The adults you see are about five per cent of the problem. The other ninety-five are in the carpet base and the gaps between your floorboards.
Treat the pet, vacuum hard and daily, wash bedding at 60°C, and apply a residual insecticide to the carpet base, floor edges and board gaps.
Vacuuming alone will not do it, and neither will a fogger — neither reaches the larvae, which live down in the pile and below the boards.
This is why a house that has been empty for six weeks can produce a cloud of fleas the day someone moves in.
£180 for the first room, £60 for each additional room. Published, up to four rooms.
View Flea Control Pinner →Bare boards look easier than carpet and are frequently harder, because the gaps do everything a carpet base does.
| Method | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Foggers and bug bombs | Do not work. Settle on surfaces, never reach carpet base or board gaps |
| Supermarket carpet spray alone | Weak residual, rarely applied to edges properly |
| Steam cleaning after treatment | Removes the residual. Do it before, not after |
| Salt or baking soda on carpets | No evidence. Abrasive to fibres and to the vacuum |
| Flea collars alone | Not enough on their own |
| Ultrasonic devices | No credible evidence |
| Waiting it out | Pupae survive months |
A professional residual is applied to the carpet base, floor edges, board gaps and the furniture the pet uses, and it stays active for the weeks the pupae take to emerge. That persistence is the whole point, and it is the thing a supermarket spray does not have.
No. They bite and move on. The population lives on the pet and in the floor.
Adults emerge from the floor and jump. Ankle-height bites are the classic pattern.
Almost never necessary.
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Treat the pet through a vet, vacuum hard and daily emptying outside, wash bedding at 60°C, and apply a residual insecticide to the carpet base, floor edges and board gaps.
Adults are about five per cent of the population. The rest are eggs, larvae and pupae down in the pile and below the boards, and pupae are protected in a cocoon.
No. They settle on surfaces and never reach the carpet base or the gaps between floorboards.
Often harder. The gaps between boards collect eggs, larvae and debris and act exactly like a carpet base.
Before treatment, yes. Not for two weeks afterwards — it removes the residual.
Pupae hatch into the treatment over two or three weeks. That is expected, and the daily vacuuming speeds it up.
A previous occupant's pet, a squirrel or bird in the loft, a neighbour's cat, or a fox resting under a shed.
No. They bite and move on. The population lives on the pet and in the floor.
Vet first, then daily vacuuming, then residual treatment from £180.
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