Pest Control in Orient, OH

Outbuildings on the Pickaway plains: wasps and mice

Open, flat country means few windbreaks, and a barn, shed or detached garage becomes the nearest shelter for anything that needs one. Wasps build in rafters and under overhangs. Mice live in stored feed, insulation and stacked boxes, and then walk into the house when nights get cold.

A 1976 house on the same property, which is the median year in Orient (ACS 2019-23), has aged enough to have gaps at the foundation, sill and utility lines. The two buildings work as a pair: closing one without the other leaves the mice a way through.

A railroad station, Route 762 and a place of 246 people

Orient began as a station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the northwest corner of Scioto Township. It was a village until residents voted 38 to 30 in May 2013 to dissolve it, and it is now a census-designated place with 246 residents in 2020 and 310 in 1960 (Wikipedia).

Ohio Route 762 runs through the community, and the state's Pickaway Correctional Institution and Correctional Reception Center sit along it. Those are state facilities, and they are not part of the housing picture. The homes and outbuildings around them are what we visit.

At 0.16 square miles, Orient is only a few streets of houses before farmland takes over. That means one call usually covers one property with a house and an outbuilding or two. A description of the building, how long you have seen the pest and whether it is the house or the shed lets us plan the 22 mile drive.

Services Orient residents ask for

The 22 mile drive to Orient

Tell us the address, which building the problem is in and what you saw. Orient is a planned trip, so we choose a window together, and same-day visits happen when the schedule allows. Price depends on the type and extent of the problem and we explain it before we begin.

We ask about allergies, pets and kids, treat per label directions and tell you if a return visit belongs in the plan.

Orient and the Grove City side of the Pickaway plains

Boydes has worked central Ohio since 1990. Orient is a small place 22 miles from the shop, and Grove City, Commercial Point, Urbancrest, Lincoln Village and South Bloomfield are the nearby pages.

Calls from a place this size usually concern one building, a barn, shed or garage, so a short description of the building and the pest is enough to start planning the visit.