Have you ever scared yourself by thinking a creature might just make its way up into your toilet? It sounds like a nightmare but it could become a reality. This is why experts at MyBuilder.com have shared ways to prevent unwanted pests like rats and snakes making their way into your home via the toilet.
If you want to prevent rats and snakes from getting up into your toilet, there’s one item that help solve the issue. How to keep rats and snakes out of your toilet The experts say that pests such as rats are easily able to swim up pipes into your toilet, if your system is not fitted with a “non-return” valve. Rats can easily find their way through toilets (Image: Getty) The valve is around £200 to buy and can easily be fitted by a professional to both older clay pipes and more modern plastic ones as long as there is access to pipes inside the manhole.
It works by closing the pipe with a flap once waste has passed through it, ensuring nothing else can travel through the pipes. Drain grates can also be useful in preventing rodents accessing your pipes. Older homes, particularly Victorian age and older are most likely to not have a non-return valve fitted, making them most susceptible to problems.
This product should also stop creatures such as snakes finding their way into your toilet bowl. While this is a rare scenario, the experts say it is possible because in 2023 a woman in Solihull was shocked to find an unknown species of snake in her toilet bowl. Rats using pipewor.