Rodent Proofing & Pest Exclusion
in Fleetwood, BC

Fleetwood occupies the gentle rolling terrain between the Serpentine River valley to the south and the higher ground of Fraser Heights to the north. The soils in Fleetwood are predominantly clay-loam with moderate drainage — better than the river-adjacent areas of Newton, but still prone to holding water against foundation walls during the wet season. Homes built in Fleetwood through the 1970s and 1980s are the primary candidates for crawlspace remediation work in this neighbourhood.

Rodents find crawlspaces attractive for the same reasons moisture does well there: it's dark, protected, relatively warm, and — in homes without proper exclusion — easy to get into. Rats (particularly Norway rats, common throughout Surrey and the Fraser Valley) and house mice can squeeze through gaps as small as a quarter-inch. They enter through uncapped foundation vents, gaps around utility penetrations, deteriorated sill plate joints, and even through the condenser lines of HVAC systems if protective screens are missing or corroded.

Our rodent-proofing process starts with a perimeter audit: we walk the exterior of the foundation looking for every possible entry point, then we move inside the crawlspace to identify any gaps that weren't visible from outside. Foundation vents are fitted with heavy-gauge galvanized steel mesh or replaced with sealed covers. Gaps around plumbing and electrical penetrations are packed with stainless steel wool and sealed with caulk or foam. Damaged sill plates are repaired. If the foundation vent openings are large or irregularly shaped, we use pre-formed steel exclusion panels rather than flexible mesh, which rodents can push past over time.