Along side pest control our core services are pigeon control and solar panel animal proofing. The relationships we have built and continue to nurture, maintain our long-standing partnerships with all of our clients, both private and commercial. Our employees are friendly and courteous, and enjoy their role within the company. We have a high retention rate of staff which allows us to keep the same friendly face visiting you during your service agreement. This also benefits your business as the history of any pest issue are know as well as site specific rules and procedures which become embedded into the routine.
Pigeons have always used roofs whether it be for day roosting, nesting on the chimney or using the gutter as a water source for drinking and bathing. With the arrival of the solar panel, we have now literally put a roof over their heads. The solar panels give pigeons warmth, shelter from the elements and protection from predators. Pigeons are not the cleanest birds and living in a flock makes this a real issue, apart from the number of diseases pigeons carry, they bring unwelcome noise, smell and produce large amounts of droppings that block the guttering on your property, this prevents the rainwater from being taken away from the roof causing water and pigeon guano to overflow onto the ground below.
As doors start to open and lockdown is easing, we will all be venturing out further afield so what should we be looking out for in the world of PESTS? It can only be Wasps! Yes, the yellow and black flying assassins that seem to appear from nowhere every time you sit down to enjoy time in the garden. We started to get calls for wasps towards the end of last month including one from a DIY pest controller that thought to block the wasp's entry and exit hole up was the way to go, this, of course, is not the case and could have caused the wasps to chew through the plasterboard and into what would have been the bedroom, that would have not been a nice wake-up call.
All under one roof and all carried out in house. ApcUK Services can carry out a lot more than just pest control. We have a City and Guilds qualified carpenter in-house which means that we can offer a complete service. Offering a complete service really can take the heartache out of a nightmare situation, as one of our customers in North London recently found out for themselves. We had been called out to inspect a porch loft. There was no access to the loft, yet the owners had been hearing lots of scratching, there was a strong smell of urine ammonia and when the lights had been on for a while it smelt of burning.
6. Stop the Queen - building a nest next year by looking for golf ball size winter overstays in the loft towards the end of October, having these removed will prevent a nest being built in the following spring. High or low wasps will nest anywhere, wasps have few predators in the UK as they defend their nest to the end, this is why we recommend calling in a professional pest control company to deal with your wasp problem. Disused wasp nests can become a home for other pests such as Moths, Hover Flies, Carpet Beetle and Red Flour Beetle, these pests can further infest your home, by removing the wasp nest once treatment has been carried out will prevent future infestations.
Now that solar panels have been installed and sit above the roof, any Moss and Lichen will inevitably start to grown on the panel. Moss tends to build up around the frame work and grown outwards while Lichen will grow directly on top of the glass. All of our cleaning takes place from a scaffold tower built to the height of the panels we have found this is the only effective way to clean solar panels, we have tried cleaning from the ground, unfortunatly this does not work. The issue with cleaning from the ground, is you are just to far away and to far below the solar arrray to put the requrried amount of pressure onto the brush head to clean the glass.
ApcUK will eliminate your Fly infestation by using a specialist machine called a fogger, the fogger sprays a mist of insecticide into your loft directly onto the flies as well as covering all their resting and hiding places. Whilst proofing a roof space may prove to be impractical, proofing window frames produces great results in reducing the amount of flies coming into your home. Area Pest Control can carry out the proofing works for you.
We understand the pressure that the Environmental Agency (EA) can impose on waste management facilities companies to control vermin and flies on their sites and work with the EA and waste management companies to put in place pest control, prevention and monitoring procedures that satisfy the EA's requirements and guidelines. With the rats being in such close proximity to machinery they will often go inside, chewing through wires and causing a large amount of damage, not to mention down time and loss of profits.
Solar panels should only be clean with pure water and a specialist solar brush, using tap water and none approved brushes will damage the coating to your solar panels. As per manufactures recommendations. By installing a barrier of mesh around the perimeter of the solar array we prevent the pigeons from entering, without the shelter of the solar panels the pigeons will have no choice but to leave your roof in search of a new area to roost. We source the highest quality materials from Europe where the steel is of a higher grade than the cheaper Chinese steel being sold in the UK, all the parts of our proofing system have been Hot-Dip Galvanised to prevent the steel from corroding giving longevity to your install.
Being a high priority call from the managing agent, within 24 hours Daniel our in-house pigeon control specialist had been to evaluate the situation, recommendations and proofing plan submitted, the Pigeon Control Team booked in and the works completed. Feral Pigeons are becoming an increasing problem on high rise apartment blocks, offices, shop fronts and retail parks in large towns across the country. With very high numbers of pigeons living in Greater and Central London. Large numbers of pigeons means large amounts of droppings (Guano), posing health risks to the public and members of staff as well as causing damage to buildings.
Generally most properties do not have access to the cavity wall or the area between the floorboards and ceiling. ApcUK Services can now gain access to these areas with the use of a specialist access point, once installed we can look into the wall or ceiling for signs of rat activity and possible damage. One of the key ways to control any rodent infestation is to place the bait into an area where the rats feel safe and secure. By doing so, bait shyness can be reduced and the acceptance of bait is encouraged.
Think that once the summer is over and the BBQ has been packed away, that's the last you'll see of wasps? Unfortunately, not. For Area Pest Control, winter can be a busy time of year for removing wasp nests in the home. Take earlier this month. We were called to a customer in Bedfordshire who spotted wasps coming out from under the roof tiles. We had a look inside the house but were unable to locate the nest, so we worked from the outside to treat the access point. We were then able to take out the wasp nest.
Give your business complete peace of mind with a commercial pest cleaning contract from Area Pest Control UK. We have developed a robust pest control systems to ensure that your premises have safe and effective pest prevention and pest control measures in place 365 days a year. Area Pest Control UK annual pest control and management contracts are designed to meet our clients legal obligations to comply with food hygiene and health & safety regulations. Our comprehensive commercial pest control maintenance and monitoring contracts give you the peace of mind of knowing that your premises are being professionally maintained so that it is free of unwanted pests in turn improving your reputation and satisfying BRC and government requirements.
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