Pest Control in Catonsville, Maryland

Catonsville is in Baltimore County, right across the Patapsco River from Ellicott City. Frederick Road runs from the Ellicott City bridge up through Oella and into Catonsville's older center, and a lot of people move between the two without thinking about the county line. The housing is older than most of Howard County: Victorian and early 1900s homes on the streets off Frederick Road, brick and frame houses from the 1920s through the 1950s, and newer homes on the outer edges. The Hilton Area of Patapsco Valley State Park sits at its edge, and UMBC is close by.

For pest control in Catonsville, the age of those houses and the closeness of the river valley woods explain most of the calls.

Old porches, stone cellars and wet wood

Older Catonsville homes often have stone or brick foundations, wood porches tied into the house, and sills that have been settling for a century. Damp cellars and porch framing close to the soil draw carpenter ants and, in spring, termite swarms. If you see winged insects by the cellar door, catch a few and have them checked for termites. Soft porch posts or sawdust under the trim more often mean carpenter ants.

Mice are the fall call here, same as across the river. Old mortar, coal chutes and decades of pipe holes give them plenty of ways in. Our guide to older stone foundations walks through the gaps to check.

Victorian houses add their own quirks. Tall wall cavities with no blocking let mice climb from the cellar to the third floor in a night, which is why people hear them in the bedroom ceiling even when the gap is down at the foundation. Old radiator pipe holes, gaps around the chimney and the space behind built-in cabinets are common routes. A tech who works older homes starts low and follows the runs up, and mouse removal for older houses explains the trapping and sealing that usually follows.

The park edge and the stink bug crowd

Homes near the Hilton Area and the wooded valleys toward the river get deer, ticks and plenty of yellow jackets in late summer. The big old houses with many windows and drafty attics collect stink bugs and lady beetles by the hundreds each fall.

Since Catonsville is in Baltimore County, mention your town when you call so we can get you to a company that works that side of the river. Plenty of them cover both. The old stone buildings on Main Street and the river town of Elkridge downstream have a lot in common with Catonsville's older streets.

Around Catonsville: Frederick Road · Oella, along the river · Hilton Area of Patapsco Valley State Park · UMBC · Rolling Road (ZIP 21228)

Also serving Old Ellicott City, Dunloggin, Turf Valley, Valley Mede, St. Johns Lane, Columbia, Clarksville, Woodstock and Marriottsville, Elkridge.