Rat and Mouse Control in Atlanta
Scratching in the walls at night, droppings in the pantry, something moving in the attic after dark. Rodents are the most common structural problem in older intown homes, and the one pest where sealing the building matters more than anything you spray or set.
Tell us what you are hearing and where. We can usually tell you what it is and roughly what it takes, at no charge.
Bait Alone Does Not Fix a Rodent Problem
Bait kills the rodents that are currently inside. It does nothing about the gap they used to get in, so the population replaces itself. This is why people find themselves buying bait indefinitely and calling it pest control.
It also creates a second problem. A rodent that eats bait and dies inside your wall is now an odor problem and a fly problem in a place you cannot reach.
Our approach is trapping and removal, then cleanup, then sealing the structure. The sealing is what makes it stop.
“When you walk into your kitchen in the middle of the night in your new house and find mice, it feels like the end of the world. But Michael helped me understand that this is actually very common in the Atlanta area and not a big deal as long as it’s handled quickly. His team came out the same day I called.”
Talk to Michael
404-384-1597Hearing it at night in the walls or ceiling? That is usually rodents, and it is worth handling quickly.
Guaranteed for a year, renewable
Full exclusion work carries a one year guarantee that you can renew year to year for as long as you want it.
Why This Is So Common in Intown Atlanta
A lot of the housing in Reynoldstown, Grant Park, Cabbagetown, Ormewood Park, and the neighborhoods around them was built long before anyone thought about sealing a building envelope. Crawlspaces with open vents, gaps at the sill, original siding, utility penetrations that were never closed properly, and decades of small renovations that each left an opening behind.
Add mature tree cover and dense blocks and you have ideal conditions. It is not a reflection on how you keep your house. It is the age and construction of the housing stock.
What we handle
- Roof rats, excellent climbers and the most common attic rodent here
- Norway rats, which work low in crawlspaces, basements, and around foundations
- House mice, which need a remarkably small opening
- Attic, wall, garage, and crawlspace infestations
- Cleanup and sanitation of droppings and nesting material
- Full structural exclusion with the same guarantee as our wildlife work
Damage worth knowing about
- Gnawed wiring is a genuine fire risk and the most common serious damage we find in attics
- Chewed HVAC ductwork in crawlspaces, which shows up as a system that will not keep up
- Contaminated insulation
- Odor and flies from anything that dies in a wall
How We Handle It
Inspection
Where they are getting in, where they are living, and how far it has gone.
Trapping and removal
Controlled, monitored, and inside the structure where we can retrieve what we catch.
Cleanup
Droppings, nesting material, and contaminated insulation where it is warranted.
Exclusion
Every entry point sealed with material rodents cannot chew through.
Follow up
We come back and verify.
“His honesty and professionalism in letting us know that his work would be worthless unless we truly secured the crawlspace entry before he began impressed us. He could have guaranteed some future work for himself by not telling us that, but he wasn’t willing to do so. They made recommendations about large bushes close to our house, secured foundation vents, repaired openings in garage siding, filled tunnels leading to the crawl space, and installed a garage door sweep.”
Rodent Control FAQ
How small an opening do they need?
Is it safe around pets?
There is a smell in my wall.
Can rodents cause real damage?
Do I need ongoing service?
Hearing Something in the Walls?
Tell us what it sounds like, where, and what time of night. That is usually enough for us to know what we are dealing with.
Call 404-384-1597