February 2019 – Mouse my House

Low Maintenance Attractive Gravel for Paths

Posted on February 2, 2019February 12, 2019 by Smith

Gravel paths are an exceptionally attractive and affordable asset in any exterior space. It doesn’t matter if you have a sprawling garden, a modest courtyard or the entrance to a commercial space to work with; gravel for paths never falls out of fashion.

Whatever your tastes, budget and practical requirements, there is a gravel product for you. Suppliers can deliver purchases to site or you can take your chippings away on the day with many outstanding brands and products.

Consider the size of gravel

Gravel driveways and paths add kerb appeal without costing a small fortune and when you select the perfect gravel product it will serve you competently for years. As gravel for paths experiences pedestrian, pet and possibly children’s bike and toy wheels over it, a non-crumbly product is wise.

Although pea gravel, the 10mm option, is appealing it cannot withstand traffic without suffering from swifter compaction; choose …

Home Improvement

Watch Out for Winter Pests

Posted on February 2, 2019February 12, 2019 by Smith

At the start of a new year, thoughts tend to be about keeping warm and what you want to achieve. Your mental wanderings are unlikely to land on pest problems and local pest control services unless you discover that your property is the winter residence of choice for rats and mice, cockroaches, flies, wasps, hornets, squirrels or woodworm.

Local pest control firms are kept busy all year long; many people make the error of assuming that pest problems are minimised or cease altogether when the cold weather arrives. However, this is the time when several outdoor inhabitants take their opportunity to gain access to a warm, secure, quiet space in a loft, cellar, outbuilding, cavity walls and even a compost heap.

Humans seek cosiness, a ready food supply and comfort and pests are equally disinclined to spend time in atrocious weather and scavenging for food. A property repair that’s been …