Cut the food, find the hole, treat, then close it. On a property backing onto green space the closing is the step that decides whether you do this once or annually.
Remove the food source, identify the entry point, treat, then proof.
Treatment is £240 house, £190 flat. Proofing is £180. Where there is a permanent population on open ground beyond your boundary, proofing is what actually protects the building.
Rats are where the food is. In a Stanmore garden there is usually more of it than people realise.
A rat needs a gap of about 25mm — roughly a fifty-pence piece.
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Small-hole proofing in suitable materials, up to an hour. On a property with open ground behind it, this is the only measure that works regardless of what is happening beyond your fence.
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On a woodland edge, a rat-free garden is not the target. A rat-free house is, and that is achievable.
This matters more on a property backing onto green space, and it is a real reason not to put poison down yourself.
Droppings settle it. Rat droppings are 12–18mm and tapered; mouse droppings 3–6mm, about a grain of rice.
Not while there is food and shelter.
Two to three weeks typically, longer where there is continuous pressure from open ground.
Different problem, same fixed pricing — wasp nests are £90 in Stanmore, guaranteed for 30 days.
Remove the food source, find the entry point, treat, then proof. Where there is open ground beyond your boundary, proofing is what protects the building.
Bird feeders. Larger gardens often have several, and spilled seed underneath feeds rats all night.
About 25mm — roughly a fifty-pence piece.
There is a permanent population out there that moves inward in autumn. The aim is a sealed building and an unattractive garden, not an empty landscape.
No. Foxes, hedgehogs, owls and other raptors are all present, and secondary poisoning from a poisoned rat is a genuine risk.
No. They are restricted in England, their use by the general public is prohibited, and they catch birds and hedgehogs indiscriminately.
Rat droppings are 12–18mm and tapered; mouse droppings 3–6mm, about the size of a grain of rice.
No — dampen them first rather than raising dust, and wear gloves.
Deal with the garden food sources first. Then tell us what is beyond your boundary.
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