Rat In Bathroom, Islington

We understood that it was imperative to attend the site immediately, as the problem needed to be dealt with urgently due to her aunt’s ill health, so we arranged a same day visit for later that morning.

On arrival, Mrs R showed our technician where the hole was in the carpet, advising him that it wasn’t there the previous day when she visited, this then rung alarm bells, and looking at the damaged floor, he knew this wasn’t moths!   Explaining to Mrs R that this amount of damage could not have been done in so short time span by moths, he had to break the news that this damage was due to something chewing at the carpet, and more likely we would be looking for a rat.  It was then that Mrs R’s aunt shouted out that she had heard load scratching noises in the night but thought she was imagining things.  The technician then carried out a survey of the flat and it was when he checked the bathroom, he found a large hole and a load of fresh rat droppings behind the toilet waste pipe.

To resolve the rat infestation meant a two-pronged approach, firstly to bait the area to eradicate any rats within the flat.  Secondly to ensure that the hole where the rats were gaining access was repaired to prevent any further issues. The baiting of all areas was carried out that day and an appointment was made with Mrs R to return a few days later to check on progress.  Luckily for her aunt she had use of an en-suite bathroom so keep the door closed to the main bathroom until our return visit.

On our return Ms R reported they had heard a noise, but he had waited for us to check the bathroom.  When we inspected the bait boxes, we found four rats on the rat traps, which were removed from the property.  The bait boxes were then re-baited, repaired the hole around the waste pipe to ensure no further access could be gained and again we arranged to revisit a few days later.  On our final visit we again checked the bathroom and was pleased to inform Mrs R that no further rat activity was found, and the infestation had been bought under control.