How To Get Rid Of Rats In Your Drains

Continue reading to find out how rats can enter your home through your drainage system, what signs to look for, and how Environ Drainage Services can rid your home and drains of rats!

Damaged or cracked drain pipes are one of the most common ways rats gain access to your home, making professional inspection essential. Drains and sewers are the ideal places for rodents to live, so the presence of rats in London's underground sewage system is far from a new problem.

Rats will often use connecting pipes within these drainage systems to explore in search of food, and can eventually work their way into your home by digging through redundant or damaged pipes.

Rats are fully capable of running up drains and twisting around a U-bend, so even the tiniest gaps in your drains can allow a rat to slip through and manoeuvre their way into unwanted areas! More often than not, homeowners are unaware of the issues that a damaged or poorly installed drainage system can cause, especially regarding the risk of being vulnerable to rat infestations. Broken, damaged, and redundant pipes need to be repaired immediately and effectively by one of our expert drainage engineers in order to stop rodents from having access to your home through your drainage system.

In our experience, most rat infestations in homes are directly linked to faulty or damaged drainage systems that allow rodents to slip inside. If you think you may have rats coming in through your drainage system, chances are that you have already noticed some of the main indications that rats are in your home!

Telltale signs of a rat infestation are:

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• Rat droppings or the smell of rat urine
• Chewed up paper and food packets
• Scratching sounds under your floorboards or walls
• Gnawed holes in your walls
• Nests

Since your drainage system is below ground, it may be difficult to immediately assume that the point of entry for rats entering your home is through defective pipes! The first step is to thoroughly check your property for any points of entry, such as holes in your brickwork or holes in your loft or basement. If you can't find any indication that this is the source, then chances are these rodents are entering your home through your drainage system!

When it comes to rats in your drainage system, a professional drainage engineer will have the particular skill set needed to access and fix your damaged drains far better than a pest controller can.

Generally speaking, pest control experts are the best equipped to handle rat infestation problems in your home. As a leading pest control company and drainage specialist, Environ Drainage Services is uniquely positioned to handle both the rodent removal and the repair of your drains.

At Environ Drainage Services, we offer both pest control and drainage expertise! Environ was one of the first companies to correlate the presence of rats in a home with damaged drainage systems. By combining the knowledge of our pest control specialists at our sister company, Environ Property Services, and our drainage experts at Environ Drainage Services, we have developed a wealth of experience when it comes to dealing with rat infestations in your drainage system which allows us to tackle both problems at the same time!

If you feel that you have a rat problem and you think it may be coming from your drainage system, then we encourage you to call our friendly office staff today so that we can set up an appointment for our drainage specialists to come out and solve your current issue and prevent it from happening again! Here are the steps we take in order to rid your drains and your home of rats.

The first step we take in identifying the cause of your rat infestation is to use a CCTV drain survey to inspect your entire drainage system. Using a small state-of-the-art camera, we can navigate your drains in search of any rats, broken drains, redundant pipes, or any other damage within your drainage system that may be allowing rodents to enter your home. Once we've done that, we can make a recommendation on how we can fix your drains.

Our expert drainage team is equipped to handle any problem, from a small fix such as a rodent blocker all the way to installing a new manhole if needed! We can either do it on-site or set up a separate appointment to fix them at your convenience.

When you suspect rats are entering through your drains, a CCTV drainage survey is the most reliable way to confirm the problem. Our high-definition cameras can quickly identify cracks, collapsed sections, and other weaknesses that allow rodents to invade, ensuring we provide a long-term solution to prevent rodents in your home.

Before we can fix any damage to your drainage system, it'simperative that we remove the rats that are in your drains first. We make it a point to never use poisons when removing rats so that you don't experience the unpleasant effects of a decomposing rodent body or the flies and smell that can come with it! Instead, we place traps to remove them so that your drains are clear and ready to be repaired.

Depending on the damage we find in your drains, whether it's cracked pipes, broken or collapsed drains, or redundant piping, we will offer you our expert recommendation for the best course of action to repair the problem. Our drain repair services are carried out by our highly trained drainage engineers, who have extensive experience with any drain repair you may need.

Our engineers seal cracks and redundant connections to prevent rats from using your drainage system as a hidden entry route again.

Generally, we can reline your drains to make them good as new, or we offer drain replacement solutions to make sure that they are watertight and inaccessible to rodents once again.

Once we have repaired and sealed all entry points that rats have used to access your home from your drainage system, it's time to make sure your home is free of rats as well. Our integrated approach ensures that we not only remove existing rodents but also install rodent barriers such as rat blockers or rat gates to secure your drainage lines and prevent rats from returning. Our sister company, Environ Pest Control, are experts in pest control and rat removal.

Once we've completed your work, Environ Pest Control will follow up with the best treatment plan to rid your home of rats!

Call our friendly office staff now, or request a call back to remove your pesky rodent problem and fix your drain problems today!

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