About Pest Control Glen Ellyn how the work is done

Who answers the phone

When you call, a person answers during call hours. Their job is to understand the problem before anyone drives out: what you are seeing, where in the house, how long it has been going on, and anything that changes the plan, like pets, a baby at home or a business that has to stay open.

The visit then goes to an independent local pest control company that works your part of DuPage County. Pest Control Glen Ellyn does not send its own trucks. It is the front desk that makes sure the right exterminator shows up knowing what the call is about.

What a careful visit looks like

Good pest control in an older Glen Ellyn house looks the same whoever does it. These are the standards every visit set up through this line is expected to meet, and the questions worth asking any company you hire.

1. 01

   The insect is identified

   Termite or carpenter ant, mouse or squirrel, yellowjacket or honeybee. The treatment depends on the answer.

2. 02

   The way in is found

   Sill plates, window wells, utility lines, porches and roof lines are checked, because treatment without exclusion means a return trip.

3. 03

   Treatment goes where pests live

   Nests, voids, the foundation line and sealed stations, not a spray across the living room.

4. 04

   The price comes first

   You hear what will be done and what it costs before work starts.

5. 05

   Follow-up is planned

   Mice, termite bait systems and wall nests need return visits, and they are booked before the technician leaves.

How pest control is regulated in Illinois

In Illinois, structural pest control businesses and the technicians who apply pesticides in homes hold licenses from the Illinois Department of Public Health under the state Structural Pest Control Act. You can ask any technician for the license information of the company they work for.

Termite inspections for a home sale are usually written on a standard wood destroying insect inspection report, which lenders such as FHA and VA often require. Ask whether your lender needs one when you call.

The DuPage County Health Department monitors mosquitoes for West Nile virus through the summer. Yard treatments cut mosquito numbers around your house; repellent and tick checks still matter on the trails.

Knowing older houses

Many Glen Ellyn homes were built before 1940. Their porches, additions and sill plates sit closer to the soil than modern code allows, fieldstone and block foundations have gaps a mouse can use, and the trees around them are big enough to drop limbs on the roof. The technicians who take these calls work these houses every week. The advice you get reflects it: keep firewood off the house, trim branches back from the roof, fix the gutter that drips on the porch post, and check window wells for gaps every fall.

What is not done

Some problems belong to other trades, and you will be told so plainly. Squirrels, raccoons, bats and other wildlife need a wildlife company. Honeybees need a beekeeper or bee removal service. Damaged sills, joists and porch framing need a carpenter.

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