Rat and Mice Control in Jersey City, NJ

Rodent control in Jersey City means dealing with two animals in two kinds of building. Norway rats live in sewer lines, yards and the ground under old foundations, and come up into basements. House mice live inside, in walls, ceilings and kitchens, and move from unit to unit. Jersey City has both: 19th-century brownstones and row houses downtown and in the Heights, and dense apartment buildings and towers from Journal Square to the waterfront. Clearview Pest Control Inc. handles rats and mice in all of them, from our Hudson County office in Bayonne.

Call 201-706-7437. We answer calls 24/7.

Rats or mice?

• Rats are heavy and blunt-nosed. Their droppings are about the size of a raisin. Look for burrows in yards and tree pits, gnawed holes at the base of walls, and greasy rub marks along basement edges.
• Mice are small and big-eared. Their droppings are the size of a grain of rice. Look in kitchen cabinets, behind the stove and refrigerator, and in drop ceilings.

The difference matters. Rats need ground-level and sewer sealing. Mice need interior trapping and sealing around every pipe and wire.

How rodents get into Jersey City buildings

• Old sewer laterals and floor drains in brownstone and row-house basements, a common rat route downtown.
• Settled foundations and stone walls with gaps at the sill.
• Party walls and shared basements between attached houses, where mice move from one home to the next.
• Pipe chases, electrical runs and trash rooms in apartment buildings and high-rises.
• Worn door sweeps on basement, garage and loading doors.
• Construction and street work, which disturbs rats and pushes them into nearby buildings.

How we get rid of rats and mice

1. Inspect the basement, kitchen, utility lines and the outside of the building, and map where rodents travel.
2. Trap inside. No loose poison inside the home, so rodents don’t die in the walls.
3. Bait outside where needed in locked, tamper-resistant stations.
4. Seal with copper or steel mesh, hardware cloth, sheet metal, mortar and door sweeps. Rats can’t chew through these.
5. Follow up until the activity stops.

A typical house sees a clear drop in one to two weeks. Buildings with several units can take longer. See rat and mice control for the full method.

Apartments and multi-unit buildings

In an apartment building, mice in one unit are usually mice in several. We work with tenants, owners and managers to inspect the connected units, basements and trash rooms. Then we seal the routes between them. Read rodent control in Hudson County multi-unit buildings.

One customer had tried store-bought traps and poison in his apartment many times without success. After our treatment and a follow-up visit, he wrote that the mouse problem was finally resolved. Another wrote that we sealed every entry point the mice were using. These reviews are on our Bayonne Google Business Profile.

Restaurants and food businesses

For restaurants on Newark Avenue, Central Avenue and downtown, we provide exterior bait stations, interior monitoring and sealing at doors and utility lines, with service records for inspections. See rodent control for Hudson County warehouses and loading docks.

Frequently asked questions about rodent control in Jersey City

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Call 201-706-7437. Clearview Pest Control Inc., 182 West 31st Street, 2nd Floor, Bayonne, NJ 07002.