Nevada County · California

Pest control in Nevada City, CA

Seen a trail of ants along a counter, or marks you cannot place? Say what you have found and where in the home it turned up, and a licensed exterminator can come out to Nevada City and deal with it.

(888) 217-6291

Licensed California technicians. No obligation for the call.

Section through a house—built the 1940s, as most of Nevada City was

Awater lineenters
Bdoor sillat the step
Csill plateon the wall
—brick weep holes — little brick veneer here

License: Held by the contractor and issued in California. Ask which name it is held under — a trading name and the licensed entity are often not the same.
Price: What the pest is, what the treatment involves, how many visits it takes and what it costs — explained before any work begins.
The call: Describing what you found commits you to nothing. Nothing is booked until you say so.
Coverage: By town, not by region. Nevada City and the towns around it.

Where they get in around Nevada City

Most of Nevada City was built before 1950, and homes that old fail in the same few places. A The water line where it comes through the foundation wall. B A porch or a step that has settled away from the house. C The sill plate where old framing meets stone or block.

Those gaps are narrow, which is why they get missed: a mouse needs about a quarter of an inch, and an ant needs far less. An inspection starts there rather than at the baseboards, because spraying where you saw it does nothing about the way in.

What to say when you call

→What it looked like and which room it was in. A trail along a counter and a single insect in a bathroom point at different things.
→How long it has been going on, and whether it is spreading.
→Whether you rent. About half the homes in Nevada City are rented, and a rental visit is usually booked by whoever owns the building — that changes who signs and when the visit lands.
→What the ground around the house looks like — firewood, mulch beds, a downspout that soaks one corner. That is where the outside inspection starts.
→The address, so it reaches a technician working Nevada County.

(888) 217-6291

Licensed California technicians. No obligation for the call.

A technician kneels beside a house foundation and shines a flashlight into a crawl space vent.

What happens after the call

You say what you have seen and where in the home it turned up. That is usually enough to narrow it down on the phone.

A technician then inspects the property — inside, around the outside, and in the crawl space or attic where the sign usually starts. Identification comes before treatment, and the treatment is quoted before it begins.

Call (888) 217-6291

Licensed California technicians. No obligation for the call.

What the call can cover

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Nevada City and the area around it

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Nearby towns in Nevada County

Pest control across Nevada County, California. One call covers the towns around Nevada City.