Sealing Your House Against Scorpions, Dust and Pests in Phoenix
Scorpions come through gaps you can't see. Dust comes through the ones you can. We find and seal both.
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A bark scorpion can get through a gap the thickness of a credit card. Most Phoenix houses have dozens of those: under the doors, around pipes, at a worn garage door bottom seal, where the block meets the frame. Sealing them is what a pest company means by "exclusion," and it's carpentry and caulking, not chemicals. The same work keeps out dust, hot air and the smaller bugs.
Where they get in
- Under exterior doors with a worn sweep or no threshold seal
- Around the garage door, especially the bottom corners
- Where pipes and AC lines come through the wall
- Weep holes and gaps in the block
- Around windows where the caulk has failed
- Attic access hatches and vents without screen
- Expansion joints in the slab and where the patio meets the house
What we do
A walk around the house, inside and out, with a flashlight, looking for daylight and gaps. Then: door sweeps and weatherstripping replaced, garage door seals and corner pads, pipe and line penetrations foamed and caulked, weep holes screened, window and door frames recaulked, attic hatches sealed, vents screened. Where a gap is in the stucco or block, it gets patched. Dust and hot air stop coming in at the same time, which often shows on the window sills and the power bill.
Sealing and your pest service
A sealed house needs less pest control. We close the gaps so the problem doesn't come back.
Problems we fix on this page
- Garage door bottom seal worn out
- Light under the garage door
- Scorpions getting in under the garage door
- Garage door side weatherstripping cracked
- Scorpions coming in under doors
- Scorpions coming in around plumbing
- Want gaps sealed to keep scorpions out
- Gaps around the garage door
- Gaps at weep screed
- Garage door paint chalky
- Gap around the AC lines where they enter the house
- Gap around the hose bib
- Gap around the cable or satellite line
- Gap around an exterior outlet
- Gap around a dryer vent
- Gap around a bathroom fan vent
- Old satellite dish holes in the wall
- Old alarm wires sticking out of the stucco
How it starts
Tell us what you're seeing and where. You get one price for the job before we start. Levi is on site, and we stand behind the work for a year.
Questions
- Will sealing stop scorpions completely?
- It cuts the entry points way down, and it's the first thing a pest company asks for. Combined with treatment and keeping debris away from the house, it's as close as it gets.
- Does this help with dust?
- Yes. The same gaps that let scorpions in let dust and hot air in. Sealed houses are noticeably cleaner after a dust storm.
Related pages
Weatherstripping
The doors and windows that let in heat, dust and storm water, and the gaps nobody thinks to look for.
Caulking
The cracked bead at the tub, the gap at the window, the sealant around the roof vent. Cut out, cleaned and redone with the right stuff, before the next storm.
Monsoon prep
The things that cost money if they wait until July: seals, scuppers, sweeps, fans and the gate that won't close in the wind.
Ready to get it fixed?
Tell us what needs doing. Quotes are free. We usually reply within minutes, and always within 24 hours.