- Part of Green Rodent Restoration
The D.A.R.T. Rodent Maintenance Program
D.A.R.T. stands for Drive Away Rodent Traffic. It is our scheduled rodent maintenance program, the follow up that keeps a sealed home or business sealed, rodent only and with no poison.
- Licensed, bonded and insured
- Based in Chino Hills
- Scheduled, not reactive
- Open 7am to 11pm
Most of our work is a project with an end. We trap, we seal, we clean, we verify, and then we leave. D.A.R.T. is the one service meant to keep going, because some properties are never really finished.
A home on the canyon edge, a restaurant beside a flood channel, a warehouse whose roll up doors open fifty times a day. A perfect seal on those buildings still gets tested every night, by weather, by settling, by a propped door, and by every rat walking the fence line.
What D.A.R.T. means
D.A.R.T. is short for Drive Away Rodent Traffic. It is the maintenance program of Green Rodent Restoration, the brand we are part of, and we run it from Chino Hills with the team that handles our removal and exclusion work.
The name describes the method. Rodents move along traffic routes, the fence line to the ivy, the ivy to the eave, the eave to the attic. A one time job closes the doors on those routes. D.A.R.T. keeps walking them on a schedule so a new gap gets found before a new nest does. Every visit is a walk of the property, a check of every seal, and trapping along the routes rodents already use if there is any activity. There is no bait route hidden inside it.
Who needs ongoing rodent maintenance
Not everyone. A proper seal on an ordinary home should hold for years. The program is for properties where the pressure never lets up.
- Past infestations. You had rats or mice once and the reason has not changed. The attic is sealed, but the fruit trees and the open space behind the fence are still there.
- High pressure locations. Homes on hillside lots or backing onto open space, mature ivy or palms against the roofline, and anything near a drainage channel, a horse property or a construction site.
- Commercial compliance. Restaurants that need a dated service log for the health inspector, and property managers who want one crew and one report across several buildings.
- Older seals. Exclusion done years ago by someone else. Foam and caulk age, screens rust, stucco cracks. A seal that was fine in the first year can become the entry point a few years later.
Not sure you need a program? If the pressure around your property is ordinary, a proper seal holds, and we would rather say so than sell you visits. If you just want the building checked, start on our rodent inspection page.
Ask about D.A.R.T. availability
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How the program works
The order matters. Maintenance on a building that still has rodents inside is a trapping contract with a nicer name, so D.A.R.T. only starts once the building is empty and sealed.
- 1. Start with a clean building. New customers get an inspection first and, where needed, removal and exclusion before the program begins. We maintain a solution, not a problem.
- 2. Set the schedule. The interval is agreed with you at the first walk, based on the pressure around the property rather than a standard route. A tract home with a clean seal needs less attention than a kitchen with a dumpster enclosure twenty feet from the back door. We also plan a check ahead of autumn, when roof rats move indoors.
- 3. Walk the property. Roofline, vents, pipe penetrations, garage doors, foundation line and the attic or crawl space access. New gaps get closed with steel where the material allows.
- 4. Check every seal. We test each seal we installed by hand for movement, rust, chew marks and gaps opened by settling.
- 5. Monitor and trap. We check the known runways for fresh droppings, rub marks and gnawing. Any sign of activity means traps go in at those runways, in tamper resistant housings, and we return until activity stops, then find the gap that let it in.
- 6. Report. A dated log for each visit noting anything that changed, written so a health inspector can read it.
Why maintenance beats reacting after damage
The cost of a rodent problem is rarely the rodents. It is what they do while nobody knows they are there.
- Wiring. Chewed attic wiring is a fire risk, and a rewire costs more than any number of visits.
- Insulation. Contaminated insulation comes out, and that is an attic cleanup, not a service call.
- Scent trails. A property that has had rodents smells like home to the next ones. Catching a new entry early stops the trail being laid again.
- Health permits. For a restaurant, an active infestation is the kind of finding that can close a kitchen on the spot. A dated log of visits is the opposite of that conversation.
Maintenance also keeps the no poison method honest. Poison is what people reach for once a problem has grown out of reach. Regular checks mean it never gets that far.
What D.A.R.T. costs
We do not publish plan prices, because the price follows the property. It depends on the size of the building, how many rooflines and access points it has, and how often the pressure around it calls for a visit. A commercial kitchen is a different plan from a hillside home that had one attic problem.
The inspection is free, the findings and recommended interval come in writing, and the written quote is the price. If a program is not worth it for your property, we say so.
Safety for families, pets and staff
Nothing about D.A.R.T. changes our method. There is no rodenticide on the property at any point, so there is nothing for a toddler, a dog or a line cook to find. When trapping is needed, traps sit in tamper resistant housings out of reach of pets and children. Commercial visits are scheduled for a time that suits your operation, within our open hours, and the work is kept discreet.
What D.A.R.T. does not cover. We are rodent specialists and the program is rodent only. We do not treat insects, termites, bed bugs, cockroaches, or mosquitoes, and we do not fold them into a maintenance visit. If you need those handled, a general pest control company is the right call.
What a D.A.R.T. visit covers
- Roofline, vents, garage doors and foundation line
- Every seal we installed tested by hand
- Known runways checked for activity
- New gaps closed with steel where possible
- A dated log of each visit
- 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.
D.A.R.T. maintenance FAQ
What exactly is D.A.R.T.?
D.A.R.T. stands for Drive Away Rodent Traffic. It is the scheduled maintenance program of Green Rodent Restoration, the brand we are part of. Each visit walks the property, tests every seal we installed, checks the routes rodents already use for activity and closes any new gap with steel. No poison is used.
How often do you come?
It depends on the property. We set the interval with you at the first walk rather than putting everyone on the same route. A home under ordinary pressure needs fewer visits than a restaurant beside a flood channel or a house on the canyon edge, and we time one visit before autumn, when roof rats head indoors.
Is D.A.R.T. for homes or businesses?
Both. It suits homeowners on the open space edge or with a past infestation who want to protect the seal they paid for, and restaurants, warehouses and property managers who want a dated service log as much as the visits, because that log is what an inspector or landlord asks to see.
What happens if rodents come back between visits?
Call us. Trapping when there is activity is part of every plan, and any new gap we find gets closed. Ask when you call about what your plan covers between scheduled visits, and we will tell you exactly where things stand.
Can I start D.A.R.T. without a prior job?
Yes. It starts with the same free inspection as everything else we do. If the property is already sealed and empty we set the schedule from there. If not, we handle the removal and exclusion first, because maintaining a building with an open door does not work.
Is this a bait station route under another name?
No. There is no rodenticide anywhere in the program. A bait route leaves poison out and counts what it kills. D.A.R.T. checks seals, closes gaps and traps only when there is activity. It works because the building stays closed.
Services that lead into D.A.R.T.
The jobs that get a building sealed before the program keeps it that way.
Commercial Rodent Control
Restaurants, offices and warehouses. Discreet visits and records written for the inspector.
Rodent Proofing
The seal D.A.R.T. maintains. Every entry point closed with steel rodents cannot chew.
Rodent Inspection
Where every program starts. The findings are yours in writing either way.
Where D.A.R.T. is available
We run the program from Chino Hills across all 19 cities we serve. This page is part of our wider rodent control in Chino Hills service.
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