wasps nest in loft

[lil75]

When I moved into my house 2 years ago, there was a wasp nest in the loft, it it quite large, ide say the size of a large bucket , I paid someone to come round and spray somethin into it, and it killed them, however every summer im finding that more wasps are taking over the original nest....my question is, how do I get rid of them permantly, does the nest have to be removed? Once I have them sorted again im going to get on a ladder and fill any cracks etc, so hopefully that will help...but does this nest have to be removed?

[jno]

Respraying should do it - you could remove it but I suppose they could build another one, as the original wasps did. Would the council do this for you?

[joeski53]

First thing to do is get the pest control people in asap, doing it yourself can cause 2 things to happen, no1/ They could and probably would become active and sting, also you need to kill the queen, she sits in the net and doesn't come out at all, What happens is the pest control company (whoever it is) pump a substance in and around the nest ( WHEREVER you see them coming out/in if you cant see the nest) The wasps then take this substance into the nest normally when spraying the wasps are active and the stuff goes all over them, they take this into the nest then after a day or two the queen dies and the wasps either leave or die in the nest, I was informed that the nest we had was between the felt and the tile so we couldn't see it, they don't do any structural damage apparently, but if you can see the nest normally once they are dead and nest is inactive the council normally would take it away.