Rat Control Dunstable

Rat Control in Dunstable

Dunstable sits at the foot of the Downs on chalk, and chalk changes how rats behave underground.

Free-draining ground means burrows hold up well and water moves through quickly, so the surface picture after rain looks different from clay country. What it does not change is the drainage, and Dunstable has a lot of post-war housing with runs of a similar age all reaching the end of their life at once.

There is also a substantial commercial and industrial edge to the town, which brings its own work.

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

Post-war estates

Drainage of a Certain Age

When a large estate goes in over a few years, its drainage all goes in over a few years too — and it reaches the end of its service life over a few years as well. That is why rat problems on estates of a particular age arrive in clusters rather than singly.

It also means the answer is often not on your property. Where the evidence points at a shared or public run, we will say so and tell you what would confirm it, rather than keep treating what comes up through it.

Commercial

Industrial Units, Warehousing and Food Premises

Warehousing and distribution give rats space, cover and, depending on what is stored, food. The scale is different from a house: more perimeter, more doors, more service entries, and usually more traffic keeping doors open.

The work is correspondingly more about proofing and monitoring than a single treatment, with written records for inspection, and ongoing cover where the site needs it.

What we ask

Booking a Visit in Dunstable

Whether it is domestic or commercial, and roughly when the property was built. That decides most of what we need to know before we arrive.

After the visit you get a plain account of what was found and what was done, including anything that needs a different trade. Businesses get it in writing for inspection.