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Columbus is the anchor of this service. The Ohio sources in this file name an eastern subterranean termite confirmed from a 2024 sample, boxelder and leaf-footed bugs that enter through gaps around doors and windows, and brown marmorated stink bugs in attics and upper floors. The city’s housing runs from 1880s brick to 1950s–70s ranches, so the inspection is planned house by house.

Columbus is the largest city in Ohio at 905,748 people in the 2020 census, and it sits where the Scioto and Olentangy rivers meet. Its housing runs from brick doubles and Italianate singles of the 1880s and 1900s, through the bungalows and foursquares of the 1920s and 1940s, to the ranches of the 1950s to 1970s on the east and south sides. Nearly all of it has a basement, and the basement is where most of the first inspection takes place.

The Ohio sources give the city three specific pest concerns. OSU’s Plant Pest Diagnostic Clinic identified an eastern subterranean termite sent from Dayton in April 2024 and cites a risk rating of moderate to heavy for Ohio’s subterranean termites. OSU Extension says boxelder and leaf-footed bugs enter through gaps around doors, windows and soffits. The OSU fact sheet on brown marmorated stink bugs places them in attics and upper stories. A Columbus visit is built around those three.

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Columbus, OH
County
Franklin County
ZIP codes
43215, 43201, 43203, 43205, 43206, 43207, 43210, 43211, 43217, 43219, 43227, 43232
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    What does a brick-era Columbus house need from the termite check?

    Houses from the 1880s to the 1910s in the older neighbourhoods were built with brick walls and stone-walled cellars. The sill, the joists and the wood where it meets masonry are the places an inspector reads closely, because the OSU clinic’s 2024 termite sample and its risk rating make the wood on soil worth checking on every older building.

    The inspection also looks for mud tubes on the foundation face and for swarmers or wings on the basement windowsills. A clear result is recorded as clearly as a finding, with the wood that was probed and the readings taken.

    How do the fall insects reach the upper floors?

    OSU Entomology’s Joe Boggs says fall insects seek warm spots between walls, around window casings and door jambs, and in attics. In the brick and bungalow houses of the older city, the window casings and the attic vents are the routes the visit seals first.

    The stink bug fact sheet places brown marmorated stink bugs most often in attics and upper stories, and the visit starts at the roof line for those houses rather than at the basement.

    What changes between the core and the outer suburbs of the city?

    The ranches of the 1950s to 1970s on the east and south sides have shorter runs of foundation wall and more openings at the window and door frames. The sealing list is usually longer on the frames and shorter at the sill, and the report says so.

    Columbus has the most varied set of housing in the service area. A single visit plan therefore has to allow for a brick house, a bungalow and a ranch, and the technician adjusts the walk to the house on the call.

    What should a Columbus caller ask for at booking?

    Ask for the business name, the applicator’s name and the category covering the work, and check the licence with the Ohio Department of Agriculture. For a termite or wood question, ask which category the applicator holds, because OSU places termite and wood-destroying insect control in a separate category.

    Tell the technician the age of the house, whether there is a finished basement and whether the sill has been repaired. Those details change the walk and the report.

    How does the visit change across the city’s housing?

    A single Columbus visit can cover a brick double from the 1880s, a bungalow from the 1920s and a ranch from the 1960s, and the walk changes with each. The brick double is read at the cellar wall and the sill, the bungalow at the eave and the window casings, and the ranch at the long wall and the sliding door.

    The report keeps each house separate, so a homeowner who lives in a duplex or who has bought a second house across the city has a clear record for each address. The licence check is the same wherever the house sits in the city.

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    • German Village and Victorian Village
    • Olde Towne East and the Near East Side
    • The South Side
    • The Ohio State campus area
    • The Northeast side near the airport
    • The far east side around Eastmoor and Eastland

    Landmarks and main roads

    • The Scioto River
    • The Olentangy River
    • Interstate 70 and Interstate 71

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    Is a termite risk the same across Columbus?

    The Ohio sources give a state rating, not a neighbourhood one. The inspection of each building decides what is present.

    Which service should a Columbus homeowner book first?

    If the sign is a swarm or a mud tube, the termite inspection. If it is bugs in the windows in the fall, the sealing visit. If you are not sure, start with the general visit.

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