Professional carpet moth treatment in Thatcham from £220, for homes, rental properties and businesses.
A lot of Thatcham's housing is relatively modern, and there is a widespread assumption that carpet moths are a problem of old houses with old carpets. They are not. They are a problem of wool, and there is more wool in a modern house than most people realise.
It is usually not the fitted carpet. Pest Services Berkshire treats carpet moths across Thatcham from £220, and on newer properties the job frequently starts with working out what is actually feeding them.
Carpet moth larvae feed on keratin, the protein in animal fibres. In a modern house with synthetic carpet, that can still be present in several places.
Why the underlay point matters so much. If the food source is the underlay, everything visible looks fine. The carpet is synthetic and undamaged, there are no bald patches, and the only symptom is moths appearing with no apparent explanation. People conclude the moths must be coming from outside and stop looking.
They are brought in far more often than they arrive on their own, and it is worth knowing the routes because that is what prevention actually consists of.
In a newer property the standard advice — look for bald patches in the carpet — can come up empty while there is still an active infestation.
Adult carpet moths do not eat anything. The larvae do, and they spend that stage somewhere dark and undisturbed. That is why killing the moths you see changes nothing lasting, and why a problem apparently solved reappears a few weeks later.
A specific case worth mentioning because it is common in newer housing. A wool rug on a laminate, tile or engineered floor is an isolated island of food, and the space beneath it is completely undisturbed.
It also means the infestation can be genuinely contained — which is good news, because dealing with one rug is a much smaller problem than dealing with a house. Lift rugs periodically and look underneath. It takes a minute.
If your carpet is synthetic and you have moths anyway, say so when you call. It is a useful starting point rather than a reason to doubt yourself.
We take enquiries from landlords, tenants, letting agents and property managers across Thatcham, and from businesses and managed premises with carpets, rugs or stored textiles.
The food source is rarely the fitted carpet in a newer house. It is usually the underlay beneath it, a wool rug on top of it, upholstery, or stored woollens. Synthetic carpet rules out the carpet, not the house.
Felt and rubber-crumb underlays can contain animal fibre and sit in permanent darkness beneath the carpet. It is the most commonly missed source in modern housing, and it produces moths with no visible carpet damage at all.
It is the most likely source in that situation, and the space beneath it is completely undisturbed. The good news is that it is contained — one rug is a much smaller problem than a house. Lift it periodically and look.
Almost always brought in: a second-hand rug or chair, boxes from a previous address or from storage, or wool items bought second-hand. An adult flying in through a window is the least likely route.
From £220, depending on the rooms and items involved.
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Treatment starts from £220. Tell us which rooms are affected and what you have found — moths, larvae, webbing or damage — and we will come back to you.
Carpet moth treatment from £220. Tell us which rooms are affected and what you have found, and we will take it from there.