In Quebec, a sewer rat can come frequently. These rodents are nocturnal and the general sewer problems in old buildings, can favor their exit from the network into: the sanitary basements &, the private sewers of the properties.
This does not mean that these rodents can enter your home and seek to come and feed… preferably in your pantry if they are given the opportunity to climb back into your basement.
Between detecting their possibility of intrusion and clogging the identified passages, the smoke test fills a huge, often unsuspected, stain.
In order to solve once and for all your problems of rats, mice or small rodents, trust our Delta Smoke Test specialists. Test de fumée Delta.
When the pest-controller is no longer enough and you have a recurring rat problem, one call is enough, it’s guaranteed!
Call Delta Smoke Test: 514-666-7286
The exterminator doesn’t do everything
Although extermination work is important in order to eliminate the live animals that infest your home, in many cases the animals return periodically. So you have to pay again to eliminate rats and small rodents again. The infiltration problem is never solved, because your access routes remain open. This is where your smoke test specialist comes to the rescue.
The source of the infestation
Rat infestations often pass through your plumbing, your French drain, your flooring or your sewers. That’s why our smoke tests are so important when rats repeatedly infiltrate your home. Thanks to a smoke test, it is possible for us to discover, in time, the origin of the infiltration and to propose solutions to the source of the problem. We propose to do all the necessary work afterwards.
Recognize signs of rats
Are rats or mice present in your home without your knowledge? Here are clues and signs that answer this question.
Daily signals, thorough inspections, odor readings will help you determine whether, or not, rodents are circulating in your:
- Caves;
- Under-bassly;
- Sanitary vacuum;
- Grenier;
- Under-roof;
- Parking;
- Field.
Abnormal noises
Rubbing, scratching in the floors and in the walls, rats need water, so they travel to the water points of the sanitary circuits and sewers.
Greasy prints and traces
Paw marks and tail traces are easy to recognize in some places such as earth and crawl spaces… Rat tracks, larger in size than mice, are easy to spot.
Rats mostly go the same way in the house, it secures them. They run along the walls and rub against them, leaving traces of their greasy coat. These dust-mixed traces are characteristic signs of rat presence that a close look easily identifies.
Presence and smells of excrement
Mouse droppings look like black rice grains about 5 mm in length, depending on whether you identify still soft or dry, you will know if the animal has passed recently or not.
Grated materials
Rodents feel the need to reduce the size of their teeth that grow all their lives. So they gnaw at everything their incisors can attack:
Wood, plastics, electrical wires, old weakened or broken cements, soft metals like aluminum, old crumbling cements and food naturally if they access your reserves, your food court.
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See in more detail our interventions, techniques and service of caulking / clogging against unwanted animals.
Tracking Rat Intrusions
A rat that goes up into your pipes and comes out of the faulty sewer, happens more often than you imagine! Rats move in with you to nest and take control of your home and cause a problem contaminating the property and causing fires. After the passage of the exterminator it will be necessary to fill its passage in the plumbing.
Detecting wild animals
It is necessary to inspect the attic to detect a problem of harmful animals or rodents in your home. Unwanted incredible damage and expenses, stressful situation, risk of illness… It is best to detect hidden accesses that could house the common wildlife in Quebec in your home.
Clogging of entrances
Because it’s not enough to detect the exits the animals pass through to hide in your home and keep warm. It is also necessary to clog the entrances through which they enter. This specialty is developed by Delta, which is one of the very first to develop this expertise in Quebec.