Ant Control Kenton – How Much Does Treatment Cost?

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The Prices

The Honest Part First

We publish an ant price because people search for one. We are not going to pretend everybody who finds this page needs it.

• Black garden ants nesting under a patio, path or lawn need nothing. They are not damaging anything
• A few ants coming in and going out again in summer is normal and usually stops
• Flying ant day — one afternoon in July or August — is a mating flight and needs nothing at all
• Ants on a garden path are doing what ants do
• An established indoor trail is worth treating
• Ants in food, in numbers, repeatedly is worth treating

When Treatment Is Worth It

• A persistent trail indoors that returns after cleaning
• Ants getting into stored food repeatedly
• A nest that appears to be inside the structure — under a floor, in a cavity, behind a unit
• Ants coming through a consistent single point in a wall or floor
• It has happened in the same place for successive summers
• You have a food business or are letting the property
• Pharaoh ants — a genuinely different problem, see below

Why a House Costs More Than a Flat

• A garden, which is where the nest usually is
• More external wall and more entry points to trace
• A patio, path or decking with nests beneath
• A subfloor void
• More rooms to follow a trail through

The £30 difference reflects the garden more than the house. In a house the job is usually about finding and treating a nest outside, not spraying a worktop.

Treatment With Pets and Children

• Tell us who is in the house at the enquiry stage
• Gel bait goes into cracks, along skirting edges and at entry points, not onto surfaces
• Nothing on worktops or where food is prepared
• Placement adjusted for anywhere a crawling child or a dog can reach
• Cover a fish tank and switch off the pump if you have one
• Re-entry timing is explained on the day and is short
• The garden — we will tell you when children and pets can use a treated area again

How Ant Treatment Actually Works

Worth understanding, because it explains something that alarms people.

• Bait is carried back to the nest by the foragers
• It is shared through the colony, including to the queen
• That is what ends it — killing foragers achieves nothing, because they are replaced
• You may see more ants for a day or two after treatment, as they recruit to the bait
• That is the treatment working, not failing
• Do not clean up the trail during that period

Read nextHow Do You Get Rid of Ants in a Kenton Home? →

Pharaoh Ants Are Different

Small, yellowish-brown, indoors year-round, and unrelated to the garden ants that turn up in July.

• They nest inside the structure, in warm voids
• They are active all year, not seasonally
• Spraying them splits the colony and makes it dramatically worse — this is important
• They need a specific baiting approach
• They are a genuine concern in food premises and healthcare settings

If you have small pale ants indoors in winter, tell us. Do not spray them.

Related Questions

Do ants damage a house?

Black garden ants do not. They do not eat wood and do not damage structure.

What about flying ants?

A mating flight, one or two afternoons a year. It needs nothing. Close the windows and wait.

Will you tell me if I do not need treatment?

Yes. It happens frequently on ant enquiries.