Recent Work

Photos from the jobs, grouped by the kind of work. Most of them show what was found rather than a finished result, because in pest control the finding is the hard part: the mud tube behind a box, the droppings above a ceiling panel, the gap behind the siding.

The work covers single-family houses, townhomes, rental units and small commercial buildings in Bethel Park, Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon and South Park.

Termite Work

Termite jobs start with finding the damage and following it back to the soil. These photos show what that turns up: mud galleries packed inside a timber, a subfloor bearer marked with paint where it was found hollow, mud along ceiling joists, trails up an interior door frame and wood eaten away where it meets concrete.

In every one of them the wood looked sound from a distance. Probing and tapping is what shows the difference: sound wood rings, hollow wood thuds, and a screwdriver tip sinks into a hollowed board.

Close view of termite mud galleries packed inside a hollowed timber

Termite-damaged wooden bearer under a floor, marked with yellow paint and lit by a flashlight in a crawl space

Termite mud along wooden ceiling joists in the corner of a room with painted brick walls

Interior door frame with termite damage and mud trails running up the wood beside a bare wood floor

Termite-eaten timber where it sits on a concrete foundation, frass packed into the joint

Rodent and Wildlife Work

Rodent and wildlife work is mostly detective work: where the nest is, and how the animals reach it. A split in the siding with nesting material inside and an attic floor with debris across the insulation are two of the places that question gets answered.

Once the way in is known, the job turns to removing the animals and closing the opening, so the same split or gap does not let the next ones in.

Split in painted siding with nesting material packed inside the opening

Attic floor with loose-fill insulation between the joists and loose debris lying on top

Maintenance and Inspections

Inspections and recurring treatments cover the pests that keep coming back. These photos come from that side of the work: droppings on top of an opened ceiling panel, cockroaches at a door frame and at a drain, and spiders on a block wall and a bathroom vanity.

Cockroaches hide in the gaps the photos show: door frames, drains and ceiling spaces. Treating the room without reaching those spots is why they come back.

Opened drop ceiling with wiring above a panel covered in insect droppings, lit by a flashlight

Cockroaches and their droppings at the top corner of a door frame

Two cockroaches, one pale and freshly molted, at a drain hole in a dark plastic fixture

Black spider sitting in its web on a concrete block wall

Black spider on the edge of a white bathroom vanity beside a blue bottle

Seeing Something Similar?

Most of these finds started with a homeowner, a landlord or a shop owner noticing one small thing: a few droppings, a crumbling edge on a door frame, a cockroach in daylight. A photo of what you are seeing, sent by email with your request, often says which kind of work it is before anyone arrives.

Seeing something like this at your place? Book a visit and describe it.

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