Typical jobs across Lorain County

The calls we handle most often: what homeowners notice, what our technicians do, and what to expect.

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6 job stories

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What homeowners notice: On a warm April afternoon after rain, the owners of an older farmhouse off Detroit Road find dozens of small winged insects on the basement floor under a window, with shed wings collecting along the sill. Nobody has ever checked the fieldstone foundation or the enclosed back porch for termites.
What we do: Working with a flashlight and a probe, the technician finds mud tubes behind a stored workbench and soft framing under the porch, and confirms eastern subterranean termites. Liquid soil treatment and a bait system are each explained and priced, along with moving the woodpile off the foundation and redirecting a downspout that keeps the porch corner soaked.
What to expect: The owners choose a treatment at the price they approved, and the written report pins down each wall and post where tubes or damage turned up, so later checks start in the right place.

2 hours typical visit

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What homeowners notice: A buyer's lender wants a wood-destroying insect report before closing on a post-war ranch in Fairview Park with a half-finished basement. The sellers have never seen termites but want the report done early so a surprise doesn't hold up the sale.
What we do: An inspector holding Ohio's WDI category checks the block walls, the exposed joists and sill plate, the attached garage, the concrete back steps and the soil line around the house, noting which areas paneling and stored boxes hide. Everything goes on the NPMA-33 form, which covers termites, carpenter ants, carpenter bees and reinfesting wood-boring beetles.
What to expect: In a case like this the report records no visible activity in the areas that could be reached and lists the ones that couldn't, giving buyer, seller and lender the same clear record.

75 minutes typical visit

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What homeowners notice: By late September, the south and west sides of a two-story home backing onto an open field are speckled with brown marmorated stink bugs and red-and-black boxelder bugs. A few already sit on the upstairs window sills, and last winter they kept turning up on warm days.
What we do: The technician seals gaps around window and door trim, the soffit returns and a torn gable vent screen, plus the spots where cable and AC lines enter the siding, then applies a labeled exterior treatment to the sunny walls where the bugs gather. Vacuuming the ones already indoors, instead of crushing them, is the advice for the weeks ahead.
What to expect: Far fewer bugs usually make it into the living space for the rest of the fall, and the report suggests booking the sealing for August next year, before the gathering begins.

3 hours typical visit

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What homeowners notice: A couple of weeks after the first frosty October night, a family in a Westlake split-level hears scratching above the family room ceiling and finds droppings in the pantry and along the garage wall. A bag of birdseed stored by the garage door has been chewed open.
What we do: The technician traces runways along the garage, the sill plate and the furnace room, sets snap traps in protected spots, and closes the entry points: a worn bottom seal on the garage door, a gap where the gas line comes in, and a dryer vent flap that no longer shuts. Birdseed and pet food go into metal bins with lids.
What to expect: Catches typically taper off over two or three weeks once the openings are closed, and every follow-up check is logged on the written report.

2–3 hours typical visit

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What homeowners notice: In late August, a stand of tree-of-heaven along the fence on a rural Columbia Station lot is crawling with spotted lanternfly adults, and the patio and pickup parked below are sticky with honeydew. A grape arbor near the house has drawn them too.
What we do: The technician confirms the insect, treats the tree-of-heaven and other host trees with a labeled product, and talks through longer-term control of the tree-of-heaven so it stops pulling them in. A fall visit to scrape egg masses off trunks, fence posts and a stored trailer is added, and since Ohio has been under a statewide quarantine since February 2026, the owners learn how to check vehicles and outdoor gear for egg masses before travel.
What to expect: Adult numbers on the treated trees typically fall off over the following days, and the report notes the October egg-mass visit along with ODA as the place to check current quarantine rules.

90 minutes typical visit

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What homeowners notice: Every spring, large black ants wander across the sunroom floor of an older home on a tree-lined Bay Village street a few blocks from the lake. Small piles of coarse sawdust keep appearing under one window, where an overflowing gutter has left the frame damp for years.
What we do: The technician follows the trails to soft, water-stained wood in the window frame and to the parent colony in an old maple stump beside the house, treats both with labeled products, and treats the foundation line where the ants come and go. Fixing the gutter and replacing the rotted trim is recommended so the wood can dry out.
What to expect: Ant sightings typically drop off within a few weeks, and the report flags the window and the stump so both get checked again next spring.

90 minutes typical visit

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