Every single week our technicians are asked if we’re local! The fact of the matter is YES WE ARE LOCAL!

This question always raises some discussion and we felt the need to author an update that reaffirms our position as a truly local Ballarat Pest Control Business!

We know our other local pesties as well and are often referring excess work to other local pest control businesses in Ballarat, especially during the busy season (Oct – Apr) so trust us when we say we know who the locals are and who is just selling a gimmick!

We are astounded that other companies – typically based out of Melbourne pretend to be local to Ballarat or that they can offer some benefit to the Ballarat community because they pretend to be local! The gimmick is obvious to us, because we know who is local and who isn’t but we are desperately concerned about the deception and misleading nature of marketing and communication from some of our industry colleagues. We also know that locals prefer to keep it local wherever possible.

What’s the gimmick? Well it’s typically setting up a seemingly local Ballarat phone number, diverting it to a Melbourne or overseas based call center and pretending to be a Ballarat local business…. some even advertise saying they’re local yet are based in Melbourne, owned by international conglomerates and siphon profits out of our beautiful community put it in the pockets of people who’ve quite possibly never even heard of Ballarat!

We’re passionate locals and thought we’d set the record straight here with a quick run down of who’s local and who’s selling you a gimmick!

If you can’t use RID Pest (as much as we’d love you to), please use another local small business!

Local Ballarat Pest Controllers

• RID Pest Control – Call us on 0414 567 977
• Down n Dead Pest Control – Diane & Christian
• Ballarat Pest Control – Glenn

It’s not hard to work out who’s truly local because there aren’t really many of us who’ve stood the test of time, been local and around for many years. These guys are all locals, they live in Ballarat, they work in Ballarat and well frankly can be relied upon!

We’ve heard stories and done our own price checks in the past – you’ll be getting ripped off if you choose one of the below companies:

Who’s NOT LOCAL

• Flick Pest Control – Internationally owned.
• Rentokil – Internationally owned, Melbourne Based.
• Dawson’s Australia – Melbourne Based, Pretend to be local and advertises this way – very misleading. International Ownership
• Statewide Pest Control – Internationally owned, Shepparton based.
• Adam’s Pest Control – Internationally owned, Melbourne based.
• Jim’s – No Ballarat based franchise typically from Melbourne’s western suburbs.

The list we’ve given here and above is not exhaustive and we do not endorse any particular local company where we aren’t able to help – we’re popular and often have a lead time of several weeks during the busier months. If you’re unsure, can’t wait for RID and want some advice, give us a buzz!

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Updated: 02/08/2020 Effective: 12:01AM Monday 3 August

To our valued clients,

We hope you’re keeping well during these current events. We wanted to reassure you that RID Pest Control is constantly monitoring the situation and changes to information on Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Please know that the well-being of our clients and staff is our utmost concern and we are fully committed to ensuring the safety of our clients and staff.

For these reasons, we have implemented several extra control measures during this period. As professionals who deal with pests and pesticides on a daily basis, sanitation and prevention of contamination is second nature to us. We are COVID safe!

We’ve implemented several noticeable changes that you may see at each service visit:

1. We request that clients please advise us at booking if you are suffering from any cold or flu like illness, even if you believe it is not COVID-19. This includes any person who ordinarily resides at the property we are to attend;
2. We require you to let us know if you have been a close contact for anyone who has or is suspected of having COVID-19 in the past 21 days;
3. We will be routinely washing hands, sanitising our hands upon arrival and wearing disposable gloves for the duration of the service;
4. You’ll see us wearing a face mask where possible, however, because a face mask presents a chemical contamination / safety risk for our technicians there are situations where wearing a face mask is not appropriate. We will generally advise of your need to vacate the property in such a situation for your own safety and that of our technicians;
5. We’ll refrain from shaking hands or any greetings of a close physical nature;
6. We’ll be wearing additional PPE as required and where possible;
7. We’ll be maintaining 2m safe personal distance;
8. We’ll be cleaning and applying disinfectants to our equipment between service visits;
9. We may in some cases limit the scope and extent of internal services provided. We’ll advise you if you should expect this.
10. We are ensuring that we limit contact with surfaces in your premises and offering to apply disinfectants to any points of contact we make with door handles, benches, furniture etc;
11. We’re allowing extra time on our schedule so we can talk you through anything we need you to do on our arrival;
12. We’re not accepting any drinks, food or offers to sit down at customer’s homes – please don’t think us ungrateful for this offer, we are navigating this together.

As restrictions increase (we’re all at level 3 now) and hopefully decrease we will review our limitations and covid policies so some changes we’ve implemented in the field may not be reflected here. We appreciate your support and understanding during this most unusual time.

