Has anyone ever had "ticking" plasterboard before?
Discussion
Some Gump said:
Any clue as to what those creatures are?
My assumption - Wasps. Although they seem a bit thinner and smaller than wasps, but then I've discounted hornets because they don't move liek hornets. I think we'll just settle for small wasps.Pest guy coming out in an hour to hopefully nuke the little f
kers. I hate wasps.We have a wasps nest in the cavity above our bedroom, makes quite a racket some evenings. I'm leaving it alone though, for one, they will be gone soon as the season is almost over and they don't return to an old nest, and for another, they're quite handy to have around as they keep other pests down in the garden.
I too used to hate wasps, but have got over that now (despite being a little allergic to the stings), I find them quite fascinating to watch as they organise themselves ready to approach the nest. Heathrow could learn a thing or two! Mind you, I think bees are even better at it, we had a nest of bees a few years back.
I too used to hate wasps, but have got over that now (despite being a little allergic to the stings), I find them quite fascinating to watch as they organise themselves ready to approach the nest. Heathrow could learn a thing or two! Mind you, I think bees are even better at it, we had a nest of bees a few years back.
un1corn said:
Well, I managed to squeeze down the side of the extension today.... Reckon this could be the problem? 
So, the next question, how best to deal?
I suspect you're right, and you are taking the correct course of action.So, the next question, how best to deal?
If all he does is squirt powder, you may get a recurrence. I'm told by people I trust on matters like this that you need to get rid of the nest.
richelli said:
If you have plastic guttering , facia or soffits it will 100% be that. I can stand outside my house and just with the sun going behind a cloud or coming out, all of the plastic in the street starts crackling as it cools and heats up.
At 1 click per second, with a st load of wasps flying into the area?Croutons said:
richelli said:
If you have plastic guttering , facia or soffits it will 100% be that. I can stand outside my house and just with the sun going behind a cloud or coming out, all of the plastic in the street starts crackling as it cools and heats up.
At 1 click per second, with a st load of wasps flying into the area?t load of wasps flying into the area" bit had been overlooked.Certainly a job for the pros - but can they actually access it?
We found a local guy on Google, did something completely unrelated as a job, but got rid of wasps as a sideline. Cost about £35 when others were quoting hundreds because of specialist equipment needed use to access blah blah blah.
He rocked up with what was essentially a telescopic pole with a little nozzle on one end and what looked like a bike pump on the other - pumped a load of what I suspect was ant powder around the entry to the nest and 48 hours later, no more wasps.
He rocked up with what was essentially a telescopic pole with a little nozzle on one end and what looked like a bike pump on the other - pumped a load of what I suspect was ant powder around the entry to the nest and 48 hours later, no more wasps.
Superhoop said:
He rocked up with what was essentially a telescopic pole with a little nozzle on one end and what looked like a bike pump on the other - pumped a load of what I suspect was ant powder around the entry to the nest and 48 hours later, no more wasps.
This is exactly what he did. They started dropping out within a few hours.No more scratching noises either.
When im feeling brave one day, i might get up there and fish the nest out and bin it.
un1corn said:
This is exactly what he did. They started dropping out within a few hours.
No more scratching noises either.
When im feeling brave one day, i might get up there and fish the nest out and bin it.
May as well leave the nest, the residual powder will possibly kill any other squatters that move in later and/or the presence of a nest itself may act as a deterrent to others. No more scratching noises either.
When im feeling brave one day, i might get up there and fish the nest out and bin it.
The ticking sound was likely to be the sound of young wasps/larvae moving around and making the nest creak or tick apparently.
Superhoop said:
We found a local guy on Google, did something completely unrelated as a job, but got rid of wasps as a sideline. Cost about £35 when others were quoting hundreds because of specialist equipment needed use to access blah blah blah.
He rocked up with what was essentially a telescopic pole with a little nozzle on one end and what looked like a bike pump on the other - pumped a load of what I suspect was ant powder around the entry to the nest and 48 hours later, no more wasps.
Wasted some money on this myself with bees in my fascia when they were being done. The guttering guy"couldnt work" so some goon came round and squirted some white powder in there, it sort of worked, but there werent that many anyway. He rocked up with what was essentially a telescopic pole with a little nozzle on one end and what looked like a bike pump on the other - pumped a load of what I suspect was ant powder around the entry to the nest and 48 hours later, no more wasps.
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