Pest Control in Brookdale, CA

Pest pressure in Brookdale

Brookdale is a tiny forested community along the San Lorenzo River between Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek. Deep redwood shade, damp ground and surrounding forest bring roof rats, wildlife, ants, silverfish and wasps, and the old cabins and lodges carry dampwood and drywood termite risk. Lots back onto creek and forest.

• Tiny redwood hamlet along the San Lorenzo River
• Deep shade and damp ground drive rodents and moisture pests
• Old cabins and lodges carry dampwood and drywood termite risk

Brookdale homes and local pest pressure

Brookdale is a tiny forested hamlet along the San Lorenzo River, tucked between Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek in some of the deepest shade in the valley. The housing is mostly old cabins, river cottages and a few lodge-era buildings, much of it built light decades ago and sitting close to the damp riverbank. That deep shade and river moisture drive heavy forest-pest pressure. Wood rats and roof rats build in woodpiles, outbuildings and the canopy and move into attics and crawlspaces, and raccoons, skunks and squirrels den under cabins and decks with the forest right at the walls. Inside, the humid, shaded rooms hold silverfish and keep Argentine ants active. The old redwood framing is the real worry: cabins and lodge buildings sitting in wet, shaded ground see dampwood termites in the saturated wood, subterranean termites from the soil, and drywood termites in the dry framing. In a place this small and this deep in the trees, the forest is essentially part of every structure.

Pest control around Brookdale

We come over Highway 17 and up Highway 9 to reach Brookdale, between Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek with Felton below and Scotts Valley and Mount Hermon over the ridges. Because it is a long run into the forest, we plan careful, thorough visits. The work is heavy on rodent and wildlife exclusion and termite inspection, since nearly every cabin backs onto river and forest and most are old wood. Steep lots, old outbuildings and crawlspaces built into the slope all add entry points, so we crawl each structure to find and seal the gaps rats and wildlife use.