San Mateo County · California

Pest control in Portola Valley, CA

Noticed something crawling after dark, or signs you cannot explain? Say what you have found and where in the home it turned up, and a licensed exterminator can come out to Portola Valley and deal with it.

(888) 217-6291

Licensed California technicians. No obligation for the call.

Section through a house—built the 1970s, as most of Portola Valley was

Acrawl spacevent
Bdryer ventleaves wall
Cwater lineenters
—brick weep holes — little brick veneer here

License: Held by the contractor and issued in California. Ask which name it is held under — a trading name and the licensed entity are often not the same.
Price: What the pest is, what the treatment involves, how many visits it takes and what it costs — explained before any work begins.
The call: Describing what you found commits you to nothing. Nothing is booked until you say so.
Coverage: By town, not by region. Portola Valley and the towns around it.

Where they get in around Portola Valley

Portola Valley is largely housing from the 1970s, and homes of that period share a predictable set of openings: A crawl space vents with torn screen, B the gap where the dryer vent leaves the wall, and C the point where the main water line enters.

Add a garage that sits below the living space and the list is complete. An inspection follows that outside line first, then works inward to where you saw the problem.

What to say when you call

→What you saw and where in the home it turned up. A trail along a counter and a single insect in a bathroom point at different things.
→When it started, and whether it is getting worse.
→What the ground around the house looks like — firewood, mulch beds, a downspout that soaks one corner. That is where the outside inspection starts.
→Your address, so the call goes to a technician covering San Mateo County.

(888) 217-6291

Licensed California technicians. No obligation for the call.

A technician kneels beside a house foundation and shines a flashlight into a crawl space vent.

What happens after the call

You say what you have seen and where in the home it turned up. That is usually enough to narrow it down on the phone.

A technician then inspects the property — inside, around the outside, and in the crawl space or attic where the sign usually starts. Identification comes before treatment, and the treatment is quoted before it begins.

Call (888) 217-6291

Licensed California technicians. No obligation for the call.

What the call can cover

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Portola Valley and the area around it

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Pest control across San Mateo County, California. The same call covers the towns around Portola Valley.