Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Lower Merion Township, PA

Fieldstone Foundations, Mature Oaks and the Mill Creek Ravines

Census (ACS) estimates place the median home at 1955, many far older, and only about a quarter of households rent. Fieldstone foundations and generations of additions leave mortar gaps that mice find each fall.

Tall trees keep trim and sills damp, which suits carpenter ants and subterranean termites. Wooded ravines along Mill Creek also bring deer and ticks close to yards.

The Main Line built out in waves: Victorian and early-1900s stone houses near the train stations, 1920s twins and brick colonials in Ardmore and Bala Cynwyd, and post-war ranches and colonials in Penn Valley and along the outer Gladwyne roads. Older houses tend to have slate roofs, deep eaves and walk-up attics roomy enough for squirrels and mice to nest out of sight. Basements finished in later decades often hide the stone walls behind paneling and drywall, so termite tubes can climb unseen.

Steep lots that fall toward Mill Creek and the Schuylkill keep soil wet on the downhill side of many foundations. Stink bugs and boxelder bugs crowd onto sunny stucco in September, and yellow jackets nest under the ivy and pachysandra beds common on older properties.

Reaching the Township via the Blue Route and Montgomery Avenue

We head north on I-476, then take Lancaster or Montgomery Avenue. We walk the foundation, basement, attic access and tree line, then send a written quote. Mention carriage houses or outbuildings when you call.

Working Around Narberth, Ardmore and Bryn Mawr

The township wraps around Narberth and shares Ardmore with Haverford Township, so we often work both sides of those lines in one week. Bryn Mawr has its own page. With about 64,000 residents, Lower Merion runs from City Avenue at the Philadelphia line out past Bryn Mawr toward Villanova, with the Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill Expressway along its northern edge. SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Line stops at a string of stations from Merion to Villanova, and much of the oldest housing clusters within walking distance of them. Bryn Mawr College and Lankenau Medical Center anchor the institutional side, and Lower Merion and Harriton high schools serve the Lower Merion School District. In Gladwyne, Rolling Hill Park follows Mill Creek and the Riverbend Environmental Education Center protects woods near the river, which is why tick and carpenter ant work runs heavier there than near the avenues.