Professional Mouse Control in Eltham

Autumn Is When the Calls Start

In a block, mice are usually resident all year. In a suburban semi with a garden they are far more often incomers, which changes both the timing and the fix. Activity that begins in October in a house that was quiet all summer is pointing at an entry point rather than a long-established colony, and the entry point is normally at or below ground level.

• Air bricks with a broken or missing cover - the classic route into a suspended timber floor.
• Where service pipes pass through an external wall, particularly at a rear extension junction.
• The gap under a garage side door, and the door between an integral garage and the house.
• Kickboard voids under fitted kitchen units, open to the subfloor behind.
• Gaps under an external door that no longer meets its threshold.

Because the route is usually findable, Eltham is one of the areas where proofing does the most good. Treatment removes the mice that are in; closing the air brick or the pipe entry decides whether next October is a repeat.

Signs You May Need Mouse Control in Eltham

The full list is on the Mouse Control Greenwich page.

• Small dark droppings inside cupboards and drawers. Rice-grain sized, and spread around rather than gathered in one run.
• Light, quick noise, high up or behind something. Mice move faster and lighter than rats and are often heard behind a kitchen unit, above a ceiling or inside a stud wall.
• Pets fixating on one spot. A cat or dog sitting at a particular kickboard or appliance gap for no obvious reason is worth taking seriously.

How We Deal With Mice in Eltham

Control goes along the runs between the entry point and the feeding area, in enough locations to reach the whole network rather than the cupboard you found droppings in.