Summertime is one of my favourite seasons, the longer days, the warm weather, BBQ’s and not to mention the start of festival season. Unfortunately, there is one insect which just loves to ruin a good picnic, mosquitoes! However, after speaking...
Condensation in the loft or the roof space has become more prevalent in recent years as homeowners and landlords take action to reduce energy bills and retain heat loss by adding insulation and closing off vital ventilation. What is...
A combination of our cold, wet weather and lack of ventilation in winter makes homes across Britain especially prone to indoor mould. Because it’s not an uncommon problem, many of us wrongly assume that it’s no big deal if...
…and under the door, through the conservatory skylight and probably in through the gaps around the pipework for the washing machine. However, spiders will not climb up through the bath plug hole – as old wives tales might have...
There are roughly 7,000 types of fly species throughout the UK. Yet the three most common flies affecting pubs, bars, restaurants and other food establishments are house flies, bluebottle and the most irritating of all fruit flies. An unwelcome...
It’s a “murder of crows” a “troop of baboons”, a “kindle of kittens”, and most bizarrely of all a “business of flies”. Okay, sometimes it’s a ‘swarm of flies’ and other times it’s more like a ‘cloud of flies’....