General Pest Control
A whole-house pest inspection in Birmingham and Jefferson County, then a treatment plan the homeowner agrees before anything is applied.
Birmingham, Jefferson County, and 23 nearby places
Pest control in Birmingham, AL, answered at any hour
Trails in the kitchen, a rodent in the garage, a wasp nest by the back door or a termite question before a sale. Call (855) 974-4733 at any hour. A local technician is sent as soon as one is free, and the plan and the price are explained and approved before any work starts.
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- Ants, roaches, rodents and termites
- Price confirmed on site first
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Birmingham & Jefferson County
Local pest control you can reach by phone
Birmingham Pest Control at a glance
Birmingham Pest Control takes pest calls from Birmingham and 23 places across Jefferson County, around the clock. A local technician inspects first, finds where the pest is living and how it gets in, and explains the treatment and its price before anything is applied. Termite work is written up as a wood-destroying organism inspection.
Start with the one thing that makes a pest problem worse: waiting. A trail of ants in a kitchen is a colony that is still feeding, and a rodent in a garage is an entry that is still open. The line is answered at any hour so a household can report the problem the night it is seen, and the technician visits the building rather than the complaint.
Birmingham had 196,644 residents in the Census Bureau's July 2023 estimate, and the calls come from very different kinds of building. A flat with a shared wall, a detached house with a cellar, a shop with a back room and a house on a long lot at the county edge each need a different first visit. The technician records which one is in front of them before a treatment is chosen.
Services
Pest services in Birmingham, AL
Pick a service for symptoms, process and typical cost, or call and describe what you hear and see.
Termite Inspection and Treatment
A written termite inspection of the wood, the soil line and the foundation in Birmingham, with the treatment options explained before anything is applied.
Soil-Line Termite Treatment
Treating the soil around the foundation in Birmingham and Jefferson County, with the zone, the method and the aftercare set out in writing before the work starts.
Wood-Destroying Organism Inspection for Home Sales
A written inspection for wood-destroying organisms, booked for a sale in Birmingham and Jefferson County, with a report the buyer and seller can both read.
Pre-Construction Termite Treatment
Soil and foundation protection applied while a new building is still open, with the zone and the records kept for the builder and the owner.
Ant Control
Tracing the ant trail to its nest and entry point in Birmingham and Jefferson County, then treating the place the colony is rather than the trail on the wall.
Cockroach Control
Finding the harbourage that a cockroach population lives in across Birmingham and Jefferson County, and treating it in the voids where it breeds.
Rodent Control and Exclusion
Finding how rodents get into a building in Birmingham and Jefferson County, then setting traps and sealing the entry points they use.
Wasp and Stinging Insect Nest Removal
Removing or treating wasp, hornet and yellow jacket nests in Birmingham and Jefferson County, with the nest's position and the people nearby taken into account first.
Spider Control
An exterior-first spider visit in Birmingham and Jefferson County, with the webs, the egg sacs and the places spiders shelter found and dealt with in order.
Mosquito Control
Finding the standing water and shaded cover that mosquitoes use on a Birmingham or Jefferson County property, and treating the resting places the technician can reach.
Bed Bug Treatment
An inspection of the infested room and the rooms beside it in Birmingham and Jefferson County, a treatment plan, and a follow-up to confirm the result.
Flea Control
Fleas treated across the pets, the carpet and bedding and the yard in Birmingham and Jefferson County, as one plan with a follow-up set to the flea life cycle.
Commercial Pest Control
Scoped pest control for businesses in Birmingham and Jefferson County, with a written record, a service schedule and a plan that fits the hours the business is open.
Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control
Pests in the lawn, shrub beds and ornamental planting around a Birmingham or Jefferson County home, inspected lot by lot and treated where the damage shows.
After-Hours Pest Calls
A 24/7 line for pest calls in Birmingham and Jefferson County, where the urgent case is sorted first and a technician is sent as soon as one is free.
Pest Prevention Plan
A scheduled prevention plan for a Birmingham or Jefferson County property, with follow-up visits, sealing of entry points and a written record kept for the owner.
