If you live in and around the London area then you will be more than aware of the ubiquity of the grey squirrel. Take a walk around even the most built up of London boroughs and you’ll see a grey squirrel at almost every turn.
What with their great features and interesting quirky habits, it seems that to want rid of squirrels is simply cruel. The fact of the matter is, though, that allowing squirrels to have a free reign, in and around your neighbourhood, can lead to all types of problems. This is why it is so important to employ the services of a London pest control provider – before the problem becomes irreparable.
Something that people are unaware of is the damage that squirrels can do to their houses. One of the favourite places that squirrels like to build their nests is in the wall cavities of people’s homes. They use roof insulation to build their nests. Where there is no roof insulation there is no protection against heat escaping from the home. And so, by being humane towards squirrels, people are potentially sending their heating bills through the roof.
Whilst they are up there in your roof, they are also likely to chew through boxes and anything that is kept in these boxes. All of a sudden a collection of valuable books becomes nothing more than nesting materials for a family of squirrels.
In addition, squirrels like to chew through cables, and roof joists. So eventually, a family of squirrels has the ability to mess up your homes electrics, as well as making your home structurally unsound. Getting London pest control experts to deal with your squirrel infestation doesn’t seem so inhumane, given that the alternative could be the roof of your home collapsing in on your family whilst they’re asleep in bed. This may sound extreme, but it is totally true.
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