Snap Pest Control

Thanks for the review. I totally understand the budget issues these days and am happy to be of help..

Thanks for the great review. I remember the job well, in fact the tenants at the property next door were feeding pests like they were zoo keepers. The fact that my client was so diligent about maintaining the integrity of his home in tandem with our advice on potential problems really helped avert some serious issues here. I've never seen so many squirrels.

thanks for the great review. I relied on some previous jobs to help me tackle this pest issue. The problem was a badly chewed up staircase and I knew we had an opening somewhere because the basement foundation was cinder block and showed little signs of humidity as well as termite shelter tube material. It was important for me to remove the walls on both sides of the stair case because I wanted to find the access. Finally, after removing a vertical support stud a hole about he size of golf ball was discovered. A chemical treatment in tandem with the sealing of all potential access areas with high strength parging cement was the required course of action. I could see termites in the grass, the trees, even the mulch outside and realized we had to protect the house as much as possible. I make calculations on all my termite related jobs because its important for people to know just exactly how much chemical and concentration is needed to fully treat a home. Holes were drilled every foot apart into the basement slab one foot away from the walls. It was decided to go with a concentration of .75% instead of .5% as added insurance. Also, I even cross drilled holes into the floor joists and sprayed them twice. I even went around the exterior twice with a 2 hour gap so the soil could absorb termiticide evenly without becoming too concentrated on the bottom only. Later, a dust was injected into the wall voids as an added precaution. I take termites seriously and am happy it all worked out well in the particular case. Joe Snap Pest Control

Thanks Mark for the positive review. I sensed that the mice had gained access via the crawl space area but how they were getting there proved quite tricky. I had to take a sneak peak at your neighbors house were I could see a gap under their front door which was a clear connection to your problem via the semi-detached equation. Sometimes you have to explore beyond your own property to solve a pest issue. In the end the openings were sealed up tight with some flashing and no more mice. Glad it worked out so well,

Thanks for the review. I had to cut out 4 inch strips of quarter inch mesh in order to close off the gap between the baseboards and the flooring in order to solve the problem. The idea here was to deny access because of the nature of the homes location within a row of houses. Every job is unique and involves a systematic approach regardless of how much time it may take. Thanks again,Joe

Thanks Patrick. This was a tricky job in that raccoons were coming in from a neighbour's property into my client home. The job required me to mesh off a 3 story gap on a roof which was falling apart and dangerous all around. Personally, I`ve never seen such a large raccoon exit through a 1-way door. Thanks again, Joe

Seeing ants on an exterior wall is the beginning of a carpenter ant problem. Every time an ant ventures up and down a wall a pheromone is released. Invisible to us the trail can stay for years. The ants follow it up and then over winter in a nice attic space. Then one warm sunny winters day they awaken thinking it is spring and can be seen in various rooms of a home. Therefore it was wise to call about the ants when my client did because of the potential for an even larger problem down the road. The ants were eating the tree in order to create galleries for their nests and it was dangerously weak. I`m talking about a branch that was 2 feet wide by 30 feet long that came down with hardly an force exerted on it whatsoever. The inner section of it was gone and with a new family and little kids in the picture it had to go. The tree was a good distance from the home but as soon as I saw the clothes line attached to it I new it was the source of the problem. I left this job with a good feeling in that I averted the potential for serious accident. Thanks again for the review Joe

Oriental roaches can be one of the hardest pests to control. These roaches are able to live outdoors in warm months and are seen in homes as they venture in to over winter. They differ from German roaches in that there are no obvious nests that can be isolated and wiped out. Oriental roaches tend to be seen more in the spring and fall when rains are heavy and sewers are flowing. To escape the extra water they venture upwards and invade buildings and homes. Restaurants in particular may experience problems with these bugs because the organic material and food debris that is washed down drains invites them into structures. Once in they meander around and mysteriously show up in random locations. Sightings can be sporadic and only add to this roaches ability to make it even more annoying and difficult to control. Thanks for the review,Joe

Thanks for the review. Bed bugs are known to hide and will spread around and become even more entrenched through random spraying. There is no standard method by which all exterminators conduct treatments. I've seen all kinds of treatment methods out there from fogging, spraying, dusting ,dogs, vacuuming, heat treatments , cold treatments, the list goes on and on. I like to assess each and ever job individually and conduct it based on a solid inspection followed by systematically looking for the bugs This approach may take a whole day but call backs are rare and lives are disrupted once only. Thanks again for the review,Joe