Are mice getting into your house, especially in the attic? This is something that almost everyone is going to have to deal with at one time or another, even me! This weekend my wife and I were cleaning out the flower beds at our Watertown, CT, home to get ready for the impending winter when […]
I often asked how to kill carpenter ants. This is going to come as a surprise, but learning how to kill carpenter ants is actually quite easy. The problem is finding them. For instance, over the past 20 years I’ve found carpenter ant colonies in hollow wood doors, shower rods, vases, empty kitchen cabinets and […]
Moles in your lawn are a huge problem. Moles make tunnels beneath your lawn in search of food sources such as grubs and earthworms. Many homeowners and even some professionals think that getting rid of the grubs will solve the problem, unfortunately it doesn’t. The only way to solve a mole problem is to physically […]
Knowing the difference between carpenter ants versus termites is important. Every spring we get calls from homeowners that say they see ants with wings. Typically these homeowners have no idea as to whether they’re dealing with swarming termites or swarming ants. This article is to help you identify the differences between carpenter ants versus termites. […]
Do you have carpenter ants in your house. Everyday during the summer people ask me. How can I get rid of carpenter ants? Well the simple truth is that most carpenter ant control starts with common sense. I took the picture show below during a recent inspection in Newtown, CT. As you can see the […]
You don’t come across things like this very often, but when you do it’s very interesting. We received a call from a homeowner with powder post beetles in a piece of “green wood”. The beetles were burrowing out and leaving frass all over the kitchen in this beautifully renovated 1930’s country home. It’s difficult to […]
Woodpecker damage can be unsightly and we get a lot of calls for them. Typically, woodpeckers will peck at the corner of the home and also at areas where there is known insect activity. Such is the case in this picture where the birds have opened carpenter bee exit holes to get at the overwintering […]
These pictures are before and after shots of a wet, rodent infested crawl space that we just finished. This crawl was insufficiently winterized with very little insulation. To make matters worse it had insulation that was soaked with rodent urine and fecal matter. Here’s how we transformed it. After putting on our protective gear, […]
People are often surprised at the ingenuity of mice and rats when they find out they have a mouse problem. The picture below is of a newly uncovered mouse nest in a vacant garage. Needless to say there’s a mouse problem or one coming very soon. Mice usually will make their nests out of materials […]
The problems associated with dirt crawl spaces and moisture are well documented. We have a new service to go along with our crawl space encapsulation program that basement waterproofers just aren’t equipped to provide. The service is rodent exclusion. Let’s face it where do most people find rodents? In basements and crawl spaces, correct? Who […]
