Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Collingdale, PA

Party Walls and Trolley-Era Blocks Along Route 102

Collingdale's post-war twins and rows sit close together with shared basement walls, porches and roof lines. Mice and German cockroaches move through those connections, and pavement ants nest under shared sidewalks and slab porches, sending trails into several kitchens at once. Seventy years of settling opens gaps at pipes, meters and cellar windows.

With 42% of homes rented, units change hands often, and used mattresses, couches and moving boxes carry bed bugs. Cockroaches ride in on grocery bags and appliances. In late summer and fall, stink bugs and crickets from yards and green edges head for siding and basement windows.

Many Collingdale blocks also share a rear driveway or alley, with detached garages, trash cans and sheds lined up behind the houses. That strip feeds and hides rats and mice, and it is usually where rodent burrows appear first. At the front, basement window wells fill with leaves and water, holding millipedes, camel crickets and spiders against the glass.

Small wood-framed rear additions and enclosed back porches, often built on piers or shallow footings, sit close to soil. They are a common place to find termite damage when an older twin changes owners.

How a Collingdale Visit Works From Our Media Office

The drive from Media to Collingdale runs about 20 minutes. Thom and his team inspect for free, which in attached homes means your side of the party wall, basement, kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms, plus porch and sidewalk edges where ants nest. You'll get a written quote and, for bed bugs or roaches, a short prep list. We're open seven days, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Collingdale Between MacDade Boulevard and the 102 Trolley

SEPTA's Route 102 trolley runs through Collingdale between 69th Street and Sharon Hill, and MacDade Boulevard passes through the borough. Collingdale is part of the Southeast Delco School District. Neighboring boroughs include Darby, Aldan and Sharon Hill. Where the 102's tracks run behind houses, the brush and fencing along the right-of-way give mice and rats a protected corridor between back yards. MacDade Boulevard supplies the commercial side, with small restaurants and stores whose dumpsters and grease bins draw rats and flies to the blocks around them. Because Collingdale shares Southeast Delco schools and a similar housing age with Sharon Hill, Darby Township and Folcroft, the same twin-home entry points repeat across municipal lines. Owners here often discover a problem at sale time, when a buyer's inspection turns up termite damage or droppings in the basement.