Iowa

Pest control in Des Moines County

Found something in the house and want it dealt with? A licensed exterminator can come out to any of the towns in Des Moines County. Say where you are and what you have found.

(888) 217-6291

Licensed Iowa technicians. No obligation for the call.

Section through a house—built the 1950s, as most of Des Moines County was

Acrawl spacevent
Bdryer ventleaves wall
Cwater lineenters
—brick weep holes — little brick veneer here

License: Held by the contractor and issued in Iowa. Ask which name it is held under — a trading name and the licensed entity are often not the same.
Price: What the pest is, what the treatment involves, how many visits it takes and what it costs — explained before any work begins.
The call: Describing what you found commits you to nothing. Nothing is booked until you say so.
Coverage: By town, not by region. Des Moines County and the towns around it.

One county, more than one kind of house

Des Moines County is not one kind of housing. Burlington runs to homes from the 1950s; Beaverdale went up in the 1970s. Between those two towns sits 28 years of changing building practice.

The way into a house changes with it: old foundations leak at the water line and the sill plate, new ones at weep holes and unsealed pipe penetrations. Say the town when you call, not just the county — it decides what the technician brings.

A technician kneels beside a house foundation and shines a flashlight into a crawl space vent.

What happens after the call

You say what you have seen and where in the home it turned up. That is usually enough to narrow it down on the phone.

A technician then inspects the property — inside, around the outside, and in the crawl space or attic where the sign usually starts. Identification comes before treatment, and the treatment is quoted before it begins.

Call (888) 217-6291

Licensed Iowa technicians. No obligation for the call.

What the call can cover

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Des Moines County

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Towns in Des Moines County

Each town below has its own page, with what the housing there means for the inspection. One call covers all of them.