Port Townsend's Victorian housing stock is beautiful and structurally porous. A well-kept 1890s home has decades of settling, additions, and retrofits — and every one of those seams is a way in.
Uptown and Castle Hill homes routinely have balloon framing, stone-and-mortar foundations, and original wood siding in contact with soil. That combination is close to ideal for carpenter ants, which need moist wood to excavate. Downtown's brick commercial buildings share walls, so a pest problem in one storefront becomes a block-wide problem. Properties out toward Cape George and North Beach take salt wind that opens siding gaps faster than inland homes.
Historic construction drives carpenter ant and spider work. Shared walls downtown make commercial contracts worth more.
Average annual rainfall here runs about 19 inches, which is the single biggest factor in what shows up against your foundation and when. We build the treatment schedule around that rather than applying one generic program across the whole peninsula.
As low as $400/year — 4 quarterly visits, from about $100 each. Your exact price depends on size and scope of your IPM plan.
Covered by the contract at no extra charge — including spider web knockdown and wasp nest removal.
Contracts start as low as $400/year for a Port Townsend home — 4 quarterly exterior treatments with free re-services in between. Your exact price depends on the size of your property and the scope of your IPM plan, and we quote it flat, in writing, before you commit. We publish our starting price because you should not have to book a sales visit to find out roughly what something costs.
Yes. Port Townsend is inside our regular route in Jefferson County, so it is scheduled service rather than a special trip. Rain Shadow Pest Control is based in Sequim, a short drive away.
The contract covers ants, spiders, wasps and hornets, beetles, crickets, earwigs, box elder bugs, and silverfish. Historic construction drives carpenter ant and spider work. Shared walls downtown make commercial contracts worth more.
Quarterly for most residential properties — that keeps a fresh barrier in place through every season. If something shows up between scheduled visits, we come back and re-treat at no charge.
Yes, when applied correctly. Treatments are exterior perimeter applications by a licensed applicator, and we let treated surfaces dry before the area goes back into normal use. Tell us about pets, ponds, bee hives, or edible gardens and we will adjust placement.
Flat contract pricing, and we answer the phone locally. Tell us about the property and we'll get you a number.
Or call (360) 670-3367 — we answer locally.
Contract spraying throughout Clallam and Jefferson counties.
Also covering Forks, Poulsbo, Gardiner, Beaver Valley, Marrowstone Island by arrangement.