You can help us maintain a safe working environment by preparing your premises for us to complete our work by:

• Letting us know, in advance, if you or anyone in your premises has cold or flu like symptoms;
• Disinfecting/Cleaning door handles before we arrive (if we are treating inside your premises);
• Pay by direct deposit to avoid our exposure to cash or cards etc;
• Ensure all kid’s toys, pet toys, food/water bowls etc. are out of the way so we don’t need to touch them to move them. Ideally 1m away from internal walls, outdoors away from the building or moved inside.
•  Be prepared to vacate your premises by taking a walk or drive whilst we perform our services, subject to restrictions and limitations by government;

We thank you in advance for your understanding and full disclosure, if we need to reschedule because of any concern held by our staff or you in relation to continuing with a service.

In these times, there is an obvious and increased need for hygiene related services and RID are able to provide disinfection and sanitary services to help protect your business or workplace.

Got a business? Hygiene / Santising Services are offered by us!

If you have any questions or concerns in relation to our Covid-19 update please contact us on 0414 567 977.

Stay safe, stay well and remember we’ll get RID of ‘em.

Note: We may make further and sudden changes to our temporary Coronavirus related policies and procedures – these changes may affect you and the service we can provide – Any future changes may not be reflected here immediately – your understanding that this is a fast, evolving situation is appreciated.

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A Truly Local Ballarat Pest Control Company

Looking for Pest Control Ballarat?

RID Pest Control are your local, family owned professional pest exterminators. Our pest controllers / technicians are available in Ballarat 7 days a week. Our pest control team are experts in ant control, bed bugs control, spider control,  wasp control & eradication, flea control, rat & mice control, cockroach control, termite management, rodent control.
In short, RID are ready to assist in handling all kinds of pest problems, domestic pest control and commercial pest control, from flying & crawling insects to birds, bats, possums and snakes if you’ve got pests in your property in Ballarat then you need RID.

Call 0414 567 977  for a professional, fast pest control booking. Remember if you’ve got ’em we’ll get RID of ’em! RID Pest Control, guaranteed pest control at the best and affordable prices.

The benefit of professional pest control

Professional pest control or pest management is vastly different from DIY pest control options that you can carry out yourself. Our technicians are trained in many specific areas that enable them to perform services that achieve guaranteed results for total pest elimination. Perhaps the most important aspect of professional pest control service is the knowledge and skills around the target pest. A fundamental part of being a successful pest controller is understanding the pest for which you’re controlling! We have in depth knowledge of the biology, ecology and general behaviours of all our target pests.

Equipped with this knowledge we are then able to use our expert experience to select the right product, formulation and application to provide a comprehensive pest control treatment.

We can’t do this legally without being licensed, trained and fully insured and rest assured that the whole Ballarat based RID Pest Control team is licensed, insured and highly trained. We’re qualified in Urban Pest Management, Fumigation, Certified Timber Pest Inspectors and carry many accreditations for various products and systems used professionally in the pest control market we’re also equipped with an average of 20 years experience each!

Combining the years of experience, training and products we are able to do a job that we know you cannot match with DIY options available to you. Whilst we do provide a service we get maximum value for our customers by choosing the very best products and using it in the most efficient, safe and environmentally responsible way whilst maintaining a focus on results! So many of our customers have tried DIY products from Bunnings or the local supermarket and have failed to achieve complete control or long last results of their pest problem. RID get called in and with a single treatment we solve the problem…. believe it or not it’s usually not because the products they’ve used don’t work it’s because they haven’t been used well.

RID Pest Control offer a truly professional service and back it up with 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Many of the professional services we offer are detailed below.

Rat Control, Mouse Control – Rodent Control Treatment

Rat infestation and mouse infestation is the problem that many of us encounter as these creatures find an ideal home roof spaces, wall cavities and subfloor spaces where they’re close to the warmth and food urban living provides them. An uncontrolled rodent infestation can lead to serious health hazards because both rats and mice are known to carry and trasmist many diseases and bacteria. Rodent control and treatment is a serious matter and requires immediate attention to ensure the problem doesn’t become out of hand. So, don’t delay rely on a professional rodent treatment for pest control Ballarat with RID Pest Control.

Spider Treatment Ballarat

Spider webs and spider infestations are not uncommon in Ballarat! Our homes are often looking a little worse for wear because spider webs are all around the windows, eaves, fences, gutters and doors and as they collect dust, dirt and insects we come to notice them and their unsightly perception is not what a discerning home owner desires.

Spider control is the answer! Because if you’ve go spiders on the outside you’ll definitely have them on the inside of your home. Perhaps they’re tiny specks up in your cornices or raging in your roof void rest assured that the spring and summer months are when spiders spread like wildfire and this is the perfect time to get a spider spray or spider treatment for your home in Ballarat.

