Warehouse pest control

Ensuring that your warehouse stays protected against pests keeps your employees and stock safe and sound. Even the smallest of warehouses still contains a large amount of valuable stock, of which it is important that it stays pristine for sale. All pests are in one way or another damaging to a business and can find many ways of inconveniencing you and disrupting productivity. This will then lead to loss of profits and time as well having to rectify these issues that keep rising because of the present and active pest problem.
Pests that are usually prevalent in warehouses include rodents, birds, cockroaches and wasps, but that isn’t to say that other pests may also seek out the shelter and nesting opportunities that your warehouse building offers. Due to the nature of a warehouse and the need for big open space in order to be able to store great quantities of stock, this leaves many dark corners and cracks and crevices for them to be able to establish their presence from. The high-roofed structure that may also feature beams crossing from one side of the building to the other are an excellent space for birds or wasps to be able to build a nest undisturbed in. For pests that are likely to be scurrying about on the floor the previously mentioned dark corners and cracks and crevices are all options for rats and cockroaches to breed and spread unchecked.
By putting an end to their tyranny and ensuring that they are both removed from the premises and prevented from returning it allows you to get on with your business without inconvenient and annoying interruptions.

The short term issues if your business is infested with pests

The short-term issues that arise from a warehouse pest problem centres around damage to stock and problems for your employees to be able to work safely and effectively. For birds it is likely that once inside of a warehouse that they would stick to rafters and any areas or ledges that are up high and close to the ceiling. It is not likely that they would physically harass or harm anyone working but they defecate frequently and any of that fecal matter will probably fall on to the stock. This is obviously a health risk and will make the stock unsellable, causing you to have to replace it at your own expense. As well as this, birds in the UK are capable of carrying illnesses and if someone came into contact with the defecation while working, they could end up becoming quite ill. Unfortunately, this then creates a further issue where if one or more employees become ill. They will then require time off of work until well again and this will have a direct effect on the overall productivity of the business. These same issues would also occur from a wasp nest infestation and if they were to consume certain stock or attack staff during working.
Rats and cockroaches present slightly different problems but one thing that they definitely have in common with the birds and wasps is their ability to contaminate through illness and disease transmission. Unfortunately, both of these pests are very resourceful and will find ways of penetrating all areas of the business. This is especially true of cockroaches who enjoy damp and dark hideouts but are also small enough to get into all of the various cracks and crevices. Once in the hard-to-reach areas cockroaches can be extremely difficult to tackle and comprehensively remove. Rats are not difficult in the same sense but breed rapidly and will defecate almost everywhere that they go, once again causing unnecessary damage to stock.

The long term issues if your business is infested with pests

The long-term problems of pest infestations and continued issues will find you spending a large amount over an extended period of time as well as a great deal of stress and frustration. The damage that pests will inflict on the property itself, but mainly the stock, and can be wholly avoided with pest solutions that ensure everything stays in tip-top shape. For any stock that has come into contact with the pests that are plaguing you, depending on what that stock is, it will likely have to be disposed of. This is especially true of food stock as that would be the most likely source of contamination, but for other stock as well if it has sustained scratching or biting damage or has encountered fecal matter from the pests.

Of course, if you are having to throw out stock that was pristine before the pests arrived then it is costing your business in order to replace the stock. If this were to continue for a while, then the figures would soon add up and you could find yourself spending a lot unnecessarily.

Another way that the pests would affect the business over a longer time is through any negative effects that they may have on your workforce. Illnesses or injuries sustained as a result will require tie off, putting a dent in day-to-day efficiency and possibly requiring temporary replacements be found until such time the staff members are well again. If cockroaches were to become deeply embedded within the property this could require having to remove all stock and equipment from the premises so that it can be resolved with our heat treatment service. This would halt production completely and would be a major setback.

Dealing with Warehouse Pests yourself

It is important not to try to conduct your own pest control as it can produce ineffective results which may not fix the problem and could well lead to it becoming worse. Our pest control technicians are highly-trained to conduct the best services and solutions for dealing with any and all pests that have taken up residence in your business. It should never fall to you or any member of staff to put themselves in harm’s way when it could be done properly by us. The risks to personal safety can be great and when a warehouse is a potentially dangerous environment already, why pour fuel on the fire?

If attempting to remove a bird nest it will require getting up close and personal to it which will involve being quite high up in the air. One false move or slip-up and it could end in disaster with serious injury or in the absolute worst-case scenario, death. Pests will be likely to act aggressively towards anyone that is trying to forcefully remove them and may attack out of fear. This would not be nice for anyone and physically hurts and could be the gateway for illness transmission and further and more far-reaching consequences. By being close to the area in which pests’ defecation has built up may also be a way for whoever is dealing with it to become sick as well.

For the sake of trying to save time and money over a problem which, if handled incorrectly, can have serious implications for your business and its future, it is so much easier to go with Direct Pest and get to make the most of our best price promise and guaranteed flawless results. Call in the pied pipers and we can have you pest-free again in no time!