Why homeowners call us
Why Birmingham Pest Control
Answered at any hour
Pests do not keep office hours. The line is answered 24/7, and urgent calls, such as a nest by a door or activity in a food area, are sorted to the front of the queue.
Inspection before treatment
The technician walks the building first and writes down what is found. Nothing is applied until the household has seen the findings and agreed the plan.
Termites written up properly
Wood-destroying organisms are a separate category under Alabama's licence structure. A termite inspection is recorded as that category, with the wood examined and the wood not reached stated in the report.
A record for the household
Every visit is written up with the places checked, the activity found, the treatment applied and the gaps still open. The household keeps it, for a sale, a manager or a later visit.
The price before the work
No figure is printed on this site, because a number given before anyone has seen the building would be a guess. The price is explained and confirmed on site, before work begins.
Ask for the credentials
The technician should hold the credentials the job's category calls for. Ask for them on the phone, and ask which category a termite or a wood-destroying organism visit falls under.
How it works
From phone call to fixed, in four steps
Call and describe the problem
Give the address, the room and the pest, and say how long it has been seen. Urgent cases are sorted first, and the caller is told what to keep clear in the meantime.
The technician walks the building
The walk starts at the entry the household uses most and covers the inside and the outside. The technician identifies the pest and follows it to where it is living.
The plan and the price
The findings, the treatment, the rooms it touches and the price are explained on site. The household approves the plan before anything is applied.
Treatment and the record
Treatment goes to the harbourage, the void or the nest, with the places written down. A copy of the record stays with the household.
Follow-up
A check visit is booked to confirm the result and to close any gap the owner has agreed to seal. The next step is always written down.
Ants, roaches and rodents in Birmingham homes and shops
Most of the calls to this line are about ants in the kitchen, roaches in the bathroom or kitchen, and rodents in the garage or the eaves. Each is followed to its source rather than treated where it is seen.
An ant trail through a kitchen wall usually leads to a nest outside the room, sometimes in the soil beside the foundation. A roach seen at night is more often the visible part of a population hiding in the voids behind appliances. A rodent is traced by its droppings, its rub marks and its entry gap, and the trap is set where the animal travels.
Shops and food businesses in the city are served through the same line, with a record written in a form the manager can keep.
- Ants: trail followed to the nest, bait placed where workers travel
- Roaches: voids behind the fridge, under the sink and at the bath panel searched
- Rodents: entry gaps at the foundation, vents and garage door marked for sealing
Termite inspections and soil treatment
A termite inspection looks at the wood that meets the soil, the sill, the joists and the foundation, and writes down what is attacked and what is only at risk. A soil treatment follows the findings.
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is the place to check which termite species are found in Jefferson County and when they swarm. This site does not name a species for the county, because none is on file, and the inspection does not depend on the species to record what is attacked.
Soil-line work is planned lot by lot, because the grade beside the foundation and the beds against it change from one address to the next.
- Sill, joists and wood at grade sounded and probed
- Moisture readings where the wood looks damp
- A written report, with the limits of the inspection stated
Wasp nests, spiders and the outdoors
A nest by a door is a safety call before it is a pest call, and spiders are usually handled from the outside in. Both are booked through the same line, with the household's safety first.
A stinging nest under an eave or beside a door is treated at a time when the insects are least active, with the household kept clear of it. The technician does not recommend knocking a nest down, and the call taker explains what to do in the meantime.
Spiders and their webs are most often found at the window frames, the eaves and the woodpile. The exterior is checked first and the interior corners are treated where the shelter is found.
