Domestic pest control:
Pestek provides pest control services to domestic properties in Leeds Bradford Harrogate Ilkley Otley Wetherby Wakefield Kirklees and the whole Yorkshire region.
You can be sure that we have the knowledge and experience to deal with any pest problem that may occur in your property or garden. Safety is always of the highest priority when dealing with domestic pests. In most cases costs are lower that those of Leeds City Council and the national pest control companies.
Protecting your home from mice
When mice enter your home it can soon become more than an inconvenience. Mice can pose a serious risk to your health, a mouse can contaminate food and food preparation areas with droppings and urine. A mouse can also cause significant damage to your home and furniture. Mice have even be known to cause fires by chewing through electrical cables. House mice are more common in residences and commercial structures than rats.
Protecting your home from rats
From January 2010 Leeds City Council will longer provide a free rat control service for rats in gardens. If you Live in the Leeds area and have rats in your garden. Call your local pest control experts on 0113 89 200 20
Of all the pests in Leeds rats pose the greatest risk to human health, diseases carried by rats include E.coli, Salmonella, Leptospirosis, and Tuberculosis. Rats also carry fleas, which as we all know were the primary culprits in transmitting the Bubonic plague.If rats are getting into your home it is extremely serious even if they are not getting into a living area. All rat infestations inside your home must be treated with urgency. Rats in your garden and other external areas can also pose a risk, particularly in areas where children play. Rats which might be living in the garden may try to enter your home and so it is important to eradicate them before they get the chance.
Protecting Your home from bedbugs
Bed bugs are rapidly becoming a major problem in Leeds and Yorkshire. We are getting more and more reports of infestations. In order to control bedbugs special products and application techniques are used bedbugs are very difficult control without the correct tools and knowledge.
The use of over the counter products will have little effect and can even cause the infestation the spread to adjoining rooms.
Protecting Your home from fleas
Fleas are a common problem in homes in Leeds and Yorkshire, especially for those with pets such as cats and dogs. They are also commonly found when moving into a property that previously had pets living in it.
While fleas can transmit disease, it is very rare. The primary concern is the distress that flea bites cause. they are relatively simple to control if the correct technique is employed.
Protecting your home from wasps
Being stung by a wasp can be a very painful experience, it can on rare occasions be life threatening. Approximately one in thirty people are allergic to wasp stings and can suffer anaphylactic shock which can sometimes be fatal. However, it is possible to reduce the risk by taking precautions when outdoors and ensuring that wasp nests are properly treated or removed as soon as they are noticed in early summer. We control hundreds of nests each year and as with all our treatments our method are is safe and effective.
