20/05/2026
These aren't broken bins. A rat chewed through them. Every. Single. One.
This is a bin store at a block of flats we've just been called in to assess.
What you're looking at are holes gnawed clean through heavy duty commercial wheelie bins by rats. Not one bin. Multiple bins. The whole store.
When a rat can chew through this and they can, in moments, your bin store isn't just a nuisance. It's an active infestation waiting to spread into the building.
Most people spot something like this, assume it's an isolated problem, and reach for the council's number or a box of bait from B&Q.
That rarely ends it. It usually just moves it.
What this tells us: if rats are this established at the bins, they're almost certainly using the surrounding structure too, drainage runs, cavity walls, voids under ground floor flats. The bin store is the symptom, not the problem.
As Chief Brody famously said: "You're gonna need a bigger boat." He was talking about a shark. We're talking about a proper survey, a treatment plan, and proofing that actually holds.
If you manage a block of flats, a commercial premises, or any communal bin store in Essex and it looks anything like this, don't wait for it to move indoors.
📩 Get in touch for a no obligation site assessment. We'll tell you exactly what you're dealing with.
