Professional Ant Control in Charlton

Warm Paving Over Well-Drained Ground

Ants want dry, workable ground and warm hard surfaces above it. Charlton has plenty: the village gardens and paths uphill, and the paved yards, loading areas and hard standing of the commercial riverside. Small piles of fine excavated soil between slabs, at a path edge or on a doorstep are the nest showing you exactly where it is.

In commercial premises the pattern is a little different from a house - a trail running to a staff kitchen, a bin area or a spillage rather than a fruit bowl - but the principle is identical. The trail is the symptom, and the nest is usually outside the building.

Signs You May Need Ant Control in Charlton

The full list is on the Ant Control Greenwich page.

• A consistent trail. Ants following the same line along a worktop, a skirting or a wall, day after day, rather than wandering individuals.
• Flying ants on a warm day. A mature nest producing winged reproductives, usually over a short period in mid to late summer.
• Activity indoors in early spring. Which usually means the nest is in or against the building rather than out in the garden.

How We Deal With Ants in Charlton

We follow the trail out to where it leaves the building and treat the colony with bait the workers carry home, or treat the nest directly where a slab, a step or a wall gives access to it.