Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Bryn Athyn, PA

Pennypack Creek woods and 1970s homes

The creek valley's woods hold deer, ticks and mice right up to back yards, and damp low ground along the Pennypack breeds mosquitoes.

Fifty-year-old foundations have settled, opening gaps for mice. Rentals and student housing see frequent moves, which carry bed bugs in with furniture and luggage.

A 1971 median build year blends two kinds of houses. Older stone and stucco homes from the borough's early decades sit near the cathedral, often with deep cellars and slate or tile roofs, while ranches, split-levels and colonials from the 1950s through the 1970s fill the streets beyond. The stone cellars stay cool and damp; the mid-century houses have block foundations, aging window wells and wood decks that sit close to the soil.

Much of the borough is still wooded, and the steep ground falling toward the Pennypack sends rainwater toward foundations on the downhill side. Big oaks and beeches over these lots drop leaves into gutters and window wells, which keeps wood damp for carpenter ants and termites. Open lawns on the higher ground draw ground-nesting yellow jackets in late summer. With about a third of homes rented, many near the college, move-in season adds bed bug and roach calls to the outdoor list.

Our route from Media to Huntingdon Pike

We take the Turnpike east toward Willow Grove, then drop down to Huntingdon Pike. Thom or one of his people walks the yard border along the woods, then checks basements and bedrooms. A free inspection and a written quote come first.

Bryn Athyn near Glencairn and the Pennypack

Bryn Athyn is home to Bryn Athyn Cathedral, Glencairn Museum and Bryn Athyn College, above Pennypack Creek. It borders Lower Moreland Township, with Abington Township nearby. The borough grew around a community of the New Church in the late 1800s, and the Pitcairn family built its best-known landmarks: Cairnwood estate, the cathedral, raised in stone and wood by local craftsmen from 1913, and Glencairn, Raymond Pitcairn's former home. Huntingdon Pike, Route 232, passes the cathedral grounds, and the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust preserve protects woods and meadows along the creek just upstream. Lorimer Park continues the wooded creek corridor downstream toward the Philadelphia line. The pest work that comes from this setting is mostly about woods and water: ticks and mosquitoes in yards near the creek, mice and crickets in stone and block cellars, carpenter ants in damp trim, and turnover treatments in student rentals.