How and Where Pests Get Into Your Home

Explore this house to learn more about how pests gain entry and how Cook’s can safeguard your home, both inside and outside.

A charming gray shingled house with white trim and a covered porch, surrounded by a manicured lawn and lush greenery, under a clear blue sky.

Roof

Soffits and Fascia

Explore this house to learn more about how pests gain entry and how Cook’s can safeguard your home, both inside and outside.

Trees and Vegetation Touching House

This is a conducive condition for pest entry, a highway for insects, spiders, and rodents.

Attic

Wooden roof structure on a gray background.

Attics

Make sure that attic vent screens and doors are secure so attics aren't avenues for pests.

House Walls

Isometric drawing of a white house with a garage.

Gable Vent

Needs screening to prevent insects, spiders, rodents, and bats from entering.

Exterior Walls/Siding

Pests love to enter through gaps where walls and siding meet your windows.

Doors

If you see light underneath your doorways, that's a sure sign that pests can enter freely.

Windows

Inspect window screens for holes and make sure weather stripping isn't worn.

Bath Trap Access Doors

Open doors and gaps are entryways for cockroaches and cellar spiders.

Garage Doors

Use a rubber seal at the bottom of door to have an effective barrier against pests.

Basement

Crawlspaces

Crawlspaces provide service access for plumbing, electrical, and heating and cooling systems, but they can have the perfect conditions to support termites.

Slabs

Termites can enter through a 1/32" crack which is approximately the thickness of a piece of paper. Along with pipe access points, slabs can crack due to settling that can allow entry points for termites.