A drain inspection carried out to find the cause of a rat problem.

The customer has had 2 rat infestations in her house over 2 years. Each time we are called back to kill the rats when they either dig out from under the foundation or find their way through the cavities in to the roof space. The 3rd time it happened enough was enough!!

After the second infestation we had fixed external rodent control points to the outside wall of the house. They provide a permanent perimeter defence against pests.

When the 3rd infestation occurred we checked the external boxes to find no takes. This clearly indicated the problem was coming from a problem from under the house in the drains and not from a surface source.

We asked our friends at ratdetection.com to survey the drains for us. The photo shows owner Davy feeding the camera into the drain.

With the camera he managed to find one uncapped drain from where an extension had been put in and a waste pipe had been moved, and 2 other possible problems.

To fix the problem an excavation will be required to cap the drain and sort the other drain problems. This will be carried out in the next couple of weeks (watch this space for updates).

With the drains fixed there will be no further issue for the customer. An ongoing problem final solved as all options are slowly removed.

Drains are often the cause of rat infestation. A full drain survey and map costs £150 plus VAT. The excavation to fix is more on top but it is a permanent fix to a horrible problem that would reoccur until the problem was fixed.

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Pest Control Wirral and Chester

www.pestcontrolwirral.com

0800 206 1905 / 07773909165