Pest Control in Newark, OH

Old brick around Courthouse Square: storefronts and apartments above

Downtown Newark is a grid of older brick buildings, with restaurants and shops on the ground floor and apartments above. Shared walls, old plumbing chases and floor joists give ants, mice and roaches a path from one tenant to the next. If the bakery downstairs has a problem, the unit above may be next.

Treating a single space is rarely enough in a building like that. We ask about the spaces on every side, and food businesses can set up restaurant pest control on a schedule, with findings written down after each visit.

Pest control services Newark homes and landlords request

Licking River corridors and 1963 houses: why mice come in

Wooded creek and river banks are cover for mice, and the Licking River and its forks run through the middle of Newark. A house built around 1963 has had sixty winters of settling, with gaps at the sill, around the dryer vent and where cable lines enter. A mouse needs a hole about half an inch wide.

Sealing the entry points is the lasting fix, so we inspect for them first. The checklist in our fall pest-proofing guide is worth running through in September, before the first cold snap.

Forks of the Licking, the canal and Courthouse Square: how old Newark is built

Newark sits at the forks of the Licking River and is the Licking County seat. Settlers arrived in 1802, the city was incorporated in 1813, and the Ohio and Erie Canal groundbreaking took place nearby in 1825. Heisey Glass operated here from 1895 to 1957. The courthouse and the Midland Theatre sit on Courthouse Square, the Home Building Association Bank is a Louis Sullivan design, and the Hudson Avenue Historic District holds older houses.

Old brick means shared walls, cellars and chases from the 1800s and early 1900s, and the river forks bring water and cover to the edge of the street grid. A landlord with a building that old needs it treated as a whole. A homeowner starts with the sill, the cellar and the nearest bank of trees.

Booking a Newark visit from Dunning Rd

Call with the address, the building type and what you are seeing. A same-day stop is possible when the schedule allows, but at 45 minutes out, a booked visit is the more usual result. Renters of buildings with several units should tell the landlord in writing, since pest responsibilities depend on the lease and local rules.

We ask about allergies, pets and children, inspect, treat according to label directions and give you the label re-entry time. Neighbors in Heath and Granville get the same visit. Boydes has worked central Ohio since 1990, and the Licking County seat is part of that territory.