Pest Control in Stanford, CA

Why is a shared building planned as a system?

In a shared building, a rat route can run through a service corridor, a riser and a wall cavity that serve several units. The walk maps those routes, as the multi-unit programme does, and the report records which units are on each.

A visit to one unit is therefore set against the building, and the record is kept by unit and by corridor.

What about the landscaped grounds?

Landscaped grounds give rats cover and food close to the buildings. The walk checks the beds against the walls, the irrigation near the foundation and the wood edges that hold soil.

Trees near the buildings are checked for branches that touch the roof, because a roof rat can use them.

How are the wood contacts handled?

Steps, balcony posts and planter edges that rest on the ground are the wood contacts UC ANR describes. The walk marks each contact and records the clearance.

A balcony post set on the ground is checked at its base, and the report recommends lifting it where it is in contact.

What should a Stanford caller check?

Stanford is in Santa Clara County, so the registration check is made for that county. Ask for the licence holder’s name and the business’s Santa Clara County registration, and tell the technician which building and corridor the unit belongs to.

Corridors and service spaces

Service corridors and utility spaces run behind buildings and under walkways, and they give rats a sheltered route between buildings. The walk checks each service door and the gap at its threshold.

The report records each corridor and the buildings it serves, so the building plan can cover the route as a whole.

A building that shares a service corridor with others is walked as part of that corridor, and its findings are recorded against the corridor rather than the single unit. The report shows which units are on the route.

Shared buildings on the campus edge have service doors and corridor thresholds that open to outside walks. The walk checks each threshold and the gap beneath it, and the report records the gap and the building it serves.

The landscaping around the buildings is often extensive, with beds and irrigation close to the walls. The report records each bed and its height against the wall, and the irrigation lines near the foundation.

Shared buildings and the landscape

The residential buildings near the Stanford campus often share a landscape bed that runs along several walls. A bed of this kind is a continuous cover for rats and a continuous source of moisture against the foundation, and the walk checks each section of it. The report records the section, the building it runs along and the height of the soil against the wall.

The campus edge also has tall trees between the buildings. A branch that touches a roof is a route for a roof rat, and the walk records each contact. The report recommends that a qualified tree service cut the branch back, since the cut is outside the pest work.