Critter Control

Pest Control Inspection

Nobody wants unwanted company—especially the furry, feathered, or creepy-crawly kind. That’s where a pest control inspection comes in.

What is a pest control inspection? These inspections are the first step to reclaiming your home, ensuring it’s safe, comfortable, and pest-free. Whether you suspect you might have raccoons living in your attic, bats in your chimney, or rats in your crawlspace, a professional pest inspection is key to identifying the problem and finding an effective solution.

Our experienced team at Critter Control can help you identify signs of pests, determine what type of pests you’re dealing with, and find entry points and damage caused. Here’s what our professional pest control inspections entail, including what areas we cover, what we look for, and what you can expect after the assessment.

Areas Inspected by Critter Control Experts

At Critter Control, we leave no stone unturned when it comes to keeping your home and family safe. Our thorough residential pest control inspections start where the problems are but extend into those places where pests could either hide or gain entry. This includes both the interior and exterior of your home.

Exterior of the House

The exterior of your home can provide crucial clues to a pest problem. It’s where the pests usually get in, so it’s often where we start. Our team checks multiple areas, including the following:

  • Roofs: This is a common entry area for pests adept at climbing, such as raccoons and squirrels.
  • Roof returns, soffits, gutters, and fascia boards: These extra components on and around your roof may also house or provide access to pests.
  • Ventilation: The roof and clothes dryer vents on the exterior of your home can be easy access points for smaller critters.
  • Plumbing stacks and chimneys: These are places where bats, birds, or squirrels often sneak through.
  • Utility ingress points: These points, such as A/C returns and seals around your windows and doors, can become a convenient door for pests to use.

Interior of the House

After gaining entry to your home, pests often move further inside to warm, dark, or undisturbed areas. We carefully check:

  • Attics: These are ideal roosting or nesting places for squirrels, bats, and raccoons because they’re quiet, dark, and often undisturbed.
  • Crawlspaces: These areas often harbor house rats and other small pests.
  • Walls: In some instances, pests may make their way into your walls, leaving behind gnaw marks or droppings.
  • Fireplaces: Chimneys are a popular destination for winged critters—mainly birds and bats.

When we determine where the pests are sneaking into your house, we thoroughly inspect every inch of where they might be to ensure we don’t overlook anything.

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What Are We Looking For?

A pest control inspection is more than looking for the pests themselves. Instead, it’s about the bigger picture. These are a few of the things our experts will look for in an inspection:

  1. The type of pest: Be it raccoons, squirrels, rats, bats, or birds, we first determine what kind of pest you’re dealing with. This helps us choose which removal strategy will best suit the situation.
  2. How they are getting inside: Determining entry points is a must to prevent further pest invasions. We look for spots where they might be squeezing inside, such as through a roof gap, poorly sealed window, or damaged soffit.
  3. The damage they have done: Pests can do a number on your home, chewing through wires, tearing insulation to bits, and contaminating different spaces with urine and feces. During the inspection, we’ll assess the degree of damage and create a plan to help you remedy the damage the animals left behind.

How Much Does a Pest Control Inspection Cost?

The cost of a pest control inspection hinges on a couple of factors, including your home size, the severity of the infestation, and what kind of pest you’re dealing with. Pricing is subjective based on your situation, so there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Our team at Critter Control can evaluate the situation and provide an estimate specific to your home’s pest infestation.

What to Expect Next

After we complete the inspection, we’ll explain our findings to you and create a customized plan of action. The specifics of what happens next vary slightly from one situation to the next, but the general follow-up looks the same. Here’s what you can expect to happen next:

Removal and Trapping

Removal techniques depend on the location and type of pest. Once we have more information, we’ll choose a humane and efficient measure to remove the pests from your property.

Exclusion and Pest Control

Exclusion is a huge part of preventing the problem from recurring. This may include blocking off entry points and reinforcing areas most vulnerable to the pests. Through these exclusion methods, we help you ensure that your home doesn’t become host to unwelcome houseguests again.

Repairs

A pest infestation can result in serious structural damage to your home. Gnawed wires, destroyed insulation, damaged drywall—it can all add up fast. Our team can help you get back on the right track by restoring your home through animal damage repair. We’ll clean up areas contaminated by animal urine and feces, remove debris from clogged gutters, and even replace the insulation for complete attic restoration.

Ongoing Support

Some pest infestations require a multi-step process to fully eradicate the problem and evict your uninvited houseguests. We offer follow-up services as needed to help you keep your home blissfully pest-free.

Book a Pest Control Inspection Today to Eliminate Your Pest Problem

Dealing with pests in your home can be an overwhelming and downright unpleasant experience, but you don’t have to face it alone. At Critter Control, we understand the amount of stress involved when finding any unwanted critter infestation. We are committed to being your trusted partner in pest prevention.

Our pest control services are here to help, from a full pest control inspection to effective pest removal, repairs, and forward-thinking prevention. Our humane animal control methods provide long-term solutions that not only protect your home but also your peace of mind. Whether it’s a rat inspection, bat inspection, raccoon inspection, or anything in between, we’re here to help.

Don’t wait for pests to take over your home. Schedule your free pest control inspection today!