Pest Control in San Mateo, CA

How are the older lots walked?

Older lots are small, with shared fences and garages. The walk follows each fence line and checks the garage joint on each house.

Porches and steps on the ground are read as wood contacts.

What about the newer subdivisions?

Newer subdivisions have attached garages and decks, and the garage door seal and the deck posts are checked.

Landscaped beds against the house are measured against the siding and checked for irrigation near the foundation.

What about the streets near the bay?

Houses near the bay can be flat and damp at the soil line, and the foundation and the wood close to it are read with care.

The roof line is checked for the roof rat, where trees or wires touch the house.

What should a San Mateo caller check?

San Mateo is in San Mateo County, so the registration check is made for that county. Ask for the licence holder’s name and the business’s San Mateo County registration when booking.

Garages and the older lots

On the older lots of San Mateo, the garage is often the first place rats enter, and the joint with the house is the usual gap. The walk checks the joint, the door seal and any gap at the foot of the wall.

The report records each garage separately, since a shared garage can serve two houses.

Older San Mateo lots often have a garage at the rear, reached by a driveway that runs along the side of the house. The walk covers the driveway edge, the garage and the joint with the house.

San Mateo’s older lots sometimes have a garage and a cottage at the rear, each with a separate route into the yard. The walk covers both and records the route for each.

The shared fence between two San Mateo lots can carry a run from one garden to the next. The report records the line and the position of any run found along it.

Rear cottages and the shared line

Some older San Mateo lots have a rear cottage or a garage with its own route into the yard. The walk covers the cottage, its base, its door and the path from the cottage to the main house. The report describes the route for each building separately.

A shared fence between two San Mateo gardens can carry a run from one lot to the next. The walk records the line, the position of each run found along it and the gaps at the posts. The homeowner can then discuss the line with the neighbour, with the facts in hand.