What This Service Is
The booking covers treatment of the rooms you identify as affected, anywhere in Greater London. It deals with the insects in those rooms. It is not a cleaning contract, not a rug service and not a survey you pay for separately. If you are not yet sure the damage is moths at all, the London carpet moth advice guide and the signs guide are the places to start; why holes appear in a carpet helps separate moth damage from wear, damp and furniture feet.
What a Treatment Does Not Do to a Carpet or Rug
- It does not bring back pile that has already been eaten, or close a hole
- It does not clean, shampoo or deodorise a carpet
- It does not lift, refit, repair or dispose of flooring
- It does not re-dye, reweave or restore a damaged rug
- It does not put right damage caused by damp, wear or pets
Damage already done is permanent, which is the main reason early booking is worth it. The upside is that a fitted carpet eaten only at its edges can often stay exactly where it is once the moths are dealt with, so it is usually better to treat first and decide about replacing afterwards, rather than pulling up a floor before anybody has seen how far the larvae reached.
Valuable, Antique and Silk Textiles
Say so when you book if a room holds an antique rug, a silk or hand-knotted piece, a tapestry or anything with sentimental or resale value. It changes the conversation: some textiles are better handled by a specialist rug cleaner or a textile conservator, and some are better moved out of a room before it is treated. We do not value, appraise, clean or repair textiles, and we will tell you where a piece needs somebody else. Moth damage in clothes and furniture covers upholstery and stored woollens.
How Rooms Are Counted
Each room with damage or live larvae counts once, at £180 for the first and £60 for every further room. Wardrobes, fitted cupboards and drawers are part of the room they stand in rather than separate rooms. Halls, landings and stairs are not counted, even where a runner is affected — tell us about it and it is handled with the nearest room. Lofts and eaves storage are a common source in London houses and are worth raising on the phone so the count is right before you commit to anything.
The London Homes Moths Settle In
Larvae want wool, darkness and stillness, and a good deal of London housing supplies all three. Period conversions keep original floors and rugs; purpose-built blocks stay warm through the winter, so breeding does not pause; suburban houses accumulate blankets and coats in lofts and eaves cupboards; and any home with a room that is only used at Christmas has a quiet corner nobody vacuums. Second-hand rugs and inherited furniture bring larvae in ready-made.
Rented flats add one wrinkle. Where a fitted carpet belongs to the landlord, tell the landlord or agent what you have found in writing, because decisions about replacing flooring are theirs, not the tenant's. The treatment itself can be booked by either of you.
What to Tell Us When You Book
- Which rooms have thin patches, webbing or larvae, and roughly how long ago you noticed
- Whether the flooring is fitted wool carpet, loose rugs, or boards with rugs over them
- Anything valuable, antique or silk that is in those rooms
- What is stored in the loft, eaves cupboards and wardrobes
- Whether it is a flat, a house or a converted house, and whether you own or rent
We will explain what to move and what to vacuum before the visit; the preparation guide gives the shape of it. Afterwards, the odd adult moth can still appear for a time, and how long depends on how established things were — the timescale guide explains what that depends on. Get back in touch if fresh damage or new larvae turn up after the period we give you.
Carpet Moth Treatment Across London
Every borough is covered at the same room rates. Brent is the borough written up in full, so Carpet Moth Control Brent and Pest Control Brent show what a borough looks like in detail. If the larvae in your carpet are bristly and brown rather than smooth and pale, you may want carpet beetle control instead, and bites in a carpeted room with a pet in the house point to flea treatment.
