Pest Control in Riverlea, OH

Mice in Riverlea houses from the early 1950s

The village filled in quickly after 1939, and its median house is about 74 years old. Houses of that age have settled and been patched. Chimney bases, porch additions and the places where a pipe or wire enters the wall are the usual weak points, along with the roof edge where a past repair left a seam.

A mouse needs less room than you would think. We find the entry points, close them and then deal with the mice inside, since trapping alone without sealing means more arrive. Our rodent control page covers the process.

Wooded lots along the Olentangy: carpenter ants, ticks and mosquitoes

Mature trees mean shade, leaf litter and the occasional dead limb, and they are what carpenter ants and ticks like. Carpenter ants do not eat wood, but they tunnel into damp or rotting wood to nest, so a soft porch post or a rotted window frame is where we look first. See our page on carpenter ant control.

Ticks wait in leaf litter and tall grass at the edge of a lawn. Mosquitoes breed in standing water, so clogged gutters, plant saucers and tarps that hold rain matter more than the river does. Cleaning those up, trimming the woodline and raking leaves back cuts the odds before anyone treats anything.

Services Riverlea calls for most

A visit from Dunning Rd to Riverlea

Give us the address and describe the problem: droppings in the garage, large black ants in the kitchen, a nest by the door. Allergies, pets and kids come first, and we plan around them. After the inspection you hear the price, and then products are applied per label directions with the re-entry time coming from the label.

Eight miles is a short trip, which helps when you need someone soon. If a return visit is part of the plan, we tell you the date and the reason before we leave.

From 92 residents to 625: how Riverlea filled in

Riverlea incorporated in 1939 on former farmland. Census counts show 92 residents in 1940 and 625 in 1960 (Wikipedia), so nearly every house went up in a twenty year burst. The village covers 0.15 square miles at about 791 feet of elevation, with Worthington on three sides and the Olentangy River on the fourth.

Houses built together age together. The roofs, chimneys and original windows are about the same age, so a gap we find on one house is worth looking for on the next. The same goes for a mature tree that now overhangs a roof. We walk the roofline and the foundation of every house and tell you which gaps matter.

Riverlea after the 2011 annexation vote: a village of its own

We have worked central Ohio since 1990. In 2011 Riverlea voters turned down annexation into Worthington, so the village still runs its own affairs, and our service list treats it as a separate place. Worthington, Minerva Park and Huber Ridge are the closest areas we cover, which lets us plan a Riverlea stop alongside others on the north side. Houses from around 1952 on shaded lots are the typical address.