Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Upper Darby Township, PA

Why 1940s Rowhomes and Shared Walls Near 69th Street Spread Pests

Most of the township was built out before 1950 as attached brick rowhomes and twins. Party walls, connected attic spaces and basement pipe chases link neighbors, so German cockroaches and house mice treated in one unit retreat next door and come back. Mortar in foundations this old loosens, and a mouse needs only a gap about the size of a dime.

With so many homes rented, move-ins and curbside furniture are constant, which is how bed bugs arrive. Apartments above storefronts near 69th Street Terminal put restaurant kitchens and trash corrals beside living space. Along Cobbs Creek, the township's border with Philadelphia, and Darby Creek to the west, Norway rats use banks and storm drains to reach alleys and back yards.

Flat rowhome roofs and box gutters hold water and soften the wood behind them, which carpenter ants and termites both exploit in this moderate-to-heavy termite zone. Many blocks also back onto shared rear driveways where basement garage doors open at alley level, and a worn bottom seal there is an easy door for mice once late-October cold arrives.

From Media to Upper Darby by Baltimore Pike or State Road

The drive from Media takes about 15 minutes, east on Baltimore Pike or State Road depending on your end of the township. Thom and his team inspect for free, including the basement and any shared walls we can reach, and you get a written quote before treatment. Rowhome blocks are tight for parking, so mention alley access or a side door when you book.

69th Street Terminal, Cobbs Creek and the Neighborhoods Between

We cover the whole township: the blocks around 69th Street Terminal, where the Market-Frankford Line and the Norristown High Speed Line meet, plus Highland Park, Stonehurst, Primos, Secane and Westbrook Park. Next door we also serve Drexel Hill, Lansdowne and Clifton Heights, each with its own housing mix. The 69th Street shopping district and the Tower Theater draw crowds and the takeout counters, grocers and restaurants that feed them, so storefront work there centers on German cockroaches, drain flies and rats at dumpster corrals. Upper Darby High School and the township's other public schools fall under Pennsylvania Act 35 of 2002, which requires integrated pest management plans and pesticide notices. Along the Cobbs Creek parkland at the city line, Norway rats and mosquitoes are the usual backyard complaints from spring through fall.