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Pest Control in Durham, NC

Durham is home. Castle Exterminators has been a family-owned pest control company based in Durham since 2011, serving houses, rental properties and businesses throughout the city.

Where we serve in Durham

We serve the City of Durham. If you are near the edge of the city or county, call and we will confirm your address.

Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm Eastern. Same-day service may be available, depending on the schedule and your location.

Older homes, crawl spaces and wood

Durham’s older neighborhoods near downtown include many early-twentieth-century houses — bungalows, mill houses and foursquares — often built over vented crawl spaces with original wood framing. Those conditions make termite inspection, wood-boring beetle checks and crawl-space moisture control especially relevant. Older foundations and siding also tend to have more small gaps, which matters for rodent exclusion.

Newer subdivisions and home sales

Toward south Durham and the Research Triangle Park area, many homes are newer, built on slabs or crawl spaces in developments cut from wooded land. Wooded edges can bring ants, spiders, ticks and carpenter bees. With a busy housing market, many Durham homeowners also need a paid WDIR when buying or selling.

Rental housing and businesses

Durham has a large stock of apartments, rental houses and restaurants. Shared walls and busy kitchens can allow German cockroaches and rodents to move between units, which is where commercial and food-facility programs with regular reporting help.

Pest pressures in Durham

Subterranean termites and wood-boring beetles

Older wood framing over vented crawl spaces is exactly where these problems are found.

Termite Inspection & Treatment

Mice and rats

Older foundations, siding and utility penetrations often have gaps rodents can use.

Rodent Control & Exclusion

Cockroaches

Apartments, rentals and restaurant kitchens can support German cockroaches; larger species come in from damp crawl spaces.

Cockroach Control

Ants

Common household ants, carpenter ants and fire ants are all found around Durham homes and yards.

Ant Control

Services for Durham homes and businesses

The services most relevant to Durham properties. Every service starts with an inspection, and specialty work is scoped and quoted separately.

General Pest ControlRecurring or one-time service for the pests that most often get inside. Termite Inspection & TreatmentVisual inspection, liquid treatment matched to your home, and a written estimate before any work. WDIR InspectionsThe official North Carolina Wood-Destroying Insect Information Report, prepared by a licensed company. Rodent Control & ExclusionControl, monitoring and entry-point sealing for mice and rats. Cockroach ControlGerman, American, smokybrown and Oriental cockroaches — identified, then treated. Crawl Space EncapsulationLiners, sealing and dehumidification to manage crawl-space moisture. Commercial Pest ControlScheduled programs for offices, retail, rental properties, schools and childcare centers.

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What to expect in Durham

  1. 1. Free inspection. A licensed Castle technician inspects your Durham property to identify the pest, where it is coming from and how far it has spread.
  2. 2. Written estimate. You get a written estimate before any work starts. Specialty work, such as exclusion, cleanup, termite treatment and crawl-space projects, is inspected, scoped and quoted separately.
  3. 3. Treatment. We use EPA-registered products applied according to label directions. Your technician gives product-specific preparation and re-entry instructions when a treatment calls for them.
  4. 4. Ongoing protection. Choose one-time service or a monthly, quarterly, annual or seasonal plan. If covered pests return between scheduled visits, qualifying plans include a return treatment at no extra charge. Coverage depends on your written service agreement.

Guides for Durham homeowners

Termites How to Tell If You Have Termites in Your Durham Home Spot signs of termites in your Durham, NC home, learn how swarmers differ from ants, and know when to arrange a professional inspection before damage spreads. Planning your service What Determines Pest Control Cost in Durham, NC? Understand what affects pest control cost in Durham, compare one-time and recurring quotes, and learn what to ask before approving treatment for your home. Seasonal Fall Pest Prevention Checklist: 10 Steps for Durham Homes A weekend checklist that starts outside: seal gaps, fix doors and screens, move mulch and firewood, check the crawl space. With a free printable PDF.

Durham questions

Where is Castle Exterminators based?

We are a family-owned business based in Durham. We are a service-area business, so we come to you; there is no walk-in office.

Do you offer WDIR inspections in Durham?

Yes. Formal WDIR reports are a paid service. Standard pest and termite inspections are free. See WDIR inspections.

Can you come the same day?

Same-day service may be available, depending on the schedule and your location. Call (919) 606-8686.

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