Pest Control Services in Fleet Street and St Paul's EC4

Pest control around Fleet Street and St Paul's, EC4

EC4 runs from Temple and the Inns of Court along Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill to St Paul's Cathedral, then east through Cannon Street and Mansion House, with Blackfriars and Queenhithe on the river. Very few people live here. The buildings are offices, barristers' chambers, churches, hotels, pubs and the sandwich bars and restaurants that feed the working day.

Where pests get in

Many buildings on and behind Fleet Street are old brick or stone shells that have been refitted inside several times. Each refit leaves raised floors, suspended ceilings and cable routes, and mice use those voids to travel between floors and from one building into the next. Crumbs at desks and tea points are enough to keep them there, so an office can have mice with no kitchen at all.

Cockroaches turn up in the pub and restaurant kitchens on Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill and around Paternoster Square, usually in the warm spaces behind ovens, dishwashers and fridge motors. Down by the river at Blackfriars and Queenhithe, rats come up through drains and basements, and the bin stores in the narrow side courts draw them out after dark.

Pigeons roost on the cornices and window ledges of the older stone frontages. Their droppings foul doorways and light wells and make steps slippery.

What we do in EC4

A survey of the building, including voids, risers and basements, to find how pests are getting in
Mice control with proofing of the gaps around pipes and cables
Cockroach control for kitchens, with follow-up visits
Bird proofing with netting, spikes or wire on ledges, where the building's listing allows it
Planned visits for offices and restaurants

In an occupied office we plan the work around the working day and agree timings with the building manager before we start.

Moorgate and the Barbican have their own page at Moorgate EC2, and the streets east of the Monument are on Monument and Tower Hill EC3. For Chancery Lane and Holborn, see Holborn and the WC districts.

Questions people ask

Can you treat mice in a Fleet Street office without closing it?

Usually, yes. Bait and monitors go into voids, risers and under units, away from desks, and proofing can be arranged around the working day. We agree the plan with your building or facilities manager first.

Does a listed building near St Paul's limit bird proofing?

It can. Many buildings in EC4 are listed, and fixing netting or spikes to a listed frontage may need consent. We survey first, suggest proofing that suits the building, and can talk it through with your managing agent.

Why do mice keep coming back in a shared office building?

In EC4 mice often live in the building's shared voids rather than on one tenant's floor. Treating one floor and leaving the risers, basement and neighbouring floors gives them a way back, so we look at the whole building where the landlord agrees.

Do you work in chambers around the Temple?

Yes. Chambers in and around the Temple are often older buildings with timber floors and cellars, where mice are the usual problem. We keep treatment points out of rooms used for clients and papers.

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