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Pest control for Old Belleville homes, Belleville, IL 62220
Old Belleville is the oldest housing on our routes, and it sits right around our Main Street office. Brick homes on stone foundations, deep basements and a century of settled gaps mean termites, mice and brown recluse spiders lead the call list here.
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- Minutes from the Main Street office
- Historic-home termite and exclusion work
- Calls answered 24/7
Yes. Old Belleville is a few minutes from our service office at 914 Main Street, so most calls here get a same-day visit. We handle termites, mice, brown recluse spiders, ants and wildlife in the district's older homes, and the phone is answered around the clock.
The local picture
A century of settling, a century of gaps
Old Belleville's housing is the reason we start every job at the foundation. The brick street houses and larger homes here sit on stone and early concrete foundations with mortar that has eroded for a hundred years, old pipe and coal-chute openings, and wall cavities that often run unbroken from basement to attic. Mice use those routes every fall, and subterranean termites find the wood that sits closest to the soil.
The brown recluse is the other local constant. It is native to this part of Illinois and settles into the deep closets, storage rooms and basements that older homes have plenty of, so recluse calls here start with a photo and, when confirmed, a monitor-and-void program.
What we treat most here
The calls Old Belleville makes most often
Termite Inspection
Stone foundations and old sill wood in termite-active soil.
Brown Recluse Control
Native here; deep closets and basements suit it.
Rodent Exclusion & Proofing
Sealing the gaps a century of settling leaves behind.
Rodent Control
Fall mice traveling open wall cavities to the attic.
Bat Removal
Older rooflines and unscreened gable vents.
Carpenter Ant Control
Damp porch framing and original trim.
Local conditions
Old Belleville at a glance
The Old Belleville Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and is part of a larger historic area covering roughly 700 properties, including the smaller Hexenbukel and Oakland districts listed later. Many homes here are the narrow brick German street houses built close to the sidewalk by the city's 19th-century German settlers. More than a quarter of Belleville's homes predate 1940, and a large share of them are on these blocks, which is why exclusion and termite work matter more here than anywhere else in the city.
- ZIP
- 62220
- Historic listing
- National Register, 1976
- Housing
- 19th and early 20th century brick, stone foundations
- Common calls
- Termites, mice, brown recluse spiders, bats
On the map
Covering Old Belleville
Our routes cover the blocks around the Main Street square and the historic residential streets that radiate from it, including the Hexenbukel and Oakland historic districts. Because the area is so close to the office, urgent calls such as a bat in the house or a wasp nest by the door are usually handled the same day.
Before you call
Questions from Old Belleville
They have more entry points: settled mortar, old utility openings and open wall cavities. Sealing those gaps with metal and mortar is what makes treatments last in these houses.
Yes. We seal with materials suited to old masonry and wood, avoid unnecessary drilling, and explain any exterior work before it happens.
Old homes have had the most time in contact with termite-active soil. An inspection gives you a written answer either way.
It is minutes from our Main Street office, so same-day visits are the norm for active problems.
Our own technicians handle nearly every job. If every crew is committed when you call, we may forward you to another trusted local provider so you still get help quickly, and we tell you when that happens.
Nearby
Other areas we cover
Homeowner guides that fit Old Belleville: Termite swarm season in southern Illinois: what March through May means; Termite damage or wood rot? How to tell the difference; Brown recluse or harmless house spider? An ID guide for Belleville homes.
One call does it
Old Belleville is right outside our door
Describe what you are seeing at your Old Belleville property and we will tell you what the visit involves and when we can be there.
(217) 207-0945Answered 24/7, every day