HK Pest Control Services works The Colony out of Edge Creek Path in north Carrollton — about ten minutes down FM 423 or across SH 121, close enough that a same-week appointment does not depend on a route rearranging itself. We have held a Texas structural pest licence, TPCL #13923, since 2004.

What we actually get called for in The Colony

Mosquitoes, and the gap in the city programme. The Colony has roughly 23 miles of Lewisville Lake shoreline inside city limits, Stewart Creek draining through it, and a 32-mile greenbelt of linear creek corridors whose concrete low-water crossings hold water for days after rain. The city has trapped and tested mosquitoes since 2006 and posts spray maps 48 hours ahead of treatment. What that programme does not do is treat your yard: municipal fogging runs public rights-of-way on a positive-trap trigger. The larval sites that actually produce the mosquitoes biting you at dusk — low spots in the turf, plant saucers, irrigation runoff, an unused boat cover — sit on private property, and nobody treats those but you or us.

Two different rodent problems in one city. About 35% of housing here, roughly 6,800 homes, went up between 1970 and 1989 — the original Fox & Jacobs tract build that started when the first 27 families moved in during October 1974. Those slabs are now 45 to 50 years old, and the weep holes, fascia returns, garage-door corner seals and utility penetrations have all weathered. Pair that with the greenbelt: a large share of lots here back onto a creek corridor or the lakeshore rather than a neighbour’s fence, which means continuous cover and water leading to the structure. The post-2010 half of the city does not have that entry problem yet. The older core does, and it is the difference between a trapping job and an exclusion job.

Termites on aging slabs. Same 6,800 pre-1990 homes. After four or five decades the grade has crept up the foundation, beds and irrigation sit against the slab edge, and mature trees hold moisture at the perimeter. Subterranean termites come in through expansion joints, plumbing penetrations and below-grade weep holes. On the 5,000-plus homes built 2010 to 2019 the inspection is a different exercise — you are asking whether a builder’s pre-construction barrier is still doing its job, not whether one ever existed.

Wildlife off the greenbelt. Hidden Cove Park is 720 acres leased from the Army Corps of Engineers. The Shoreline Trail runs 3.3 miles through undisturbed cover between Stewart Creek Park and Ridgepointe Park. Bill Allen Memorial Park is a tree-lined disc golf course. Add 2,500-plus acres of parkland and the wooded stretches inside The Tribute, and squirrels, raccoons, bats and birds have an almost continuous corridor through residential streets. The next cavity along that corridor is an attic, a soffit return or a chimney.

Cockroaches where units share plumbing. The Colony runs unusually rental-heavy for a lake suburb — 40.2% of occupied units are renter-occupied, and 2,277 units sit in buildings of 50 or more, concentrated around Austin Ranch. German cockroach travels unit to unit through shared chases and wall voids, so treating one apartment and stopping is how the problem comes back next month.

How pests get into a slab house here

North Texas houses sit on slabs. There is no basement to check and no crawl space to crawl, so entry is a short, specific list: weep holes in the brick veneer, slab expansion and control joints, the corner seals on garage doors, soffit and fascia gaps where roof planes meet, the A/C line-set penetration, and plumbing and gas entries. On a 1970s Fox & Jacobs house most of those have moved. On a 2015 house they are usually still tight and the question is whether the original soil treatment has aged out. We inspect for the house in front of us rather than the average house.

Getting a technician to The Colony

Crews start from Edge Creek Path in north Carrollton, which puts The Colony on the near side of our service area rather than the far edge. Routing runs up FM 423 — Main Street through town — or across SH 121. Call 469-618-9991 and we will tell you honestly what day we are already in your area, because a slot that fits an existing route beats one that does not.

Services we bring to The Colony

Wildlife removal and exclusion

We trap and remove squirrels, raccoons, bats and birds, and then seal the way they got in. Removal without exclusion just opens the vacancy to the next animal, which on a greenbelt lot is a matter of weeks. This is licensed structural work, not a catch-and-release favour.

Who does the work

HK has been in business since 2004 under the same ownership, working out of Carrollton the whole time. Texas structural pest licence TPCL #13923, issued by the Texas Department of Agriculture — that licence is what authorises treating a structure for termites and wood-destroying insects, not just spraying a perimeter. Currently rated 5.0 across 33 Google reviews.

Questions we get from The Colony

Does the city’s mosquito spraying cover my yard?

No. The Colony’s programme sprays public rights-of-way after a trap tests positive for West Nile. It does not enter private property. Breeding sites on your own lot — standing water in low spots, saucers, gutters and irrigation runoff — are yours to handle, and they are usually what is producing the mosquitoes at your back door.

My house backs onto the Shoreline Trail. Is that why I keep getting mice?

Very likely. Greenbelt-backing lots in The Colony have permanent cover, water and a travel route right to the foundation. Trapping clears what is inside; it does not change the pressure at the property line. The fix is sealing the weep holes, soffit gaps and garage seals the animals are using.

My home is from the 1970s. Should I worry about termites?

It is worth an inspection. Roughly 6,800 homes in The Colony predate 1990, and at 45-plus years the grade, beds and irrigation around the slab have usually shifted in ways that give subterranean termites a path in through expansion joints and weep holes.

Do you handle apartments and rentals?

Yes, and for German cockroach in shared-wall buildings we would push you toward a recurring plan rather than a one-time visit. Single-unit treatment fails when the population is moving through shared plumbing chases.

Book a visit in The Colony

Call 469-618-9991 and tell us what you are seeing, or send the form below and we will come back to you.

Nearby areas we cover: Carrollton  ·  Plano  ·  Richardson  ·  Addison  ·  Farmers Branch  ·  Dallas

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