Rodent Control

Rodents don't live inside a building because it's warm — they live there because it's connected to the outside through something the size of a quarter. A gap at a utility penetration, a gap under a garage door, a missing vent screen, or the gap between a roof and a fascia board is all it takes. Remove the rodents but leave the opening, and the cycle simply repeats.

That's why effective rodent work runs in order: locate the activity, remove what's there, seal the openings, then deal with what drew them in the first place. Roof rats in particular travel along power lines, tree limbs and rooflines, so high entry points matter as much as ground-level ones — and those are the ones most people never think to check.

There's also a health reason not to leave it alone. Rodent droppings and urine contaminate stored food and surfaces, and rodents chew wiring, insulation and plumbing — damage that's often discovered only after it's caused a problem.