£180 first room, £60 for each one after. Carpet moths are the pest people find last, because the damage happens where nobody looks.
Professional carpet moth treatment costs £180 for the first room and £60 for each additional room. One room £180, two £240, three £300, four £360.
One thing worth knowing before you read further: the adult moths flying about are not what damages your carpet. The larvae do. Killing the moths you can see achieves very little.
| Rooms treated | Calculation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 room | £180 | £180 |
| 2 rooms | £180 + £60 | £240 |
| 3 rooms | £180 + (2 × £60) | £300 |
| 4 rooms | £180 + (3 × £60) | £360 |
More than four rooms? Tell us and we will confirm from the same structure.
This is the single most useful thing to understand about carpet moths, and it changes how you approach them entirely.
The small, pale, fluttery moths you see are adults. Adult clothes and carpet moths do not feed on fabric — several species barely feed at all. Their function is to reproduce and lay eggs.
It is the larvae that eat your carpet. They hatch from those eggs, live down in the pile out of the light, and feed on the keratin in natural fibres — wool, silk, fur, feather. By the time you notice bare patches, the larvae have been working for months.
Swatting the moths you can see is like picking up windfalls to stop a tree fruiting. The problem is happening somewhere you are not looking.
Only natural animal fibres. This narrows things considerably:
| Material | At risk? |
|---|---|
| Wool carpet | Yes — the classic target |
| Wool-rich blends | Yes, in proportion to wool content |
| Silk rugs | Yes |
| Sheepskin, fur, feather | Yes |
| Polypropylene / nylon carpet | No |
| Cotton and linen | Not usually, unless heavily soiled |
| Laminate, tile, vinyl | No |
If your carpet is synthetic and you have damage, it is worth rechecking the identification — that changes what you are dealing with.
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View Carpet Moth Control Harrow Weald →Larvae avoid light and disturbance, so damage appears in the places nobody walks or looks:
Carpet beetle larvae cause similar damage and need the same kind of treatment, but knowing which you have is useful. Moth larvae are smooth and cream-coloured, often with silk webbing. Carpet beetle larvae are brown, distinctly bristly, and shed skins that people mistake for the larvae themselves.
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They can. Carpet and clothes moths overlap considerably in habit, and wool items stored undisturbed nearby are at risk. Worth checking wardrobes if you have carpet moth damage.
Not usually. Treatment deals with the infestation; whether damaged carpet is worth keeping is an aesthetic decision rather than a pest one.
Central heating means carpet moths are active year-round in modern homes rather than seasonally. There is no closed season to wait out.
A different problem outside? Wasp nest treatment in Harrow Weald is a £90 fixed cost with our guaranteed service.
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The larvae. Adult moths do not feed on fabric — they reproduce and lay eggs.
Natural animal fibres — wool, wool-rich blends, silk, sheepskin, fur and feather. Synthetic carpets are not at risk.
Under and behind furniture, along room edges, under rugs, in corners and on stair treads — wherever is undisturbed.
Moth larvae are smooth and cream with silk webbing. Carpet beetle larvae are brown and bristly.
They can. Wool items stored undisturbed nearby are at risk, so check wardrobes.
Not usually. Treatment deals with the infestation; keeping damaged carpet is an aesthetic decision.
Room prices published upfront. Tell us where the damage is and how many rooms are affected.
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