Professional Pest Control in Wilson, NC
Pest control Wilson, NC has trusted since 1992. Empire Pest Control Inc. works out of one office on Tilghman Road, handles termites, roaches, ants, rodents, bed bugs and crawl spaces, and answers every call. Dial 252-291-1108 and you get a person.
Wilson head office 252-291-1108 252-291-0156
Pest Control Wilson Has Used Since 1992
Vernon Linton opened Empire Pest Control Inc. in August of 1992 and the office has been on Tilghman Road ever since. This is a family-run Christian business, licensed and insured, and the secretary who answers the phone is the same person who writes your job on the board.
Pest control Wilson calls us for runs from a single roach job to a quarterly agreement to a crawl space full of plastic. All of it is our own work, done by our own technicians, with pet-friendly products.
- Same-day service on most calls taken before mid-afternoon.
- Residential pest control for houses, rentals and duplexes.
- Commercial pest control for kitchens, shops and warehouses.
Termite Treatment for Wilson Houses Built Before the Bypass
The blocks around the old tobacco warehouses and the streets near Whirligig Park are full of houses that predate the bypass. Heart pine sills, shallow crawl spaces, brick piers sitting in soil that has settled over eighty years. Eastern subterranean termites have been eating in this town for as long as the town has had lumber.
A termite inspection tells us which piers have tubes and which joists sound hollow. Termite treatment then means a full liquid barrier around the footing, and our termite service includes the follow-up visits that prove the colony went down.
Termite Pretreats for New Wilson Construction
We pretreat slabs and crawl spaces before the pour, including regular work for Clayton Homes out of Nashville. A pretreat costs a fraction of what a repair costs, and it is the only chance anybody gets to put termiticide where the soil will sit against the foundation forever.
Builders call the office and we work off their pour schedule. The paperwork lands with the file and the closing attorney does not have to chase anybody for it.
Moisture Barriers Under Wilson Crawl Spaces
We laid 160 rolls of plastic last year, most of it inside the city. Wilson sits on ground that holds water, and an open crawl space over bare dirt will push that moisture straight into the floor system every summer.
A sagging hallway, a musty closet, a bathroom floor that gives underfoot: those are usually moisture stories before they are anything else. Moisture barriers, sealed crawl spaces and automatic vents are the three fixes, and past jobs are on our project log.
Cockroach Control and Ant Control in Wilson Kitchens
German roaches come in on a box and set up behind the fridge motor where it stays warm. Odorous house ants trail the dishwasher line every spring. Both problems live in places you cannot spray from a standing position, which is why cockroach control and ant control are done at the harbourage and not across the floor.
This is the bread and butter of general pest service in town, and it is the pest control Wilson kitchens ask for more than anything else we do.
Rodent Control for Wilson Attics and Garages
Once the fields out toward Black Creek and Saratoga get cut, the mice head for the nearest warm wall. Rodent control here means finding the gap first: a crawl door left ajar, a gable vent with torn screen, the hole a cable installer drilled and never sealed.
Mice and rat removal from us covers the seal, the sets and the return visit. We will also tell you if what you are hearing in the ceiling is too heavy to be a mouse.
Bed Bug Treatment That Gets a Wilson Bedroom Back
Bed bugs are not a cleanliness problem and they are not a rumour you have to keep quiet. They ride home in luggage and in secondhand furniture, then hide within a few feet of the bed.
Our bed bug crew treats frames, seams, baseboards and furniture on a schedule timed to the hatch, and we come back until it is over. Bed bug treatment in an unmarked truck, and nobody on the street needs to know.
Flea and Tick Treatment for Wilson Yards and Pets
A mild Eastern North Carolina winter does not kill fleas, it just slows them down. By April the yard is loaded and the dog brings them into the carpet, where the eggs drop and the whole cycle starts again indoors.
Flea and tick treatment covers the shaded resting spots outside, the pet bedding and the carpet edge inside. Done in one visit, with a second pass about two weeks later to catch what hatched.
Commercial Pest Control Along Ward Boulevard and Tarboro Street
Restaurants, medical offices, self-storage, apartment communities and the warehouses on the industrial side all run on the same principle: service on your hours, a log the inspector can read, and materials that are safe around food and people.
Commercial pest control accounts get the same technicians as the houses. Searching pest control near me will give you a dozen national brands with a Wilson phone forward, and the pest control Wilson business owners end up keeping is usually the outfit with an actual Wilson address.
Wilson County Towns on the Same Truck Route
Wilson is home base, so the surrounding county gets covered without anybody making a special trip. Elm City, Stantonsburg, Lucama, Sims, Black Creek and Saratoga are all on standing routes, which keeps the pest control Wilson County households pay for at the same price as in town.
Beyond the county line, we run east to Greenville and Pitt County and north up 301 through Elm City. Termite questions get answered in detail on our termite FAQ page.
- Elm City and Sharpsburg
- Stantonsburg and Saratoga
- Lucama and Sims
- Black Creek and the Hwy 42 corridor
Straight Answers for Wilson Customers
We are at 2832 Tilghman Rd N in Wilson, and yes, the office is open to customers Monday through Friday, eight to five. Most people call instead, which is fine, because somebody is there to pick up.
We answer every call. If the line is busy we return it. Wilson is home, so a same-day visit is normal rather than something we squeeze in, and there is no travel charge anywhere inside the county.
It depends on the linear footage of the foundation, the access under the house, and whether there is active damage to deal with. The inspection is free and the quote is a real number, not a range that changes once the truck is in the driveway.
Our work is insects and rodents: termites, general pest, bed bugs, ants, roaches, spiders, fleas, ticks and mice, plus moisture barriers and sealed crawl spaces. Mosquito control and wildlife removal are not on our list. For bee and wasp removal we treat nests attached to a house or building, but we do not relocate honeybee hives.
We use pet-friendly materials and place them along travel routes rather than broadcasting them. Keep everyone off a treated surface until it dries. Tell the technician about a vegetable bed, a fish tank or a bird before he starts and the plan gets adjusted.
Four visits a year covering the inside trouble spots, the outside foundation band, eaves, garage and entry points, with materials matched to the season. Callbacks between visits are included. Termite work, crawl space encapsulation and moisture barriers are priced on their own.
A good bit of it. Multi-unit work gets scheduled so the units either side of a problem get treated at the same time, because with roaches and bed bugs treating one door and leaving the others is money wasted.
Thirty-plus years in the same town means we know which streets have termite pressure, which neighbourhoods have crawl space moisture, and which houses have been treated before. Typing pest control near me gets you a dispatch centre reading a script, and a script does not know any of that.
Find Our Wilson, NC Office
Call the office at 252-291-1108 or 252-291-0156, or send us a message, and we will get a technician out for a free inspection. Family run on Tilghman Road since 1992.