Council Pest Control

[DIDO.1 20,814]

First job today a young girl on her own seen a mouse - council say the waiting list is till February for a call out.

 

Next job, mice in a cupboard- council come twice and feed mice a small tray of poison each time. Also stick a small tray of poison through loft hatch on second visit cos scratching reported. I baited properly, found mice were in garage and following boiler pipes into house, garage full of bird food and mice. Scratching in loft turned out to be a bird!

 

Last job, noises in loft and walls. Council put two trays of poison through hatch saying it was a big mouse or a baby rat. I went up, identified it as rats, baited proper. Asked neighbours, they had also heard scratching. Checked sewer and found rats and a big hole in benching in one manhole.

 

3 jobs council were not just useless but totally incompetent.

 

I cover massive area so 3 different councils.

[Pirate 9000 675]

I did my training with council in the and was a good grounding in pest control, with all the cut backs their service has gone down hill, the standard of work is poor,I was offered a district contract on the condition I took on their pest control team not a chance.

[abarrett 461]

I've had the same time and again

I feel for the lads that do the council contracts for big firms

They have been trained on routine box checking sites

If the baits gone replace it and that's as far as it goes no thought for the bigger picture

[DIDO.1 20,814]

....if we acted like that we would be on cowboy trader's!

[Bosun11 537]

Which 3 councils Dido?

[tilimangro 1,013]

Do councils do moles?

I see a lot of sports pitches and play areas over run with moles

[nod 285]

Unlikely that they do moles. Normally that is dealt with by the parishes they will get someone in

[DIDO.1 20,814]

Which 3 councils Dido?

I cover all the Northwest....take your pick they are all as bad

[ratattack 111]

Councils only do basic pest control, if any, now as it costs too much!

[TOMO 24,843]

Vin on here works for the council,,,they do 17 plus jobs a day,,,in an 8 hour day,,,,say no more..

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Vin on here works for the council,,,they do 17 plus jobs a day,,,in an 8 hour day,,,,say no more..

 

Feck doing 17 jobs in a day

 

Feck,..working 8 hours ,....

 

I've a short attention span,....two jobs a day leaves my head spinning,...and an eight hour day, belongs to the Victorian era.

Edited October 24, 2016 by Phil Lloyd

[DIDO.1 20,814]

Iv no problem with basic pest control.....it's the negligent and incompetent pest control that they want fcking for

Edited October 24, 2016 by DIDO.1

[mole trapper 1,646]

There's a lot of shonky goings on now, my Mrs was at a job today, turns out her customer is a pesty of eight months, his bait of choice on farms is storm! What feckin hope has the industry got? Thankfully I've not got that long to go before I bail.

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

No disrespect to the pro pasties on here but maybe the price some pesties charge,folks will DIY.....I work in a garage,and I've seen DIY repair jobs because people don't want to pay a expensive bill.

[Deker 3,450]

There's a lot of shonky goings on now, my Mrs was at a job today, turns out her customer is a pesty of eight months, his bait of choice on farms is storm! What feckin hope has the industry got? Thankfully I've not got that long to go before I bail.

 

Have I missed something, whats wrong with Storm in the right circumstances?