Pest Control in Felton, CA

Pest pressure in Felton

Felton is a forested community along the San Lorenzo River where Highway 9 meets the route down to Santa Cruz. Redwood shade, damp ground and surrounding parkland bring roof rats, wildlife, ants, silverfish and yellow jackets, and the older cabins and homes carry wood-damaging insect risk. Many lots back onto creek and forest.

• Forested community along the San Lorenzo River
• Redwood shade and parkland bring rodents, wildlife and moisture pests
• Older cabins carry dampwood and drywood termite risk

Felton homes and local pest pressure

Felton sits where Highway 9 and Mount Hermon Road come together at the lower end of the San Lorenzo Valley, wrapped by redwood parkland and the river. The housing is a mix of old cabins, valley cottages and newer homes, but almost all of it sits under trees on damp, shaded ground. That setting means forest pests at the door. Roof rats and wood rats run the canopy, fruit trees and woodpiles into attics and crawlspaces, and the parkland and forest keep raccoons, skunks and squirrels pushing against homes for shelter. The shaded, humid ground holds Argentine ants and feeds silverfish inside the older, damper houses. Wood-damaging insects are a real concern on the aging cabins and anything with wood near the moist soil — dampwood termites in wet beams, subterranean termites from the ground, and drywood termites in the framing. Because Felton backs onto so much protected forest and creek, the pressure is steady and the entry points are many.

Pest control around Felton

We reach Felton over Highway 17 to Mount Hermon Road and Highway 9, which also makes it our gateway to the rest of the valley — Ben Lomond and Boulder Creek above, Mount Hermon and Scotts Valley alongside, and the road down into Santa Cruz. The typical job is a forest- or creek-backed home with rats in the attic, wildlife under the deck, or termites turned up on inspection of old wood, plus ant and silverfish work in the humid rooms. Lots here back onto parkland and water with decks and crawlspaces built into slopes, so our work centers on crawling the structure to seal every gap a rat or raccoon can use.