Borer and rat control in Britannia Heights
Britannia Heights looks out over Tasman Bay, and the old streets toward the port hold some of Nelson's earliest villas and cottages. Borer in that old timber and rats in the roof are what Richard checks for here, with the inspection and quote free.
Richard under a house when the phone goes? Someone still picks up, and he calls you back.
Roof to subfloor
Under the floor: Richard goes over the piles, bearers and joists by torch for fresh borer holes and dust, and looks for droppings and nests where rats shelter.
- Where
- On the bay between Stepneyville and Tāhunanui
- Postcode
- 7010
- Common jobs
- Borer, rats, mice
What to send Richard
- A photo of the holes, droppings or nest
- Where you’ve seen them: roof space, inside, under the floor or outside
- How long it’s been going on
- Who’s home: kids, pets, or a business open to the public
- For borer: the rough age of the house
- Work
- Borer, rats and mice, wasps, household pests
- Area
- Nelson, Stoke and Richmond
- Experience
- 15+ years in pest control
- Quotes
- Free inspection and quote
- Phone, or fill in the formPictures of what you’ve spotted help.
- Richard rings youHe asks what you’ve seen, and where.
- Free inspection and quoteRoof space, subfloor and section, then a price.
- Treated where they’re workingThen he checks back that it’s done the job.
Borer and rats in Britannia Heights homes
Britannia Heights is two suburbs in one for pest work. The 2000s left the biggest mark on Britannia Heights' housing, and in a newer house the pest to look for is a rat or mouse in the ceiling. Down toward the port, the streets are among Nelson's oldest, lined with weatherboard villas and cottages built long before treated timber, and that's where borer has had the most time to work. Richard treats both, and wasp nests, ant trails and spiders as well.
On an older house, Richard checks the weatherboards from inside and out, crawls underneath, gets up into the ceiling and looks for the fresh holes and fine dust that show borer still working. In a newer home he heads straight up through the hatch to find where the rodents are nesting. Whichever it is, he treats the pest where it lives, and you'll hear from Richard afterwards to see that it has done the job.
How Richard works in Britannia Heights
Tell Richard what you’ve found
Call, or send the form with a photo of the holes, droppings or nest and where you saw it.
A free inspection
Richard comes out and goes through the ceiling cavity, the subfloor and the section, to find where they’re working and how they get in.
A clear quote
He shows you what he found and quotes the treatment before any work starts.
Treated where they work
Bait stations on the runs, the nest itself, the timber the borer is in: each pest is treated where it lives.
He checks in afterwards
Once the treatment has had time to work, Richard gets back in touch to see that it has.
The old streets toward the port
Borer is the first thing to check on the old streets toward the port. Nearby Russell Street is one of Nelson's earliest streets, with strong links to the port and a collection of old villas and cottages, many of them heritage listed, with bungalows at the top end. Timber homes of that age went up untreated, and borer come out where it's dark: inside wardrobes, behind furniture and on the inner face of the boards.
The suburb runs along the highway on the Tasman Bay shore, between Stepneyville and Tāhunanui, with Moncrieff Reserve and Pipers Park Reserve among its streets. Homes that back onto a reserve see more rats looking for a way in when it's cold. The name is one of Nelson's nods to Lord Nelson and the navy, alongside Trafalgar Street and Albion Square.
Below the hill, the port's reclaimed land carries coolstores, ship yards and oil tanks, Nelson's main industrial area, so the working waterfront is never far from your back door.
Couldn’t be happier with the excellent service 3D Pest Control provided so would therefore highly recommend them. Richard was exceptional solving my rodent issue and also very prompt and so reasonably priced. He made the situation much easier to deal with as explained everything so well and was only a phone call away if I needed further assistance. Thank you Richard.
Tips for Britannia Heights
- In an older weatherboard home, look inside wardrobes and behind bookcases on the outside walls for small round holes and dust.
- Store pet food and bird seed in sealed bins. Open bags are the first thing rats find in a garage.
- Borer adults come out between October and February, so that's the time to look for new holes, above all in the old houses toward the port.
Britannia Heights questions
We're in one of the old houses toward the port. Is the borer in the walls or the floor?
Borer eat the soft sapwood wherever it is: floor joists, wall framing, weatherboards and roof timbers. Richard crawls underneath, checks the roof framing and looks at the boards from inside, then quotes the treatment free.
Does living near the port mean more rats?
Food stored in bulk draws rats anywhere, and a port has plenty of it. What matters is whether they've found your house: droppings, gnawing, noises in the ceiling. Richard looks through the ceiling cavity and under the floor, then treats the rats on the runs they're using.
Our villa toward the port is heritage listed. Can Richard still treat it for borer?
Yes. Richard treats the timber where the borer is working, in the subfloor and the roof framing, and talks you through what he's found and what the treatment involves before any work starts.
We also work nearby in Washington Valley, Tāhunanui and Toi Toi. All Nelson suburbs
A free inspection in Britannia Heights
Tell Richard what you’ve found and where. A photo of the holes, droppings or nest helps him see it before he comes out.
What to send Richard
- A photo of the holes, droppings or nest
- Where you’ve seen them: roof space, inside, under the floor or outside
- How long it’s been going on
- Who’s home: kids, pets, or a business open to the public
- For borer: the rough age of the house
Richard will be in touch to talk it through, then come out, inspect and quote. If you go ahead, he treats them and checks in afterwards.
Rather talk? Call 0800 166 028
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
Richard will be in touch to talk it through and set a time for the free inspection.