Pest control in Kiama
Whether it's a heritage cottage near the harbour or an acreage out of town, Kiama properties get a real spread of pests. We tailor the treatment to your place.
Kiama pest control for cottages, coast and acreage
Rural-residential blocks around Kiama see more rodents and spiders, while older homes near the coast attract cockroaches.
There are three Kiama jobs. The old cottages around the harbour with timber everywhere, the suburban streets up the hill, and the rural blocks out towards Jamberoo where the paddock is the back fence and foxes, rabbits and shed rats are the call (feral pest control). We quote each on what it is, not off a list.
Also servicing nearby Gerringong, Shellharbour, Berry and the surrounding Illawarra.
Pest control in Kiama, from the harbour to the acreage blocks
Termite inspections in Kiama
Most Kiama homes are worth a timber-pest inspection once a year. There's a lot of old timber around the harbour and a lot of blocks with paddock on the other side of the fence, and both are conditions termites like.
- The things that lift the risk on a Kiama block are usually outside: timber retaining walls, sleepers holding up a garden bed, an old stump left in the yard, mulch piled against the brickwork.
- We use moisture meters and sounding to find activity behind a wall rather than relying on what's visible, and you get the findings in plain English.
- Book a termite inspection before you see damage — by the time it shows in the skirting it's already a repair job, not a treatment.
Pest control on acreage and rural blocks around Kiama
An acreage isn't just a bigger version of a suburban job. The pressure comes off the paddocks, so the treatment works inwards from the boundary and the sheds rather than starting at the back door.
- Rodents move towards the buildings as soon as the feed dries off, and a feed shed or a stack of hay is the first place they settle.
- Longer eaves, more entry points and a subfloor that's harder to get into all make it a longer visit, which is why we quote on the property rather than off a price list.
- Tell us what's on the block when you ring — house, sheds, outbuildings — and we'll quote the lot in one go.
What Kiama properties get through the year
Spiders and cockroaches in the older places near the coast, rodents on the blocks out of town, and termites anywhere there's old timber sitting in damp ground.
- Spring and summer bring spiders out around eaves, sheds and retaining walls, and after a warm wet week they're noticeably worse.
- Autumn is when rodents start looking for a roof, so that's the time to close the gaps rather than wait to hear them.
- Cockroaches in the older cottages tend to live in the subfloor and the cupboards, not where you're spraying, which is why they keep coming back.
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