A general pest treatment is a barrier job, not a spray-and-go. We start in the roof void and the subfloor, because that is where most Geelong problems begin and where a surface spray never reaches. Then the perimeter: weep holes, eaves, window frames, the bottom course of brick, the metre box, the spots where a path meets the slab. Older weatherboards around Newtown and Herne Hill have gaps at the stumps and skirtings that newer estates out at Lara simply do not have, so two houses on the same job sheet get a different treatment map.
Timing matters more than product choice in the Geelong region. Ants push indoors after the first warm spring rain, cockroaches breed hardest through February, and rodents move into roofs from about April as the nights cool off. A treatment put down in September holds through the worst of summer. One put down in June is aimed at a different pest set entirely. Most homes are back to normal within a week, and the perimeter keeps working for three to six months depending on rain and how much of the wall sits in direct sun. If the same pests turn up inside that window, we come back.