RID Pest Control are professional, licensed and skilled pest control technicians who can offer the very best in spider pest control! We spray your complete exterior including, fences, eaves, gutters, letterbox, bins and all the other places spiders like to hide. Then we’ll treat the inside of your home for spiders, ensuring that all their known harbourages, cracks and crevices are protected! We also treat the roof void to ensure it is spider free and they don’t continually pop up from vents and fans in your home!

A professional spider treatment in Ballarat is just a phone call away! Call RID Pest on 0414 567 977 and we’ll provide a free quote and prompt booking for spider treatment so you can experience the professional, guaranteed and affordable difference we provide with our local pest control service!

Wasp Treatment and Wasp Control Ballarat

Wasp treatment is a job best left for experienced professionals! Ballarat is home to European Wasp problems, Paper Nest Wasps, Mud Wasps and all are common in the Ballarat region. A wasp can sting more than once, unlike a bee and it will hurt and cause swelling and inflammation and with multiple stings a victim can require urgent medical treatment to avoid a severe reaction like anaphylaxis.
RID Pest Control offer prompt, urgent and emergency eradication and treatment of Wasp nests in Ballarat.

We all dread the pesky wasp in the summer time and the warmer months with a sometimes swarm of wasps appears just after lighting the BBQ. If this is happening you should attempt to locate a wasp nest on your property, ensuring you don’t approach it’s opening. It might be in a wall cavity, roof void or even a hole in the ground… if you do happen to locate a wasp nest on your property you should promptly call a licensed pest controller from RID Pest Control who can put and end to your pest infestation with a treatment that will safely and quickly provide wasp control.

Ballarat wasp control, treatment and wasp eradication specialists – RID Pest.

Our Professional Services:

• Pest inspections (Termites & Pre-Purchase)
• Any pest treatment;
• Mosquito pest control;
• Wasp pest control;
• Pest control spiders,;
• Fly pest control, Pest control flies;
• Termite control, Treatment for termites, Termite inspection;
• Cockroach exterminator and Cockroach treatments;
• Spider removal;
• Spider sprays, treatments;
• Pest identification and advice;
• Domestic pest control;
• Restaurant pest control;
• Ant control, Ant killer;
• Exterminator services;
• Mice control, Rat control;
• Tick treatments;
• Bee pest control, hive relocations;
• Bed bug elimination;
• Rodent management, treatments;
• Bird control, bird proofing;
• Silverfish control;
• Emergency pest control service Ballarat; &
• Same day pest control Ballarat, Next Day pest control Ballarat.

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Rodents are starting to really seek out the warmth and comfort of your homes at the moment. We’re seeing cooler conditions and a growing reliance on heating our homes.

Because we keep our home warmer than outside conditions rats and mice also known as rodents are hitting the jackpot when they stumble across your home! They seek the harbourage and ideal living and breeding conditions within our homes as soon as the weather cools.

Rats and Mice are living in your roof void, wall cavities and even sub floor spaces this Autumn and Winter! Why? Because it’s so much nice there than outside in the harsh cold!

RID Pest Control notice a very distinct change in service requests as soon as April arrives… from noises in the roof to chewed and damaged electrical cables it’s the start of rodent season!

It’s only going to get more intense as populations migrate to better, warmer and more suitable habitat during the long cold winter. Between April and September rodent activity in Ballarat is at it’s peak! With a very pronounced peak in around June/July. We’re often asked why they thrive in homes during winter…. perhaps the best explanation comes from Brad, our rodent expert…. his response is often this “think about the heat you generate in your home, it rises, and that heat in the ceiling is kept there by insulation… so rodents take advantage of this and make their homes right on top of you…. and because they have favourable climate, a good place to live and often a good food source nearby they’ll breed year round”.

Brad is a specialist technician at RID Pest Control and he deals with Rodents every day predominately in commercial and industrial environments where the evidence is often very different to residential settings. Often the only way rodent activity can be identified is when stock is soiled or damage is done in a commercial setting. There is not often anyone about to hear noises in the roof at night like a home!

“Rodents are incredibly agile and advantageous creatures who adapt exceptionally well to the urban environment” says Brad.

Effective rodent control in Ballarat is made easy with RID Pest Control who are industry leaders in the most effective, safe and sound rat and mouse treatments Ballarat.

Give us a call on 0414 567 977 for a fast response!

Frequently Asked Questions

Rodent Control / Rats & Mouse Treatments FAQs

Q: When is the best time to get a rodent treatment?

A: We often feel that residential treatments are best reactive, so when the noises start you get a treatment scheduled quickly! This is more than likely April – July each year. In a commercial situation, for example at your business, factory or restaurant – best to get a program in place before the cooler months!

Q: Is the treatment safe for my children and pets?

