The gap under your kitchen units is a continuous, warm, hidden corridor running the length of the room. To a mouse it is a motorway with a food court attached.
Because the plinth void is a continuous hidden run — warm, dark, undisturbed, and connected to the floor void and every pipe entry in the room.
It is where they travel, not where they came in. The entry point is usually where that void meets a pipe, a wall or the floor beneath.
We take the kick-boards off on almost every mouse job. It is the single most informative thing you can do in a kitchen.
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View Mouse Control Rayners Lane →| Location | Why |
|---|---|
| Waste pipe through the wall under the sink | The commonest single point |
| Behind the washing machine | Waste and supply pipes, often a rough hole |
| Gas pipe entry | Rarely sealed properly |
| Where the plinth void meets the floor void | An open route downward |
| Under the boiler or at its pipe run | Warm, and often boxed |
| At the end of the run against an external wall | Where the units stop |
| Behind the fridge | Warm, undisturbed, often against an external wall |
No. This is cleaning and sealing, not replacement.
Yes, through the back panel or the pipe cut-outs. Check inside the sink cupboard especially.
Warmth, water, food and a continuous hidden run, all in one room.
Nothing under your units — but a wasp nest anywhere is £90 fixed in Rayners Lane, guaranteed for 30 days.
The plinth void is a continuous hidden run — warm, dark, never inspected, and connected to every pipe entry in the room and often to the floor void below.
Kick-boards usually unclip or are held by a few screws. Photograph first, then use a torch at floor level and check both ends of the run and every pipe.
Most often where the waste pipe passes through the wall under the sink, or behind the washing machine where pipes go through a rough hole.
No. Mice chew straight through it and it makes proper work harder later. Use wire wool packed tight and sealed over, or metal mesh.
Gloves, dampen the droppings with disinfectant first, leave five minutes, lift with kitchen paper, bag it, then disinfect. Never vacuum dry.
No. This is cleaning and sealing, not replacement.
Yes, through the back panel or the pipe cut-outs. Check inside the sink cupboard especially.
Photograph the void before cleaning and send it the same day. Gaps at pipe entries are structural and normally the landlord's to close.
Take the kick-boards off and photograph what is there. That usually finds the entry point.
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