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
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
Crawl space moisture control in West Columbia, served from our Lexington branch. Older mill village housing on low riverfront ground needs this before anything else.
West Columbia’s older residential grid was largely built as mill village housing, and that construction has shallow crawl spaces with minimal clearance. Combine that with low elevation near the Congaree and you get crawl spaces that stay damp year round.
Shallow clearance makes it worse rather than better. Less air volume means humidity climbs faster, and framing sits closer to damp ground than modern construction would allow.
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.
Clearance affects what can be installed, so we assess access during the evaluation and tell you honestly what is practical before quoting anything.
Years of Local Service
local & Family-Owned Since 1955
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.
We install polyethylene vapor barriers, dehumidifiers and sump pumps, matched to what the crawl space needs. Barriers are heavy-duty six-millimetre sheeting covering at least 80 percent of the ground surface, the coverage Clemson’s pest management programme recommends.
Housing from this era rarely had a vapor barrier originally, and where one was added later it is often long past useful. The evaluation tells us what is actually there.
Because we handle pest management too, the cause can be fixed through the same service relationship rather than a second contractor.
Musty odour on the lowest level, cupping or soft spots in hardwood floors, condensation on ductwork and joists, insulation sagging out of the subfloor, visible mold on framing, and recurring pest activity after treatment.
Damp framing plus wood close to soil is exactly what subterranean termites follow. In West Columbia, moisture and termite risk are effectively the same problem.
Usually yes, though clearance affects what can be installed. We assess access during the evaluation and tell you what is practical before quoting.
On West Columbia properties it very often is. Damp conditions keep drawing pests back regardless of what is applied above.
One to two days for most homes, depending on size and condition. You do not need to leave during the work.
We address exclusion and sealing that keeps water out. For major exterior grading or foundation drainage we will tell you clearly what is needed and whether it is outside our scope.