A: In short, yes! RID use a range of products that are relatively speaking quite safe especially when applied the way we do it. Some rodenticides ( the poisons that are in bait) can be very harmful to pets, this is common in readily available over the counter products like ‘brodifacoum’ in Rat Sak products. It take a very small amount to be potentially lethal to a dog. The rodenticides used by RID aren’t quite like this! They’re still potent to rodents but not so much to pets. The required dose for the average size dog is over 3kg of bait consumption. This just isn’t going to happen because as part of our risk assessment we use lockable rodent bait stations as well as strategic placements where pets and people cannot easily get access to baits. The other thing is we won’t use enough bait on one site to put your pets at risk! It’s also worth noting that our baits contain Bittrex, a human taste deterrent so your children certainly won’t eat any. Not that they could get near it anyway! All of that being said, RID can offer trapping and non bait based treatment options!

Q: Do your rodent treatment work?
A: Of course! We guarantee it! We provide a free service period or warranty with all of our treatments which means we guarantee to get RID of rodents! If we don’t we’re back at no further cost to you! We have specialised training and a solid understanding of the behaviour and habits of rodents and so we are able to guarantee that we can control any rodent problem because we place treatments where they’ll be most effective using the latest products not available to consumers.

Q: How long does it take to stop rodents?
A: Typically within 1 week that party in your roof is well and truly over! Where the infestation is quite significant and numbers are larger it can take a little longer…. We often advise 10-14 days for complete control and this varies depending on the severity of the infestation…. based on customer feedback it’s almost always under 1 week!

Got rodents in your home or business?

Get Ballarat’s most trusted Pest Control Service – RID Pest Control

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As we all prepare for balmy sunshine and less freezing nights and start craving the smell, taste and social delight offered by the backyard barbecue there are millions of pests just awakening from their long winter slumber.

In actual fact winter is all about hibernation and survival of the fittest. Most pest populations dwindle to almost nothing with common household pests like spiders hunkering down and hoping to make it out the other side of winter, pests like ants tend to become quite sluggish and are focused on survival as opposed to intense feeding and we often see pests move indoors to find a comfortable environment to get them through… even mice and rats crave these conditions and that’s why winter brings many pests inside your home – it’s simple… harbourage! Warmth, shelter, comfort and more often than not enough food to sustain the winter.

Spring time!

Well now we’re officially heading into the pest control peak season… spring and summer are our busiest seasons! Pests start to succeed, they come out of hiding and amass huge numbers just to keep you on edge.

Why? Well the winter is tough and in the ecosystem pests are in there is more than weather to worry about… while spring and warmth bring good numbers of pests to our doorstep the reason is because food is abundant! Everything from the flies that spiders feed on to the plants and sunshine craved by ants and wasps is abundant in the warmer months!

I often compare pest activity to human motivation… people are out and about and enjoying life during the warmer months more so than the winter months. Pests are the same… although the climate has a lot to do with this it’s not all about that… as I’ve explained above the ecosystem for pests is much more active in the warmer weather.

Spring awakens the winter survivors who have the perfect conditions for breeding, feeding and spreading! Did you know? A spider egg sack and contain hundreds of baby spiders called ‘spiderling’ or ‘slings’. You’ll only ever see them during spring and summer in the Ballarat area!

Pest Invasion

So we know the warmer weather is coming… and we know that the pests are coming too!

Our top pests in spring include: spiders, termites, cockroaches, ants, wasps and snake removal!

This is no time to hide under the blankets… it’s time to dust off the outdoor setting, fire up the barbecue and soak up the outdoors with all it’s warmth and sunshine!

Sound good?

It’s might also sound good that you don’t have to experience a home full of spiders and other creepy crawlies this spring or summer! RID Pest Control offer complete spider control and general pest management treatments that will be sure to keep the cob webs away, spiders gone!

Spider Control in Ballarat

RID use only the most effective treatment methods in the control, prevention and treatment of all kinds of spiders including webbing spiders, red back spiders, white tail spiders, black spiders, house spiders and any other kind of web making spider you can expect to see in the Ballarat region.

Our technicians are all qualified and experienced in dealing with spiders all around your home! From colorbond fences to eaves, windows, patios and alfresco areas we will deliver outstanding service and a 100% spider free home with a full service warranty included with our services.

Spring and summer are the perfect times to book in your spider spray and treatment!

RID Pest Control provide Ballarat and it’s surrounds with professional pest control services offering spider control spraying, effective ant treatments, wasp nest eradication, bee swarm and hive removal, snake handling & removal and a host of other pest control services all in high demand right through the warmer months.

Trust Ballarat’s best pest control business – RID Pest Control – truly professional – genuinely local!

Call us today on 0414 567 977!

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