£180 for up to one hour on suitable small holes. The more useful question is whether proofing is what you actually need — or whether you need treatment first.
Pest proofing costs £180 and covers up to one hour of work on suitable small holes. It is a separate service from treatment and is not included in the £190 flat or £240 house treatment prices.
If you have an active rat problem right now, proofing is not the service to book first.
Proofing is the work of closing off the small openings that let rodents into a building. It is preventative rather than curative, and that distinction is the whole point of this article.
Our proofing service is £180 and covers up to one hour on suitable small holes. It is priced separately from treatment because the two jobs are genuinely different, and because plenty of properties need one without the other.
The honest answer depends entirely on what is happening right now.
| Your situation | What you need | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Droppings, noises or sightings happening now | Treatment first | £190 flat / £240 house |
| Problem dealt with, want to stop it recurring | Proofing | £180 |
| Active problem and obvious gaps | Both — treatment first | £370 flat / £420 house |
| Never had rats, want prevention | Proofing | £180 |
| Rats in the garden only, none indoors | Possibly neither yet | — |
That last row is worth dwelling on. Not every rodent sighting requires a service, and we would rather tell you that than take the booking.
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A rat that cannot get out will gnaw at whatever stands between it and the outside. That commonly means cabling, pipework, plasterwork and door frames — and a dead rat inside a wall cavity that nobody can reach.
Treatment first, proofing second. Every time. It costs slightly more in the short term and saves a great deal in the long term.
One hour of work on suitable small holes. In practice that means the openings that are accessible and appropriate to seal with pest-proofing materials — typically gaps around incoming pipework and cabling, small holes in mortar, worn gaps at door thresholds, and damaged or missing air-brick covers.
We would rather set that out plainly than let you discover the boundaries of the service on the day.
See our complete service, published prices and treatment information.
View Rat Control Harrow Weald →Rats are capable of passing through remarkably small gaps and will gnaw a small opening into a usable one. Common routes on a domestic property:
A survey of the property is what identifies which of these apply to yours. It is rarely all of them, and it is rarely the one people expect.
It depends on your situation, and we will give you the unhelpful-sounding but honest answer: sometimes yes, sometimes no.
For a rental property in Harrow Weald, proofing after a treatment often makes straightforward financial sense: £180 once is generally cheaper than a second treatment plus another round of tenant disruption a few months later.
The combined figures are £370 for a flat and £420 for a house, published upfront so the decision can be made without a quotation stage.
No. Treatment is £190 for a flat and £240 for a house; proofing is a separate £180.
Some of it, yes — wire wool and sealant around a pipe is within most people's reach. The difficulty is usually identifying which openings actually matter, and reaching the ones that do.
You will be told that before the work is done, not discovered afterwards on an invoice.
Partly. Mice get through smaller gaps than rats, so proofing done against rats will not necessarily exclude mice. Say if mice are also a concern, because it changes what needs sealing.
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£180 for up to one hour for suitable small holes.
No. It is a separate service, priced separately.
After. Sealing a building with rats still inside it makes the problem worse, not better.
£370 for a flat and £420 for a house.
Up to one hour of work on suitable small holes — typically gaps around pipework and cabling, small holes in mortar, door thresholds and air bricks.
No. A collapsed drain or a hole needing bricklaying is building work rather than pest control, and we will tell you if that is what you are looking at.
Not necessarily — mice pass through smaller gaps than rats. Mention mice if they are also a concern.
No, and anyone who tells you otherwise about a building is overselling. Proofing reduces the likely routes in; it does not make a house sealed.
Tell us what is happening now and we will tell you which one you actually need — including if the answer is neither.
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