Most Requested
Roof Rat Removal Services
Species-specific attic trapping and roofline exclusion for Forest Hills canopy-belt roof rat pressure.
Service detailsRodent control in Forest Hills is shaped by the neighborhood's position in the Reynolda canopy belt — mature hardwoods on large established lots provide roof rat access to 1940s–1960s homes while the mid-century construction era creates secondary house mouse pressure from settling foundation and plumbing gaps.
Forest Hills sits in the southern section of Winston-Salem's roof rat belt, sharing the mature-canopy characteristic of Buena Vista and Mount Tabor. The larger lots along Forest Hills Drive and connecting streets commonly have oaks and maples with limbs overhanging rooflines, providing roof rats overhead access to soffits and gable vents. The 1940s–1960s construction on most Forest Hills properties has had sufficient time to develop the gaps that roof rats exploit — open soffit sections, deteriorated gable-vent screening, and dormer transition voids.
Forest Hills occupies the area between Silas Creek Parkway and Jonestown Road, west of Stratford Road. The neighborhood's southern boundary approaches the Hanes Mill Road corridor, where the land use transitions from residential to industrial — a transition that brings some Norway rat pressure from adjacent commercial properties into the southern Forest Hills properties near the boundary.
Species-specific attic trapping and roofline exclusion for Forest Hills canopy-belt roof rat pressure.
Service detailsSoffit sealing, gable-vent retrofitting, and penetration closure for Forest Hills mid-century homes.
Service detailsComplete program for Forest Hills owner-occupied homes.
Service detailsFree inspection. Open 24/7. Written quote before any work begins.
Roof rats are the dominant species in the canopy-adjacent portions of Forest Hills. House mice are present year-round in the older construction stock. Properties near the Hanes Mill Road boundary may also see Norway rat activity from adjacent commercial property pressure. The inspection confirms which species are present on a specific property.
Roof rat risk is directly correlated with limb overhang within six feet of any roofline surface. The inspection assesses every tree on and adjacent to your property for roofline proximity and includes that finding in the written report. Properties with no overhanging limbs face dramatically lower roof rat pressure even in a high-pressure neighborhood.
Roofline exclusion on a typical Forest Hills mid-century home runs $700–$1,800 depending on roofline complexity and linear soffit footage. Free inspection; written quote before work.
Yes — all of Forest Hills falls within our standard Forsyth County service area. Properties near the Hanes Mill Road commercial boundary receive the same inspection and program as the residential core of the neighborhood.