£180 first room, £60 each after, up to five rooms. The moths flying about are not eating your carpet — their larvae are, and they are under something.
£180 for the first room and £60 for each additional room, up to five rooms at £420.
The adult moth does not eat carpet. The larva does. Which is why killing the moths you can see achieves nothing, and why the damage is almost always under something.
| Rooms | Calculation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 room | £180 | £180 |
| 2 rooms | £180 + £60 | £240 |
| 3 rooms | £180 + (2 × £60) | £300 |
| 4 rooms | £180 + (3 × £60) | £360 |
| 5 rooms | £180 + (4 × £60) | £420 |
| Adult moth | Larva | |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance | Small, pale gold-brown, 6–8mm | Smooth cream caterpillar, up to ~10mm |
| Flight | Weak; scuttles rather than flies | None |
| Where you see it | Near the damage, low down | Deep in the pile, under furniture |
| Eats carpet? | No | Yes |
| What it eats | Nothing — adults do not feed | Keratin: wool, silk, fur, feather |
So the moths on the wall are the visible symptom of larvae you have not found. Swatting them changes nothing.
Worth being direct about, because it explains why room counts here run higher.
Carpet moths are, unfortunately, a problem of good carpet. A house floored in polypropylene does not get them.
See our full carpet moth treatment service, published room prices and what treatment covers.
View Carpet Moth Control Stanmore →Not for pest reasons. Existing damage does not repair, but the carpet does not need removing to treat it.
Along continuous wool carpet, yes, over time. Which is why room counts matter here.
Not reliably against an established infestation.
An old wasp nest in a loft can feed fabric pests — and a live one is £90 fixed in Stanmore, guaranteed for 30 days.
£180 for the first room and £60 for each additional, up to five rooms at £420.
The larvae. Adult carpet moths do not feed at all, so killing the moths you can see achieves nothing.
Good wool carpet is exactly what the larvae eat, and wool carpet throughout means continuous runs rather than one isolated room.
Under furniture that has not moved, along carpet edges under the gripper, under rugs, behind a permanently open door, and at the sides of stair treads.
Wool carpet and rugs, wool clothing, silk, cashmere, sheepskin, fur, feather and antique textiles. Synthetics generally are not.
Not for pest reasons. The carpet does not need removing to treat it.
No. It does not help and it delays treatment.
Moth larvae are smooth and cream with silk webbing. Beetle larvae are brown, bristly and leave shed skins. Same price either way.
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