Pest Control in Milpitas, CA

What do slab houses on the flats need?

Many houses on the flats are on slabs, and the slab edge is the place where the wood and the soil meet. The walk checks the slab edge for cracks and for soil banked against it, and it marks each wood contact, such as a porch post or a step.

A slab house has a garage that shares the slab, and the garage door seal and the joint between the garage and the house are checked for rats and for damp.

How do rats move around the flats?

On a flat lot, fence lines and drainage ditches are the routes rats use, and a house beside a ditch has a longer run to check. The walk follows the ditch edge and the fence to the house.

A roof rat uses the eaves and the trees, so the roof line is checked on houses with overhanging branches.

What about the newer subdivisions in Milpitas?

Newer subdivisions have fewer openings than older houses, but their decks, fences and planter edges are often close to the soil. The walk marks each contact and records the clearance.

The garage and the joint where it meets the house are a common rat entry in newer houses too, and the seal is checked.

What should a Milpitas caller know about the county?

Milpitas is in Santa Clara County, so the county on the report and on the paperwork is Santa Clara, not Alameda. The state licence is the same, and the caller should check the business’s registration for the county where the address is.

Ask the business to confirm which county it is registered in for the year, because a business registered in Alameda County alone is not registered for a Milpitas address by that fact alone.

Drainage ditches and the flats

Drainage ditches on the flats carry water and give rats a sheltered edge to travel along. The walk follows the ditch to the lot’s boundary, and notes any burrow in the bank close to the fence.

A house beside a ditch has a longer run to check, and the report says how far the run was followed and whether it reaches the house.

A ditch that runs past several houses can carry rats along its edge to each of them. The walk records each house on the ditch and the place where a run leaves the ditch for the fence line.

On the flats, the front of a house often sits lower than the back, and the walk checks both ends for the wood and the runs that each end can carry. The report sets the findings for each side.

The Santa Clara County registration is checked as part of the visit, and the report names the county on the paperwork so that the record matches the address.