Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Drexel Hill, PA

Brick Twins on Terraced Lots and the Drexelbrook Apartments

Drexel Hill filled in mostly between the 1920s and early 1950s with brick and stone twins and Tudor-style singles climbing the hills. Many sit on terraced lots with stone retaining walls and steps, and the voids behind that stone shelter mice that follow utility lines into basements. Inside, the shared wall between two halves of a twin lets German cockroaches and mice cross freely.

Garden apartment buildings, including the large Drexelbrook community, add common laundry rooms, hallways and trash areas where bed bugs and roaches pass from unit to unit, so treating one apartment rarely ends it. Darby Creek along the western edge brings mosquitoes and the occasional Norway rat to yards that back onto the stream.

The hillside Tudors bring their own weak spots: slate and tile roofs with built-in box gutters, half-timbered gables and old casement windows. A leaking box gutter soaks the fascia and rafter ends behind it, which is where carpenter ants start. Each fall, mice and stink bugs work in around loose casements and dormers, and leaf-filled window wells keep basements damp enough for centipedes and camel crickets.

From Media to Drexel Hill Through Springfield

Drexel Hill is about 15 minutes from our Media base, usually through Springfield by way of State Road. Thom and his team handle the free inspection; in a twin we ask to see both the basement and the attic, because that is where the shared runs are. You receive a written quote, and for apartments we can send it to the owner or manager as well as the tenant.

Drexel Hill Junction, Garrett Road and the Neighborhoods Around Them

We work across Drexel Hill, from Aronimink and Pilgrim Gardens to the blocks near Drexel Hill Junction, where the 101 and 102 trolleys split, and the shops along Garrett Road. Drexel Hill is part of Upper Darby Township, and we also serve neighboring Clifton Heights and Springfield Township. Arlington Cemetery's grounds along Township Line Road and the wooded Darby Creek edge give field mice and ticks room to move toward nearby yards. Upper Darby High School and Drexel Hill Middle School are both here, and Pennsylvania Act 35 of 2002 requires public schools like them to follow integrated pest management plans. Around the junction, the storefronts and restaurants on State Road and Garrett Road share alleys and trash pads with the twins behind them, so rats and roaches cross between business and home.