Pest control in Helensburgh

Helensburgh pest control on the edge of the national park

Bush on the doorstep means rodents in the roof over autumn and huntsmen through the warmer months — properties backing onto the reserve cop it worst.

Helensburgh is a town with bush on three sides, and the bush does not stop at the fence. Streets backing onto the reserve and the old colliery land get the heaviest pressure: rats and bush rats looking for a roof as the nights cool off, and huntsmen and funnel-webs moving through the yard after rain.

The treatment is set up back to front compared with a suburban job. We start at the boundary and the outbuildings, because that is the direction it comes from, and then go through the roof line and the vents so the house isn't the easiest option on the street. The walk-around is the same one in rodent-proofing an older Illawarra home.

It is also a wetter, cooler spot than the coast, which suits cockroaches in older kitchens and silverfish in anything stored in the garage. Helensburgh, Otford and Stanwell Park sit on the same run for us, so a job up here lines up with the rest of the northern suburbs.

Also servicing nearby Thirroul, Bulli, Wollongong and the surrounding Illawarra.