Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
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Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
Satisfaction Guaranteed • PHD in Customer Care
Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
4.9 Rating
Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
Satisfaction Guaranteed • PHD in Customer Care
Rat control in Columbia from our headquarters at 2119 Gadsden Street. Mild winters here mean rats stay active indoors year round instead of retreating seasonally.
Columbia has both species, and which one you have changes everything. Roof rats climb and nest high, in attics and along rooflines, and mature tree canopy over the older neighbourhoods gives them a route. Norway rats burrow low, near foundations and crawl spaces.
That split matters because where you set traps and where you seal are completely different for each. Treating a roof rat problem like a Norway rat problem is the most common reason rat control fails in this city.
From recurring pest control and termite protection to wildlife, moisture, mosquito, and commercial programs, Modern builds practical solutions around your property. Integrated Pest Management guides our service-first approach.
Inspections, baiting systems, pre-construction treatment, and CL100 / WDO support.
Recurring and one-time protection for common household pests with an IPM-first approach.
Trapping, removal, exclusion, and damage repair for common South Carolina wildlife.
Every visit includes the same core steps, built to solve the problem instead of masking it for a few days.
A technician inspects the property inside and out, identifies the pest and the conditions behind it, and locates entry points and likely nest or harborage sites before any treatment begins.
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The pest, the severity, and the property determine the plan. A minor problem calls for a different approach than a heavy infestation or a structural issue.
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Technicians apply targeted treatments at entry points, nesting sites, and problem areas, matched to the pest and the property, indoors and outdoors as needed.
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After treatment, technicians point out conditions that invite pests back, such as moisture or exposed food sources, and schedule follow-up service if activity continues.
Our technicians confirm which rat you have before anything else, because the inspection, the trapping and the exclusion all change with it.
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Modern Exterminating has been the longest-standing, local and family-owned pest control company serving the area since 1955. Now in its third generation, the company runs by a simple standard, a PHD in customer care: professional, honest, and dependable, on every visit.
Older areas with heavy tree canopy get roof rats. Properties with crawl spaces and mulch beds against the foundation get Norway rats. Some get both, and the inspection tells us which.
Rats are neophobic, genuinely wary of new objects, so a trap may be avoided for several days before it is approached. This is normal and it is why homeowner attempts often stop right before they would have worked.
Removal without exclusion is temporary by definition. The opening that let one in is still there, and rats return to established routes.
Mature canopy over Shandon, Rosewood and Forest Acres puts limbs within reach of rooflines, which is the standard route into an attic. Trimming back six feet does more than any treatment.
Burrow openings along the foundation and well-worn runways in mulch beds point to Norway rats. Sealing foundation cracks and utility entries is where the work concentrates.
Size. Rat droppings are noticeably larger and capsule-shaped, and rats make substantially more noise in walls and ceilings. The species determines the whole approach.
Rats avoid unfamiliar objects for days before approaching, and traps fail when they are not on an actual runway. Placement and patience are where homeowner attempts break down.
Yes. Rats gnaw continuously and chewed electrical wiring is a documented cause of structural fires. Unexplained electrical faults in a house with rodent activity are worth taking seriously.
Because the entry points are still open or the food source is still there. Removal without exclusion clears the current occupants and leaves the vacancy advertised.