Pest Control and Exterminator Service in East Vincent Township, PA

Schuylkill hillsides, old farmhouses and 1990s subdivisions

Subdivisions built in the 1990s replaced fields on the hills above the Schuylkill, and the woodland left between them shelters mice, carpenter ants and ticks. Each fall, mice head for garages and stink bugs coat sunny siding.

Older farmhouses and outbuildings scattered among the neighborhoods give rodents winter shelter close to newer homes, and damp hillside soil plus 30-year-old decks hand subterranean termites a ready supply of wood.

The slopes that drop toward the river mean many 1990s houses here have walk-out basements, with a sliding door or a set of windows right at soil level on the downhill side. Rain runs down the hill and pools against that wall, so the walk-out side is where we usually find damp sill plates, termite mud tubes and the gaps camel crickets and mice use.

On the Pennhurst grounds, the large brick campus buildings left mostly empty after the 1987 closure shelter pigeons, starlings and rodents, and the open lawns around them hold voles. Deer move from those grounds and the wooded ravines into nearby yards, carrying blacklegged ticks with them. With only about 17% of homes rented, most of the people calling us are owners who plan to stay put and want problems fixed at the source.

Route 422 west, then over the Schuylkill to East Vincent

We take Route 422 west to the Royersford area and cross the Schuylkill into Spring City, about 45 minutes from Media. Expect Thom or a member of his crew to look over attic vents, the garage and the foundation at no cost, then hand you a written quote. Same-day visits are often possible when the schedule allows — call early in the day.

Spring City, Royersford and the Pennhurst grounds

East Vincent borders the borough of Spring City, which faces Royersford across the river, and East Coventry Township lies upriver. Part of the former Pennhurst campus now holds the Southeastern Veterans' Center, run by the Commonwealth, while many other brick buildings on the hill still stand vacant. Below the township, Spring City and Royersford face each other across the Schuylkill, and Route 422 on the Montgomery County side is the main link to the rest of the region, and the road we take on every drive out from Media. Most East Vincent students attend the Owen J. Roberts School District, which, like every public district in Pennsylvania, keeps an integrated pest management plan under Act 35 of 2002. That geography sets the work: stink bugs and mice in hillside subdivisions, termites on walk-out basements, ticks along wooded ravines, and rodents near the older buildings on the Pennhurst hill.