I think my Mum may have a wasps nest in her cavity. I was there today and whilst sat outside in the sunshine I noticed a number of wasps coming and going in and out of one of her airbricks. If she has got a nest what's the best way of getting rid of it without resorting to demolishing the house wall!! The air brick is easily reachable for me to work on so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
John
hahahahahah .. call teh cops !
RT
ROFL! I nearly wet myself!
Dave
Any large DIY store will have a spray that you just empty into the cavity.
Unless the wasps are getting in the house and causing a nuisance, you could just let them bide - they're not doing any real harm.
If you really want to get rid of them, you need to empty a canister of wasp nest destroyer powder into the place where they go in and out - when they're all inside at night.
Or your local council will destroy it for you - usually for a fee unless you're in receipt of various qualifying benefits.
Jusr don't go poking around in there with your flashgun, son.
Wait until it becomes a problem - if it's not a problem you don't need to do anything about it.
Spray ant powder around their entry point. They'll take it in to the nest on their way in and out and that'll kill them.
Mogweed.
=============== Get an expert opinion on the wasps. Some wasps (usually of foreign origin) are capable of demolishing brickwork. There was a well-reported case some years ago where bricks could be seen and heard tumbling to the ground from a house wall, having been removed by home-seeking wasps.
Of course if they're just the normal local variety just keep the bluebag handy!
Cic.
Just cover the air brick in vast quantities of wasp killer powder.
I take it the wasps were removing the morter, not the bricks !!!
Dave
Leave it be unless they become a problem or if the flight path from the entrance is across a path regulary and unavoidably used by people. They'll do a lot of good in the garden keeping bugs and things down.
If you do have to destroy the nest a bit of powdered "ant killer", (check it'll do wasps as well) around the entrance hole after they have gone to bed for the night will do for it in a couple of days.
Check the other side of the airbrick. Normally there's a sleve called a 'cavity liner' that's set between the outer wall airbrick and the inner one. Unless there are gaps the wasps will be coming in the house.
If they're after food maybe its a Pant(r)y Liner
================= No, the wasps actually dislodged the bricks. The story was reported on national TV. A house wall was seen being demolished by the wasps, although I suppose (being good DIYers) they removed the mortar first.
Cic.
Don't bother, they won't be a problem and they'll only be there until October at the latest.
Mary
No they're not!
It was blown out of all proportion andwan nothing to do with wasps.
Bolli.
Mary who's dealt with more wasp nests than most people have had real hot dinners.
=============== I'll stick with a good story - it looked real enough on TV.
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===================== A slight exaggeration, I think! Unless there's a difference between 'hot dinners' and '*real* hot dinners'.
Of course it did - that's what TV's about.
Mary
So did the spaghetti trees.
Owain
LOL! I wish I'dthought of that :-)
Mary
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