Mice Control Potters Bar

Mice Control in Potters Bar

Potters Bar is a commuter town of inter-war semis, later estates and flatted accommodation near the station, sitting against green belt on three sides.

Properties on those edges get the autumn movement from the fields; properties near the station get the shared-building version of the problem.

Ring 01908 465226 and tell us what you have seen in Potters Bar.

Green belt

Houses Against Open Ground

A garden that runs into fields or woodland sits next to an outdoor mouse population that never goes away. Every autumn a share of it looks for somewhere warmer, and the nearest building wins.

For a property in that position proofing is the whole answer, and it is worth doing before the weather turns rather than after the first one is heard. We will point out which entry points are most likely to be used so you can check them yourself each year.

Photographs on this page are for illustration purposes only.

Semis

The Party Wall in an Inter-War Semi

The party wall in an inter-war semi is normally solid, but the external cavity often runs straight past it, and the roof void frequently has nothing dividing it at the party wall — a barrier up to the underside of the roof was not consistently required until later. Mice in one loft are effectively in both.

If the noise is overhead and the neighbour has the same, that is what is happening, and proofing one side alone will disappoint. We will tell you so and write it down, which usually makes the conversation next door easier to have.

What we ask

Before We Come to Potters Bar

Tell us whether the garden backs onto open ground, whether the noise is overhead, and whether the neighbour has the same. That decides most of what we need to know before we arrive.

After the visit you get a plain account of what was found, what was done and which gaps are closed. Businesses and landlords get it in writing for their own records, which is what an inspector or an auditor asks to see.

Not sure whether it is mice or rats? Droppings settle it, and there is a page on the difference: rat control in Potters Bar.