Pest Control in PECHS, Karachi

Older houses, busy markets

PECHS combines some of Karachi’s established residential blocks with its busiest shopping streets:

• Older bungalows and houses in Blocks 2 and 6 have original wooden doors, frames, cupboards and sometimes wooden ceilings — prime targets for termites and wood borers after decades of use.
• Tariq Road, Shahrah-e-Quaideen and Bahadur Yar Jang Road are lined with shops, restaurants and warehouses behind them. Food waste and stock rooms support rodents and cockroaches that move into neighbouring houses.
• Houses converted to offices, clinics and schools need scheduled, documented pest control rather than one-off sprays.
• Old underground water lines leak into foundations, keeping soil damp for subterranean termites.

Because we are based in the neighbourhood, PECHS clients also get the quickest follow-ups if anything reappears after treatment.

Termites in older PECHS houses

If a PECHS house has never had a termite treatment, it is worth an inspection. Signs to look for:

• Mud tubes at the base of walls or behind skirting.
• Door frames that sound hollow or have crumbling edges at floor level.
• Blistered paint on walls with no plumbing behind them.
• Winged termites around lights before the monsoon.

A post-construction termite treatment drills along the wall-floor joints and injects a termiticide barrier into the soil, and woodwork is treated separately. For furniture with round holes and fine powder, it is usually wood borer, not termites.

Blocks and roads we cover

PECHS Blocks 2 and 6, Tariq Road, Shahrah-e-Quaideen, Nursery, Allama Iqbal Road, Bahadur Yar Jang Road, Jinnah Housing Society, Mohammad Ali Society and the Kashmir Road side. Offices and shops along Shahrah-e-Faisal are covered by the same team.