Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Richboro, PA

Tyler State Park Woods and 1970s Split-Levels

A 1976 median build year means split-levels and colonials with slab family rooms, wood-sided garages and original decks. Termite mud tubes often appear first along the slab edge. Wood-sided garages from that period also soften at the bottom course, where splashback from the driveway keeps them wet.

Neshaminy Creek winds through Tyler State Park south of the village, and the park's wooded edges send deer, ticks and mosquitoes into back yards. Pennsylvania's Lyme disease counts are among the highest in the country, and yards that meet the park's trees carry the most risk.

Nearly fifty years of landscaping have grown up around these houses. Yews, azaleas and rhododendrons planted against the foundation in the 1970s are now head-high, holding moisture against the sill and hiding mud tubes, ant trails and mouse holes from view. Irrigation heads aimed at the beds keep that soil wet all summer, which is exactly what subterranean termites and carpenter ants need.

Split-levels from this era usually have a family room on a slab at grade, a garage tucked under a bedroom and a short crawl space or basement beside it. Each level meets the soil differently, so one house can have three separate termite entry zones. Tree-of-heaven along roadsides and wooded lot lines also feeds spotted lanternflies, since Bucks County lies inside PDA's quarantine.

Planning a Richboro Appointment

We cross into Bucks County by the Turnpike and finish on Route 232, the Second Street Pike. Thom and his team inspect the foundation, garage, attic and yard edges at no charge, then write up a quote for you to review.

Richboro Within Northampton Township

Richboro is a village inside Northampton Township, centered where Route 232 meets Route 332, with Tyler State Park to the south and Newtown a short drive east. Tyler State Park, once the estate of George and Stella Tyler, spreads along the Neshaminy with miles of wooded trails and the Schofield Ford Covered Bridge, and its woods meet the back lines of many Richboro yards. To the southwest, the Churchville Nature Center sits beside the Churchville Reservoir, another large green space that keeps deer moving through the neighborhoods. Children attend the Council Rock School District, which keeps the integrated pest management plans Pennsylvania's Act 35 of 2002 requires of public schools. With almost every home owner-occupied, the calls here are about protecting a long-term investment: termite inspections, mouse exclusion before winter, and tick and mosquito work on lots that border the woods. Route 332 leads east from the village toward Newtown, and Route 232 runs north and south past the shopping centers at the crossroads.