Pest Control and Exterminator Service in New Hope, PA

River damp, the Delaware Canal and flood-prone basements

High water leaves basements and crawlspaces wet, and wet framing draws termites, carpenter ants and silverfish. Mice follow the riverbank and canal towpath into buildings.

The canal and low spots near the river hold still water through summer, so mosquito pressure runs high in yards close to the water.

Housing comes in three groups. Along Main Street and the side streets near the river stand eighteenth- and nineteenth-century stone and frame buildings, many now shops, restaurants and apartments, with fieldstone cellars that have taken river water more than once. Townhouse and condominium communities from the 1970s and 1980s account for much of the 1977 median, and newer homes sit on the hillsides above town. Each group has its own weak spots: weeping cellar walls, shared walls and utility chases in townhouse rows, and decks and mulched beds against hillside foundations.

The Delaware flooded the borough repeatedly in the mid-2000s, and after any high water, debris lines, soaked insulation and wet framing linger. Aquetong Creek runs down through town to the river, keeping another damp corridor in the middle of the borough. Restaurants and weekend crowds add food waste that supports rats, flies and German cockroaches behind the busy blocks.

Booking a New Hope visit from Media

We drive up I-95 and follow the river roads north. Thom or one of his team checks the crawlspace or basement for moisture first, then the yard and any shared walls. After the free inspection you get a written quote before anything is treated.

New Hope across the river from Lambertville

New Hope sits on the Delaware River opposite Lambertville, New Jersey, and is home to the Bucks County Playhouse. Solebury Township surrounds the borough. Main Street, carrying Route 32 along the river, holds the galleries, shops and restaurants that draw visitors, and Bridge Street crosses the Delaware to Lambertville on the free bridge. The Playhouse stands in a converted mill on the riverbank, and the New Hope and Ivyland Railroad runs its excursion trains from a station near the center of town. The Delaware Canal and its towpath, part of a state park, run parallel to the river through the borough. Local families are served by the New Hope-Solebury School District. This mix produces two kinds of work: rodent, fly and cockroach control behind the busy restaurant blocks, and moisture-driven termite, carpenter ant and mosquito problems in riverside homes and townhouse communities.