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Carpet moths-heat treatment success?

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House2025 · 20/05/2025 20:51

Hi all,
I've been battling carpet moths in our house since last year. They come over spring/ summer and we are struggling to get rid of them. I'm looking for advice and also want to hear how people have found full house heat treatments?

So far we have done the following in hope to eradicate-
-Removed all carpets last year and all reminants (they were wool) and have been living with bare floorboards for over a year.
-used parasitic wasps (last year)

  • used moth traps
-moth bombs This year -done a full chemical spray ourselves (inch by inch) -last week paid professionals £1000 for a full house heat treatment to heat the entire house to 60 degrees + a spray treatment. But... Tonight I found more moths.

The moths are still here!!! I am so upset at the time, money and energy this is consuming and it's put me in a bad place mentally. I really don't want to live with the things.
We also regularly hoover and clean etc (as much as you can with a toddler in tow).
Has anyone had success with whole house heat treatment? Were we unlucky it didn't work? I thought it would be a sure thing and seems to be the most likely path which is why we paid out so much. I feel robbed. Other than moving house, I don't know what else we can do

OP posts:
HarryVanderspeigle · 25/05/2025 07:38

I would expect floorboards have cracks, so that is likely where they are coming from. They like small dark places. Keep hoovering and treating, but also consider getting the floorboards filled in too, so any cracks are removed.

Do you have a leather sofa or cushions, jackets etc? They definitely got a hold in our old leather sofa, which was very close to the ground. Now we have a fabric one on legs and it means no moth areas. Also put in engineered wood floor and ditched the wool carpet and have had no problems since.

jamanbutter · 25/05/2025 08:19

A friend had them and she’s removed the carpets gave everything a good clean and had synthetic carpets put in. Problem has gone.

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