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Rodent Control in Brea
Brea and Chino Hills share one canyon and one road through it. We handle rodent control in Brea from the Chino Hills end of Carbon Canyon, rodent only, and we trap, seal and clean up without poison.
- Licensed, bonded and insured
- Sealed out, not poisoned
- Homes and businesses
- Open 7am to 11pm
Brea is one of only two Orange County cities we cover, and it is on the list for a plain reason. Carbon Canyon Road runs from our end of the canyon straight into Brea, so a crew leaving our office on Pipeline Avenue drives one road to reach Olinda Village, the north Brea hillsides and the streets off Imperial Highway. That matters because rodent work takes several visits, and the company that can come back easily is the one that finishes the job.
Why Brea homes get rodents
Most of the rodent pressure in Brea comes from the land around the houses rather than the houses themselves.
- Carbon Canyon and the state park edge. Homes along Carbon Canyon Road and the tracts backing onto Chino Hills State Park sit against thousands of acres of oak woodland and dry brush. Roof rats live in that canopy and move into the nearest attic when the nights cool.
- Former oil field hills. The hills north of the city are old oil land, much of it still open scrub between the newer tracts. Burrowing rats and mice thrive in undisturbed ground, and a new house with fresh landscaping is an easy next step.
- Older homes near downtown. The streets around the original downtown grid hold Brea's oldest homes. Raised foundations, original wood vents and decades of small additions mean more gaps at ground level than a slab home on the hill.
- The mall and restaurant corridor. Around the Brea Mall, Imperial Highway and State College Boulevard, dumpster enclosures and shared loading areas feed a rodent population that spills into the apartments and homes nearby.
- Mature citrus and avocado. Many Brea backyards still carry mature citrus and avocado trees. Dropped fruit will hold rats without any help from your kitchen.
The pattern to expect in north Brea: a newer hillside home with a block wall backing onto open land, roof rats coming in at the roofline, and a garage door corner gap letting mice walk in at ground level.
Signs of rodents in a Brea home
- Running sounds along the top of a wall. On the hillside tracts this is almost always roof rats traveling the top plate between the attic and the exterior.
- Droppings under the sink or in the garage. Rice sized and scattered means mice. Half an inch or longer means rats. Both mean a gap somewhere at ground level.
- Gnaw marks on foundation vent screens. Common on the older downtown homes, where the original vents were never built to resist teeth.
- Disturbed soil along a block wall. A burrow entrance at the base of the wall on the open land side is the ground level warning sign to look for first in north Brea.
- A musky smell in a closet or the attic hatch. Urine in the insulation, and a scent trail that draws in more rodents.
How we stop rodents at the source
The sequence is the same for hillside and downtown homes.
- Inspect. On the north hillside tracts we start at the block wall on the open land side looking for burrows, then the roofline. On the raised foundation homes near Birch Street we start under the house.
- Remove. Traps on the runways we mapped, top plate for roof rats, garage corner and crawl space for mice, checked until activity stops.
- Seal. Steel mesh and hardware cloth on every gap, with the garage door corner and the original foundation vents getting the most attention in Brea.
- Clean. Droppings and soiled insulation out, surfaces sanitized, odor treated.
- Verify. One road back through Carbon Canyon makes the recheck visit easy to schedule, and we walk the sealed points with you before we call the work done.
The sealing work is described in full on our rodent proofing page. An active infestation starts at rat removal, and the cleanup after it is on attic cleanup.
Our no poison approach
We do not bait Brea homes, and the canyon is the reason. Carbon Canyon and the state park hold owls, hawks, bobcats and coyotes, and a poisoned rat that wanders back outside is a poisoned meal for whatever catches it. A rat that dies in a wall stays there until someone opens the wall.
If you are looking for a poison only service, we are probably not the right fit. If you want the building sealed so the rodents stay in the canyon where they belong, we are.
What rodent control costs in Brea
We price after the inspection, because the two questions that set the price cannot be answered without seeing the property. How many entry points does the building have, and how much of the attic or crawl space has to be cleaned. A raised foundation home near downtown and a hillside home with a block wall on open land are different jobs at different prices. The inspection is free, you keep the findings either way, and the written quote is the price you pay.
Local vector control district. Brea is served by the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District. You can report rats to the district online, and an inspector may check the outside of the home and yard, point out attractants and entry points, and explain exclusion and snap traps. The district describes its program as education and exclusion, so the sealing and attic work is where we come in. Their number is (714) 971 2421.
Free Brea inspection
We find the entry points and give you a written plan. No cost, no obligation.
A real person answers 7am to 11pm every day. After 11pm, send the form and we call back in the morning.
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Serving Brea from the other end of Carbon Canyon
We dispatch from our Chino Hills office. A real person answers from 7am to 11pm every day. Tell us what you are hearing and we will tell you what it probably is.
- Warranty
Every sealing job comes with a warranty
Every home we rodent proof and seal gets a warranty on that work. Ask us for the terms at your free inspection.
Frequently asked, locally
You are in San Bernardino County. Do you really work in Brea?
Yes, and Brea is closer to us than several cities on our own side of the line. Our office is on Pipeline Avenue in Chino Hills, and Carbon Canyon Road takes us straight into Brea without touching a freeway. We dispatch from Chino Hills and do not have a Brea storefront.
My house backs onto the old oil field land. Is sealing enough?
Sealing is the only thing that is enough. No amount of trapping changes the population on the far side of your wall. Once the building is sealed with steel, what happens on the far side of the wall matters far less, and homes on that edge are the ones where we recommend the D.A.R.T. program, Drive Away Rodent Traffic, so the seal gets rechecked rather than assumed.
We have an older home near downtown with a crawl space. Is that a different job?
It usually is. Hillside homes get roof rats through the roofline. The older raised foundation homes near Birch Street get rats and mice through the crawl space, so the inspection starts under the house rather than above it, and the sealing work concentrates on foundation vents, pipe penetrations and the gap where additions meet the original structure.
Can you help a restaurant near the mall?
Yes. Restaurants and food handling businesses in the Imperial Highway and Brea Mall corridor are the one case where we run urgent inspections, scheduled while a real person is answering the phone, 7am to 11pm every day. Call the same number and tell us it is a business.
Do you handle termites, ants or general pest control while you are here?
No. Rats, mice and the damage they leave behind are the whole business. We do not treat insects, termites, bed bugs, cockroaches or mosquitoes, so for those call a general pest control company and keep us for the rodents.
Other cities we serve
Brea is one of 19 cities we cover from Chino Hills. This page is part of our wider rodent control in Chino Hills service, and the full list lives on our service areas page.