Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Wyncote, PA

Old shade trees and 1950s masonry in Cheltenham

Large trees drop limbs onto roofs and hold moisture against siding, which invites carpenter ants and gives squirrels a bridge to the attic. Leaf litter along stone foundations keeps soil damp for termites.

In apartment buildings, mice and cockroaches travel along shared pipe chases, so one unit's problem often belongs to the whole building.

Wyncote's homes come in layers: large stone and stucco houses from the early twentieth century, postwar brick colonials and twins, and mid-century apartment buildings near the station. The 1951 median sits in the middle. Older houses have fieldstone cellars, slate roofs, wood porches and attic vents that predate screens, while postwar homes have block foundations whose mortar has softened over seventy winters. Each style lets mice, squirrels and overwintering insects in a different way.

The canopy is the common thread. Oaks, beeches and tulip poplars shade most lots, so roofs stay damp, moss grows on north-facing shingles and gutters clog every fall. Downspouts that empty against fieldstone walls keep cellars wet enough for termites, camel crickets and millipedes. Stink bugs and lady beetles gather on warm south walls in September, then work into attics around old windows and vents.

Reaching Cheltenham from our Media base

Most trips go up the Blue Route and east on the Turnpike, then down Route 309. Thom, or someone on his team, inspects the basement, attic and roofline, and in apartment buildings asks about neighboring units too. The inspection is free and the written quote follows before treatment.

Wyncote between Glenside, Jenkintown and Elkins Park

Wyncote is part of Cheltenham Township and is served by the Jenkintown–Wyncote regional rail station. Curtis Arboretum is the community's landmark green space, with Glenside and Jenkintown close by. Curtis Arboretum, the former estate of publisher Cyrus Curtis and now a Cheltenham Township park, sits at the heart of the community with open lawns and mature specimen trees. Cheltenham High School is also in Wyncote, and the rail station sits on the line between Wyncote and Jenkintown, with apartment buildings and older homes within walking distance. Glenside's Easton Road shops lie just to the west and Old York Road just to the east. Because the community mixes large wooded lots with multi-unit buildings, the work splits two ways: tree-driven calls for carpenter ants, squirrels and termites at single homes, and mice and German cockroaches moving through pipe chases in apartments. Fall brings stink bug and mouse calls to both.