Exclusion Work

Pest exclusion and rodent proofing seals the entry points that let pests into North Texas homes. Pest Me Off provides exclusion services across McKinney, Allen, Frisco, and Collin County TX.

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Looking up at a large tree with thick, twisting branches and green leaves hanging over the dark shingled roof and trim of a brick home.

This photo from a home in Allen shows mature tree branches reaching over the shingled roofline, creating a bridge rats and squirrels can use to get onto the roof and up to the eaves. That matters because a mouse needs a gap no wider than a pencil and a rat one about the size of … Read more

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A white roof gutter beside a red brick wall with a silver wire mesh strainer installed in the downspout opening, below gray asphalt shingles.

This photo shows a wire mesh strainer our tech installed in the top of a gutter downspout at the roofline of a brick home in the DFW area. An open downspout is a hollow, sheltered climbing route that lets rats, mice and other pests reach the roof and look for gaps into the attic. The … Read more

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A black metal mesh cage installed over a roof vent on a brown asphalt shingle roof under a clear blue sky.

This photo shows a roof vent on a DFW area home now covered by a metal mesh exclusion cage fastened to the shingles. Roof vents have thin louvers that rats, mice and squirrels can chew through to reach the warm attic below. The mesh cage lets the vent keep airing out the attic while blocking … Read more

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Close up of a red brick wall above a concrete foundation, with two metal coiled weep hole covers fitted into the vertical mortar joints of the bottom brick row.

This photo shows the bottom row of brick on a Frisco home, where our tech installed metal weep hole covers in two of the mortar joints. Weep holes are left open so moisture can drain from behind the brick, but that open gap is just wide enough for mice and other pests to slip into … Read more

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Technician in a protective bee suit pulling back a trim panel beneath a bay window on a brick house, exposing insulation, wood framing and ivy vines inside the cavity, with spray foam along the base.

Our tech wore a full bee suit to open the trim panel beneath this Frisco bay window and inspect a bee problem inside the wall cavity. Removing the panel exposed insulation, wood framing and ivy that had grown into the space, showing how bees gained access. Inspecting the cavity directly lets us see where the … Read more

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A mourning dove sitting in a twig nest on top of a metal ledge under a tan stucco eave.

This photo shows a mourning dove sitting in a twig nest on a metal ledge tucked under the eave of a Frisco home. Covered ledges like this protect birds from weather, so they tend to return and nest again, leaving droppings and nesting material against the house. Bird exclusion work blocks or discourages access to … Read more

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Black wire mesh wildlife guard installed and fastened over a roof vent on an asphalt shingle roof under a blue sky.

This roof vent on a DFW area home now has a heavy black wire mesh guard fastened securely around its base. Uncovered roof vents give squirrels, rats, mice and birds a direct path into the attic, and they can chew through the thin vent louvers. The guard lets the attic keep breathing while blocking that … Read more

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A dark bee with a pale band resting on bright yellow plume celosia flowers among green leaves, with wood mulch in the background.

Our tech photographed this bee feeding on yellow celosia in a flower bed during an exclusion visit in the DFW area. No gap or entry point is visible in this photo, just a pollinator doing its job in the garden. Exclusion work focuses on sealing openings on the house itself so bees, rodents and other … Read more

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A bobcat sitting on a green front lawn beside a large tree trunk, in front of a red brick house with a white framed window and a rounded shrub.

This bobcat was spotted sitting on the front lawn of a brick home in McKinney, just steps from the house and its landscaping. Bobcats do wander through North Texas neighborhoods, especially where cover and small prey are easy to find. If wildlife is showing up around your home, Pest Me Off can help you understand … Read more

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A tan metal gutter downspout resting loosely inside a white plastic drain pipe adapter on the ground, with an open, unsealed gap around it, surrounded by pine straw and mulch.

At this McKinney home, the gutter downspout drops into a white plastic drain pipe adapter with an open, unsealed gap around it. A mouse needs a gap no wider than a pencil and a rat one about the size of a quarter, so this opening can give rodents a sheltered route into the drain line … Read more