Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Fort Washington, PA

State Park Woods, Wissahickon Floodplain and 1960s Ranchers

Late-1960s ranchers and split-levels often have crawlspaces with original vents and sills, and creek moisture softens that wood for termites and carpenter ants. Leaf litter that drifts in from the park and piles along foundations holds that moisture well into spring.

Deer from the park carry ticks into edge yards. In the office park, loading docks and break rooms give mice and ants their own way indoors.

Crawlspaces under 1968-median ranches often have a dirt or thin concrete floor, original foundation vents left open year-round and no vapor barrier. Summer humidity condenses on the joists, and the damp, dark space draws camel crickets, centipedes and mice along with termites. A crawlspace that smells musty almost always shows us moisture damage once we get a flashlight on the sill.

The office park side works differently. Low flat-roofed buildings sit among mulched islands, retention ponds and wide lawns kept green for tenants, and the stormwater ponds breed mosquitoes while the mulch shelters ants and yellow jackets near entrances. Wooded slopes along the Turnpike and Route 309 give mice and rats cover right up to loading docks, and about one home in five is rented, often in apartments and townhouses where pests can pass between attached units.

One Turnpike Exit from the Blue Route

Fort Washington is an easy run for us: the Blue Route north, the Turnpike east and the Fort Washington exit. Businesses can pick quieter times within our 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. hours. Homes and offices alike get a no-cost inspection first, then a quote on paper.

Fort Washington Within Upper Dublin Township

Most of Fort Washington lies in Upper Dublin Township, with Ambler to the north and Flourtown south along Bethlehem Pike. The state park follows the Wissahickon through the area. The park takes its name from the fort Washington's army built here in late 1777, during the encampment before the march to Valley Forge, and the hawk watch on Militia Hill draws birders every fall. Historic Hope Lodge stands on Bethlehem Pike near the park's edge, and SEPTA's Fort Washington station on the Lansdale/Doylestown Line serves commuters and office workers alike. Students attend the Upper Dublin School District, which keeps the integrated pest management plans that Pennsylvania's Act 35 of 2002 requires of public schools. Work here splits cleanly: logged commercial service near the interchange, and crawlspace, termite and tick work in the neighborhoods by the park. Bethlehem Pike, the old road north from Philadelphia, still ties the neighborhoods to Flourtown and Ambler.