Pests can be damaging, annoying or even dangerous, causing untold damage to treasured possessions and even the structure of buildings themselves. This English Heritage guide focuses on these destructive pests and includes:
- Clear photography to aid identification of pest species
- Practical pest management strategies
- A cutaway drawing of an infested house to locate pest trouble spots
- Information about new pest species found in the UK
- Case studies from various English Heritage properties
- An action checklist
Written by leading heritage experts in clear, accessible language with helpful illustrations, this book provides a concise but comprehensive guide to the key pest species that commonly cause damage when they infest houses and collections. It provides solutions for dealing with them and - crucially - shows you how to stop the pests returning.
The handbook includes: clothes and house moths, carpet beetles, wood-boring insects, other damp-loving pests, detritus feeders and scavengers, new and other invertebrate invaders, flies, rodents and birds.
| ISBN: | 9781910907245 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2018 |
| Author: | David Pinniger, Dee Lauder |
| Publisher: | English Heritage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 132 pages |
| Series: | English Heritage |
| Genres: |
Household management and home hints Conservation, restoration and care of artworks Pest control / plant diseases |
Pests can be damaging, annoying or even dangerous, causing untold damage to treasured possessions and even the structure of buildings themselves. This English Heritage guide focuses on these destructive pests and includes: - Clear photography to aid identification of pest species - Practical pest management strategies - A cutaway drawing of an infested house to locate pest trouble spots - Information about new pest species found in the UK - Case studies from various English Heritage properties - An action checklist Written by leading heritage experts in clear, accessible language with helpful illustrations, this book provides a concise but comprehensive guide to the key pest species that commonly cause damage when they infest houses and collections. It provides solutions for dealing with them and - crucially - shows you how to stop the pests returning.
Pests in Houses Great & Small features in the following genres: Household management and home hints, Conservation, restoration and care of artworks, Pest control / plant diseases
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Pests in Houses Great & Small was written by David Pinniger, Dee Lauder and published by English Heritage
Pests in Houses Great & Small has 132 pages
Yes it is part of English Heritage series
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. Not Available.