearby will see more of them than a second-floor one, and that is not a fault in the flat.
Catch and release outside if you can. They eat a great many things you would rather not have indoors.
Not the plughole — a water-filled trap sits between the bath and the drain. They fall in from the wall and cannot climb out.
Not particularly. They come in following prey, or looking for a mate.
One thing you should not tackle yourself — a wasp nest, £90 fixed in Rayners Lane, guaranteed for 30 days.
Removing webs consistently, weekly, inside and out. A spider whose web keeps disappearing moves on, and it costs nothing.
Yes. Outside lights draw the flying insects spiders feed on, and a security light directly outside a window is the usual culprit.
Window frames and failed beading, door thresholds and frames, letterboxes, internal pipe runs, and the gap under a flat door from a communal hall.
No, that causes condensation. Mesh them instead.
No. There is no evidence for it at all — it is persistent folklore.
No credible evidence, for spiders or anything else.
September and October bring large males wandering indoors looking for females. They are passing through, not breeding, and it ends within weeks.
Spiders themselves usually are not a disrepair issue. Gaps around doors and windows, failed seals, and communal lighting or bin stores are.
Try the free measures first — weekly web removal and less outside light do more than a spray will.
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