Pest control in Coral Gables, FL

Companies that know three Gables facts: the city regulates exterior changes on designated houses, a fumigation needs a tent crew and a plan for the landscaping, and a WDO report here is read for when the house was last treated rather than whether it ever was. Say the street and the age of the house when you call; a 1920s Mediterranean under the oak canopy is a different job from a 1960s ranch in Golden Gate. See the service page

Roof rats travel the oak and ficus canopy and the power lines onto every roof in the Gables and into the attics of the 1920s houses through the wood soffits and the barrel tile. Rat removal is trapping, then exclusion at the soffits and vents and trimming the branches back from the roof. On a designated historic house, ask whether the exclusion work touches anything the city reviews. See the service page

Often, but not always. Drywood colonies in the window frames, the roof framing, and the wood floors can be found and treated in place when there are few of them; a house with colonies in several rooms is a tent. The inspection of the attic and every frame decides, and a quote that opened with the tent price skipped it. Most Gables houses have been tented at least once, and the previous company’s warranty may still transfer. See the service page

Shade is the problem: the dense canopy and the bromeliads under it hold water and give adult mosquitoes a place to rest all day. A yard program here is source reduction first (bromeliads flushed weekly, the gutters, the fountain), then a barrier treatment on the undersides of the leaves and the shaded walls, on a three to four week schedule through the wet season. See the service page

FDACS Chapter 482, with the fumigation category for a tent and a notice of fumigation filed with the state; most Gables houses have been tented at least once, and the previous company's warranty may still transfer. source

The city regulates exterior changes on designated houses; a tent is temporary and needs no review, but bait stations, misting systems, and exclusion work that alters soffits or vents on a historic house can. source

1920s Mediterranean Revival houses with wood window frames, wood-framed roofs under barrel tile, and wood floors: houses with a lot of wood for drywood termites to live in, under an oak and ficus canopy that carries roof rats onto every roof.

A WDO report on a purchase here almost always shows evidence of past drywood activity; the question for the buyer is when it was last treated and whether the warranty transfers, not whether there was ever any.

Termite inspection and treatment: Drywood in the window frames and roof framing of 1920s houses: tent versus spot treatment, decided by an inspection of the attic and every frame. Rat and rodent exterminator: Roof rats along the oak canopy and the power lines into attics; trapping first, then exclusion at the soffits and trimming the canopy back. WDO inspection for a home sale: Every purchase here gets one; the report is read for when it was last treated, not whether.