Sealing The Gaps Occasional Invaders Use
Camel crickets, millipedes and earwigs come in through openings you can close.
What Entry Point Sealing for Occasional Invaders Is and When It Is the Right Call
Camel crickets, millipedes and earwigs are not looking for your house. They are looking for damp, dark shelter, and when the ground outside dries out or floods, or the weather turns cold, the crawl space and the basement are where they go. From there the gap between the sill plate and the foundation, an open vent, or the space around a pipe leads straight up into a bathroom or kitchen. Most homeowners see them along baseboards, in tubs and sinks, and in the basement or garage, which are the rooms closest to those openings.
Sealing starts with an inspection from the outside and from under the house. We look at the sill plate line all the way around, every foundation vent and its screen, every door threshold and sweep at grade, and every penetration for plumbing, electrical, HVAC and dryer venting. Gaps are closed with materials suited to the spot: sealant or mortar at masonry, backer and sealant at wider joints, new screening on vents, copper mesh or hardware cloth at holes that need to breathe, and new sweeps and thresholds at doors. The goal is that each opening either closes or gets a screen the insect cannot pass.
Sealing is the right call when the same insects show up in the same rooms season after season, and it pairs with a residual perimeter treatment and with correcting the damp crawl space that breeds them. It is not a substitute for the moisture work. A crawl space with wet soil will keep producing camel crickets and millipedes, and some will find a route we could not reach. Sealing lowers the traffic. Drying the crawl space lowers the population.
Expect the technician to show you each gap before and after, and to tell you which ones were not sealable, such as a weep gap in brick veneer that has to stay open. Sealants and screens wear, so the entry points are looked at again on any recurring service visit. The result is fewer insects indoors, held at the lowest practical level, not a house nothing can enter.
How We Seal an Entry Point
Inspect the base of the house
We walk the exterior foundation line and the crawl space or basement, checking the sill plate, vents, door thresholds and every pipe, wire and duct penetration. The inspection is free and comes with no obligation.
Seal the sill plate gaps
Gaps between the sill plate and the top of the foundation wall are filled with sealant, or with backer and sealant where the joint is wide.
Screen and repair the vents
Torn, rusted or missing vent screens are replaced with new screening or hardware cloth, so the vent still breathes but insects cannot walk through.
Close the penetrations
Openings around plumbing, electrical, HVAC lines and dryer vents are packed with copper mesh where needed and sealed.
Replace door sweeps and thresholds
Worn sweeps and gapped thresholds on exterior, garage and crawl space doors are replaced so the bottom of the door closes tight.
Note what remains
We tell you which openings could not be closed, such as brick weep gaps, and where a residual treatment or moisture correction should follow.
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Rozier is a family owned, faith-driven company based in South Hill. Because moisture is what invites termites and rodents in the first place, real prevention starts below the surface.
We treat the infestation and correct the moisture conditions that caused it, instead of handing you to a second contractor.
Each home we visit is assessed through a pest lens and a moisture lens, because underneath a house they are the same problem.
We do not arrive with a predetermined treatment and a timer running. What we propose follows from what we find.
Children, pets and sensitive family members are part of the decision about what gets used and how it is applied.
Answers to Common Questions About Entry Point Sealing for Occasional Invaders
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