Wasps

mnmwill · May 30, 2010

Just been in the shed putting a couple of cupboards up and I found 2 wasps nests. Anyone got any ideas on best way to get rid???

Cheers

Matt

Guest123 · May 30, 2010

BLOWLAMP!!!!! and fry the bleeders!!!!!!!

mnmwill · May 30, 2010

Lol, got it sussed m8, RCT will come and kill em all and not charge me a penny

rocker · May 30, 2010

Twelve bore.

ian.settle1 · May 30, 2010

Contact your local council who should do it for free as there classed as pests.

Using a blow lamp is not recommended as if they get out then a blind man would have a great ime reading your face wiyh all the sting marks

Guest123 · May 30, 2010

Look at my blowlamp.......

confused-fuse · May 30, 2010

i had a nest last year in studio .. not nice for the models but local auth came removed them small charge @ 25.00

then he said just get wasp pray and do it on the night when thay are asleep ..

Notsosmart · May 30, 2010

Lenny said:
Look at my blowlamp.......

Ben you don't do things by half do you? What do you cut your toe nails with? a chainsaw?

Phil · May 30, 2010

Notsosmart said:
Ben you don't do things by half do you? What do you cut your toe nails with? a chainsaw?

or washes himself with wire wool instead of a flannel. now that`s what i call ex foliating

mogga · May 30, 2010

PMSL PMSL BTW when the wasps are killed you could offer the empty nests to a local school

MASSEY · May 30, 2010

I cant stand them, last time i got stung on my arm it swelled twice the size

DurhamSparky · May 30, 2010

i just discovered wasps in my cavity above door frame and air vent area..!!

bit of silicone should do trick for the summer!!

i do like the blow torch method! shame i might burn house down though

john25 · May 30, 2010

MASSEY said:
I cant stand them, last time i got stung on my arm it swelled twice the size

Same here i got Stung on the Back of my Neck on a Job it was ****ing Horrible .so i get paranoid now as soon as i hear that ****ing buzzing noise they make.

JimTheSpark · Jul 23, 2010

Wasp spray works really well.

I discovered a huge nest in my loft a few months back when I decided to board it for extra storage space.

Kain a load of it all over the nest, wait an hour and then kain off a load more.

Will kill most of them and then get the council in to remove the nest.

Job done!

Gravid · Jul 23, 2010

LOL at Lenny's blowtorch, just the tool for the job ! Hate the little bleeders, its worse early on in the summer when there coming out of hibernation, always when your half way through a joint box as well one'll come mythering round your lead lamp. I've cotemplated a bit of " top bombing" through the plasterboard a few times.

leon17 · Jul 23, 2010

JimTheSpark said:
Wasp spray works really well.

I discovered a huge nest in my loft a few months back when I decided to board it for extra storage space.

Kain a load of it all over the nest, wait an hour and then kain off a load more.

Will kill most of them and then get the council in to remove the nest.

Job done!

that not a bad idea, having all the fun destroying a colony and then the council doing the hard work of collecting and disposing of it.

JimTheSpark · Jul 23, 2010

I have also found that as wasps are attracted to light they love nothing more than getting inside downlight fittings, frying themselves to death and then as the death toll rises causing the lights output to become very minimal.

Regardless of whether insulation is going over the top of the fittings or not you can keep the little sods out by putting fire hoods over the fittings.