£180 first room, £60 each after. The moths flying about are not eating your carpet — their larvae are, and they are somewhere you have not looked.
£180 for the first room and £60 for each additional room. Two rooms £240, three £300, four £360.
The adult moth does not eat carpet. The larva does. Which is why killing the moths you can see achieves nothing, and why the damage is almost always under something.
| Rooms | Calculation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 room | £180 | £180 |
| 2 rooms | £180 + £60 | £240 |
| 3 rooms | £180 + (2 × £60) | £300 |
| 4 rooms | £180 + (3 × £60) | £360 |
| Adult moth | Larva | |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance | Small, pale gold-brown, 6–8mm | Smooth cream caterpillar, up to ~10mm |
| Flight | Weak; scuttles rather than flies | None |
| Where you see it | Near the damage, low down | Deep in the pile, under furniture |
| Eats carpet? | No | Yes |
| What it eats | Nothing — adults do not feed | Keratin: wool, silk, fur, feather |
So the moths on the wall are the visible symptom of larvae you have not found. Swatting them changes nothing.
Carpet moth larvae need darkness and no disturbance. Which is a precise description of the square metre under a sofa nobody has moved since it was delivered.
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Not for pest reasons. Existing damage does not repair, but the carpet does not need removing to treat it.
It can spread along continuous wool carpet, which is why room counts matter.
Not reliably against an established infestation.
An old wasp nest in a loft can feed fabric pests — and a live one is £90 fixed in Edgware, guaranteed.
£180 for the first room and £60 for each additional. Three rooms £300.
The larvae. Adult carpet moths do not feed at all, so killing the moths you can see achieves nothing.
Under furniture that has not moved, along carpet edges under the gripper, under rugs, behind a permanently open door, and at the sides of stair treads.
It can. Wool carpet over original floorboards gives larvae the gaps to work in, and old felt underlay is itself a food source.
Wool carpet and rugs, wool clothing, silk, cashmere, sheepskin, fur and feather. Synthetics generally are not.
Not for pest reasons. The carpet does not need removing to treat it.
No. It does not help and it delays treatment.
Moth larvae are smooth and cream with silk webbing. Beetle larvae are brown, bristly and leave shed skins. Same price either way.
Move the sofa before you ring — that is usually where the answer is.
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