Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Trainer, PA

1950s homes between the refinery and the river

Houses from the 1950s are old enough that any original termite protection is gone, and many have wood porches, decks or sheds added over the years. Damp soil near the river suits Eastern subterranean termites, whose swarms show up indoors on the first warm spring days.

The refinery property and the riverbank leave wide strips of open, weedy ground. Rats and mice breed there and push toward homes in fall, while shallow water along the shoreline breeds mosquitoes into September.

Many Trainer houses are modest singles and twins on block foundations, and owners have added patios, enclosed porches and garages over the decades. Each addition leaves a joint between old and new concrete, which is exactly where termites slip through and where mice find the gap under a sagging sill. Crawlspaces under those additions are often unvented and damp, which suits camel crickets and carpenter ants.

Mature trees along the inland streets add shade and leaf litter. Stink bugs gather on sunny walls in September, yellow jackets dig nests in the ground under hedges, and ticks wait along any unmowed strip that connects to the open ground near the shoreline.

Scheduling a Trainer riverfront visit

Trainer is about a 20-minute trip from Media. Thom and his team look at the foundation, porches, decks and sheds, and the side of the yard facing open land. After the free inspection you get a written quote, and if nothing needs treating, we'll tell you that too.

The Monroe Energy refinery, Route 13 and river neighbors

Trainer lies along the Delaware River between Marcus Hook and the city of Chester, with Route 13 running through the borough and the Monroe Energy refinery on the riverfront. About 1,700 people live in Trainer, and its students attend the Chichester School District with Marcus Hook and the two Chichester townships. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line run through the borough between Route 13 and the river, and I-95 crosses its inland side. The refinery and the rail corridor form long, open edges right behind many residential streets, which is why rodent work here concentrates on the side of the property facing that ground. Because most owners stay put for years, termite checks, fall exclusion and late-summer stinging insects make up much of what a Trainer visit covers.