- Nests near doors and play areas handled first
- Exterior checked before the interior for spiders
- Lawn and shrub beds inspected where the damage is caused by a pest
Service areas
Serving Birmingham and all of Jefferson County
Birmingham
ZIP 35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208
Homewood
ZIP 35209
Mountain Brook
ZIP 35213
Vestavia Hills
ZIP 35216
Hoover
ZIP 35244
Tarrant
ZIP 35217
Irondale
ZIP 35210
Center Point
ZIP 35215
Fultondale
ZIP 35068
Fairfield
ZIP 35064
Bessemer
ZIP 35021, 35020
Pleasant Grove
ZIP 35127
Adamsville
ZIP 35005
Brookside
ZIP 35036
Cardiff
ZIP 35041
Mount Olive
ZIP 35117
Graysville
ZIP 35073
Leeds
ZIP 35094
Gardendale
ZIP 35071
Mulga
ZIP 35118
Trussville
ZIP 35173
Morris
ZIP 35116
Docena
ZIP 35060
Dolomite
ZIP 35061
Birmingham, AL 35203 · 25 km service radiusCall (855) 974-4733
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We also cover many smaller communities across Jefferson County. Check your ZIP.
Job stories
Typical jobs around Jefferson County
A trail of ants along a kitchen wall in a city-core house
- What homeowners notice
- A household in the city core sees a thin line of ants crossing the kitchen counter each morning, always heading to the same corner beside the sink. Wiping the counter clears the trail for a few hours, and then it returns.
- What we do
- The technician follows the trail back from the corner, through a gap around a water line and into the wall void behind the sink base. The nest is found in the void, the ant is identified from the sample, and a bait is placed where the workers already travel. The entry gap is marked on the sketch and the owner decides whether to seal it.
- What to expect
- The trail is reduced over the following days, the follow-up visit checks the bait take-up and the gap is listed on the record as sealed or still open.
Roaches seen at night in one unit of a shared-wall building
- What homeowners notice
- A tenant in a shared-wall building reports roaches in the kitchen after dark and a smell in the bathroom cupboard. The pests are seen in the kitchen but the tenant has not found where they are coming from.
- What we do
- The technician searches the voids behind the fridge, under the sink, around the bath panel and at the pipe that runs through the shared wall. The harbourage is found in a void that also serves the neighbouring unit, so the technician records the neighbour's access as needed and asks the building manager to confirm it. Gel bait is placed in the harbourages, and a residual treatment is applied to the voids the bait cannot reach.
- What to expect
- The record names the unit, the voids treated and the neighbouring void that was not reached, and the follow-up counts the activity in both units.
A mouse in the garage of a detached house on a family lot
- What homeowners notice
- A household finds droppings beside the garage freezer and chewed food packaging on a shelf. The garage is shut at night, but the animal has been using a route along the wall for several weeks.
- What we do
- The technician checks the garage door seal, the vent screen and the pipe that passes through the wall. A gap at the vent is found to be the route, and the rub marks confirm the line the animal follows. Traps are set along the wall where the droppings show travel, and the vent gap is recorded for sealing on the same visit with the owner's agreement.
- What to expect
- The sealing is completed on the visit, the traps are checked at the follow-up and the record shows the catch and the gap closed.
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Guides
Answers before you call
What Moves the Cost of Pest Control in Birmingham, AL
No honest price list can be published for pest control in Birmingham, because a quote depends on what the technician finds in the building.
Who Licenses a Pest Technician in Alabama, and What to Ask
In Alabama, pest control work is licensed through the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, which approves the exams and runs the certification.
Wood-Destroying Organism Inspections for a Home Sale in Birmingham
A wood-destroying organism inspection in a Birmingham home sale checks the wood for termites, wood-boring beetles and fungi, and writes down what was found and what could not be examined.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do you answer the phone at night?
Yes. The phones are answered 24/7, and urgent calls are sorted first.
How soon will a technician come?
A technician is sent as soon as one is free. No arrival time is promised over the phone, because an honest one cannot be given before the call is taken.
Is the price confirmed before work starts?
Yes. The plan and the price are explained on site, and the household approves them before any product is applied.
Do you do termite inspections?
Yes. Termite work is booked as a wood-destroying organism inspection, with a written report of the wood examined and the wood not reached.
Which towns do you cover?
The city of Birmingham and the Jefferson County places on the service list, from Hoover and Homewood to Trussville and Morris. The areas page lists them all with their ZIP codes.