Rat & Mouse Exterminator in Clifton, NJ

What we usually find in each part of Clifton

Clifton is big, and rodent problems look different from one neighborhood to the next:

• Botany Village, Dutch Hill and Lakeview: older two-families and multi-family homes with shared walls and old stone or block foundations. Mice travel between units, and rats use gaps at the foundation and detached garages.
• Athenia, Allwood, Richfield and Rosemawr: mostly single-family homes with yards, decks and sheds. Rats burrow under decks and sheds; mice come in through garage doors and pipe gaps as it gets cold.
• Delawanna and the south end: homes mixed with small apartment buildings and light industry — year-round rodent calls.
• Near the Passaic River and the brooks: wet ground and storms push rats out of their burrows and toward houses.

Main Avenue, Van Houten Avenue, Route 3, Route 46 and the shopping areas bring restaurants, food stores and dumpsters — which is where a lot of Clifton's rats find food.

Two-families and apartment buildings

In a two-family or apartment building, mice move through shared walls, ceilings and the basement. Treating only one unit usually pushes them next door. We look at the whole building — the basement, trash area and the units around the problem — and seal at the foundation and utility lines.

Renting? Tell your landlord or super in writing with photos. Our landlord vs. tenant guide explains the basics, and owners can see our apartment building programs.

What changes the price

Quotes are free and given after we see the property:

Call or text 973-510-2585 with what you're seeing and a photo.

Mice in the attic in Clifton: how they get up there and how we stop them

Who can stop mice from entering my attic in Clifton? Silver Bullet Pest Control. Mice don't fly in; they climb. In Clifton's mix of Cape Cods, colonials and garden apartments, they usually reach the attic by running up inside the walls from the basement, or by climbing the siding and slipping in at the roofline.

The usual ways in:

• Gaps where the gutter meets the roof and at the fascia corners
• Open soffit vents and gable vents without screens
• Gaps around the chimney and plumbing vent pipes
• Wall voids that connect the basement sill to the attic floor
• Gaps around wires and cable lines that run up the outside wall

Setting traps in the attic catches the mice that are already there, but more keep coming until the openings are closed. We inspect from the foundation to the roofline, trap the attic and walls, seal every gap with steel mesh, metal flashing and sealant (not foam alone, which mice chew through), and come back to confirm activity has stopped. Signs to watch for: scratching overhead at night, droppings on top of the insulation and tunnels through it, and chewed wires or duct insulation.