Pest control for homes and businesses across metro Atlanta
Max Pest Solutions provides pest control services in Dunwoody, Georgia for established homes and Perimeter Center businesses. We treat rodents, carpenter ants, termites, mosquitoes, spiders and cockroaches, starting with an inspection of how pests enter. Quotes are free.
Customized Pest Control Solutions
A wooded acre and a slab-foundation subdivision home need different work. In Dunwoody we quote after walking the property rather than from a price list, so what gets applied follows what the inspection actually finds.
Call Us NowPest Control for Homes and Businesses
The same technicians handle a kitchen ant trail and a restaurant health inspection. Commercial work in Dunwoody is scheduled around your trading hours and documented for auditors; residential work is scheduled around your family.
Call Us NowLong-Term Prevention and Follow-Up
Most treatments are one visit plus a check. If anything is still active when we come back to your Dunwoody property, we treat it again - that return visit is part of the job, not a second call-out.
Call Us NowPest control in Dunwoody starts with the age of the housing. By metro Atlanta standards Dunwoody is an established suburb, and much of the residential stock in Dunwoody North, Georgetown, Kingsley and the streets around Dunwoody Village was built between the 1960s and the 1980s. Those homes have crawlspaces, original framing and siding, and building envelopes that have had decades to open gaps at every seam.
The tree cover is mature and heavy across the residential streets, and Nancy Creek runs through the city. Combine older houses with a thick canopy and a creek corridor and the result is steady pressure from rodents, carpenter ants and termites. Pest control in Dunwoody is usually about finding and closing the way in, not simply treating what has already arrived.
Our general pest control service in Dunwoody treats rodents, ants, spiders and cockroaches in and around the home. Because so many Dunwoody houses have crawlspaces and aging exteriors, the visit covers the crawlspace, sill plates, siding joints and roofline as well as the living areas.
Termite treatment is an important separate service here given the age of the homes. Mosquito control, bee and wasp removal, bed bug treatment and fly control are also separate services, each listed below. Where a home needs more than one, we plan and price them together.
Rodents are the most common year-round complaint in Dunwoody and climb sharply from late October in older crawlspace homes. Sealing entry points is usually the step that matters most.
Carpenter ants peak from April to June and nest in damp timber, a common find in homes over thirty years old.
Subterranean termites swarm in April and May, and the age of Dunwoody's housing makes regular inspection worthwhile.
Mosquito pressure runs from June to September, heaviest along the Nancy Creek corridor.
Mature trees, shaded siding and crawlspaces give spiders plenty of sheltered places close to the house.
Older kitchens, crawlspaces and the busy commercial area around Perimeter Center support cockroaches through the year.
Pest treatment in Dunwoody begins with a careful inspection: rooms, crawlspace, foundation, siding and roofline. We look for failed caulk, gaps at siding joints, open vents, damp sill plates and branches touching the roof, because in a 1970s house those are where pests get in. The pest is identified before any product is applied.
You receive a written plan and a price before work begins. Treatment is applied where pests live and enter, following label directions, and we tell you beforehand what to move and how long to stay out of treated areas. Many Dunwoody plans include sealing gaps, screening vents and trimming branches alongside treatment. We return afterwards to check the result.
Houses built forty or fifty years ago develop weak points that newer homes do not have yet. Siding shrinks and separates, caulk dries and cracks, vents lose their screens and wood near the ground takes on moisture. Each of those gaps is an invitation to rodents and insects, which is why pest problems in older Dunwoody homes often return after a quick treatment that did not address the way in.
The canopy and Nancy Creek add to the pressure, giving rodents a route over the roof and keeping parts of the city damp and shaded. Around Perimeter Center, offices, restaurants and shopping bring commercial-level pressure close to residential streets. Pest control in Dunwoody works when it combines treatment with sealing the building.
Spring: carpenter ants become active from April, and termite swarmers appear in April and May.
Summer: mosquitoes run from June to September, heaviest near Nancy Creek.
Autumn: rodents move into older crawlspace homes from late October.
Winter: rodents and cockroaches stay active indoors, so it is a good time to seal gaps and vents.
Most of our Dunwoody work is residential, in established neighbourhoods such as Dunwoody North, Georgetown and Kingsley. We explain what we find in the crawlspace and on the exterior, and we give re-entry times before any treatment so households can plan.
We also provide commercial pest control around Perimeter Center and Dunwoody Village, for offices, restaurants, retail and multifamily buildings. Visits are scheduled around business hours and documented each time.
Established homes need pest control that pays attention to the building. We look closely at crawlspaces, siding and rooflines, and we tell you plainly when sealing or a repair will make a bigger difference than more treatment.
Quotes are free with no obligation, you see our findings and plan before any work starts, and the follow-up visit is part of the job.
What our customers say
FAQ
Homes built in the 1960s to 1980s have had decades for siding, caulk and vents to develop gaps, and the heavy canopy gives rodents a route onto the roof. Sealing those gaps is usually what stops the problem returning.
Yes. Carpenter ants peak from April to June and nest in damp timber, which is common in homes more than thirty years old, especially where crawlspaces or leaks keep wood moist.
It depends on the pest, the size of the home and how much sealing is needed. We inspect first and give you a written price before any work starts, and quotes are free.
We inspect the rooms, crawlspace, siding and roofline, identify the pest and give you a written plan and price. Treatment follows label directions, and we return to check the result.
Yes. We work with offices, restaurants, shops and multifamily buildings around Perimeter Center and Dunwoody Village, scheduled around business hours and documented every visit.
