help me get rid of wasps nest (merged threads)

john.xs

whats the best/cheapest way of getting rid of wasps who appeared to have made nest in cavity wall.
i tried some spray foam stuff from homebase but was rubbish!

denton6

Hi dont know if this will help with it being in the cavity wall,but when we had a smallish nest on our lane door i was told to put ant powder in it and it did work.Was abit worried they were all going to come buzzing out but they didnt.If you can get some access to it it is worth a try.

longforgotten

I've used powder and foam and it's been ok. You have to do it when the wasps are inactive i.e late in the day when its dark and they've gone to bed or very early morning before they've got back up again.

We did have a nest in our loft and decided to get a guy in to deal with it. He sprayed stuff in the place in the roof where the wasps were getting in and out, he did not spray the nest itself ! He had a long armed sprayer, he just stood outside, the sprayers long arm reached up to the roof, job done very easily. He did the job in the day but was of course a safe distance from the nest.

So I wonder if the foam or powder would work if you sprayed it just where they get in and out, rather than you actually putting the effort in to get to the nest in the cavity.

economiser

Do you really need to get rid of them? We have had nests in the past and of course there are times when they can be a real nuisance such as one we had by the kitchen door. If they are out of the way we just let them be. They will die out in the Autumn and will not nest again in the same place.

Lara

Contact your local Council Pest Department. They will come round and see to it for you.

mrs_baggins

Hi, I used to work in pest control so can offer this.

Firstly as someone else said do you need to get rid of it at all? If its in a place say by the front door then I can see you might but otherwise you can just leave it. It will not be used again and will gradually die come winter anyway.

As the other poster said you can treat it yourself quite easily with ant wasp nest destroyer or ant powder. Do it late in the evei=ning when the wasps are not active. Wear long sleeves just in case. The idea is that you spray the place where the wasps are going in and out which is generally one spot. as they go in and out they will get the product on their bodies and so die but its not an instant thing it does take a coupel of days. Immediately after treating they are going to get a bit mad so i suggest a hasty retreat but it should work. if you get the council in unless you are in a council property they will probably charge about £40 and do the same thing anyway. good luck

brave_2

hello,
if the wasps are not bothering you why get rid.
we have had wasps nests all about our house without any touble.
Just leave and observe.
Regards
Brave

rca779

We have just found loads of wasps disappearing inside a small gap in the soffits at the front of the house. It's especially concerning as the gap is right outside my boys bedroom window which we normally keep open at night

I guess that they have built a nest :mad:
What is the best way of dealing with this
Could I just seal the gap with some mastic so that they can no longer get in our out of the gap - not sure this is a great idea as I expect they might just find another gap
Do I call the council out to deal with them - how much would this cost and how much damage would be made to the soffits
Buy some wasp killer powder stuff and spray as much as I can through the gap


Any/all advice would be most welcome!

WestEndGirl_2

I called my local council and they came out and sorted it. It cost about £50 I think, and when I'd spotted a few more buzzing around a few days later they came back for free. They just had a very long metal pole with a tube running up to it with the anti-wasp smoke (technical term there!) running up into it, and they just put it next to the hole and puffed it in. No physical damage whatsoever.
Good luck!

Eagle_1

A few years back we had a nest and we just contacted enviromental health at our local council and they dealt with it. Id give them a bell to be honest.

m_13

As the other posters have said, your local council are the right people to deal with this as they have stronger poisons that you cannot buy and are experienced at dealing with them.

However, our local council in Warwickshire has recently decided that they can longer do wasps nests and so people have to contact a private contractor. Their advice is to look in yellow pages under pest control.

I hope you strike lucky where you live. When we lived in Herefordshire a swarm of bees fell down our blocked up chimney after burrowing through the mortar and when we came home we found our bedroom and lounge filled with thousands of bees all bumping against the windows. We had to have them tempted away by a bee keeper and not a few months later discovered we had a wasps nest in the loft!