SHEPP PEST CONTROL
About us
Shepp Pest Control is a family business that was started in 1968 by Len Siepka. His son, Mark Siepka joined the company in 1983 and currently acts as the customer service manager. Shepp Pest control is a member of the GCPMA and is a certified pest control applicator by the Illinois Health Department. We have 45 year experience servicing residents, small businesses, churches, corporations, restaurants & management companies/condos.
Business highlights
Services we offer
We can handle: ants, bed bugs, bees, beetles, bird mites, box elders, carpenter ants, carpenter ants, carpenter bees, chipmunks etc. We specialize in bed bugs, cock roaches, crawling insects, flying insects fruit flies, fruit flies & roaches., hornets, invading insects, mice, mites, mosquitoes, moths, pantry pests, rats, rodents, rodents, sewer flies, silver fish, sow/pill bugs, spiders, voles, wasps & water bugs. We can also help you with larger critters such as racoons
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
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"Thanks so much for the nice review! We are a family business and we hope to do service for you or your friends in the future! Please keep us in mind. [hyperlink removed] 847 749-0543. Laura Siepka"
"Thanks so much for the nice review! We are a family business and we hope to do service for you or your friends in the future! Please keep us in mind. [hyperlink removed] 847 749-0543. Laura Siepka"
"Thanks so much for the nice review! We are a family business and we hope to do service for you or your friends in the future! Please keep us in mind. [hyperlink removed] 847 749-0543. Laura Siepka"
Next Mark and I came back inside to deal with the carpenter ants inside the ceiling beam area. For this treatment he used a cartridge containing a gel insecticide that was applied similar to using a caulking gun. He explained that the gel is completely safe for interior use and would not be harmful to humans or pets because it does not produce an aerosol like the outside treatment. Just as important, Mark explained that the gel is formulated to be very slow acting and would be carried back into the deeper parts of the nest to eradicate the queen and eventually all of the surviving carpenter ants. I also pointed out two areas in our basement ceiling that had evidence of water damage from a previous plumbing break, and he treated these with the gel insecticide.
Finally, Mark recommended that we wait a week or more before closing-up and repairing the beam, and he said to call him if we had any questions or concerns. Since we've had such a long history with the roofing problem and beam repair, we decided to make a temporary, cosmetic repair so we could easily recheck to see if the ant population died off. And just as Mark explained originally that the process would be slow, we did call back after a few weeks and left a message reporting that the population activity was decreasing but was not gone entirely. He returned our call promptly and assured us that what we described was normal and expected. Again he added that we should not hesitate to contact him again.
As of this date, 11/26/12, we know the carpenter ants are eradicated. We are extremely pleased with the services of Shepp Pest Control. We also have a one-year guarantee on this service call, and we intend to call this company for a repeat treatment next Summer, 2013. Everything was handled in a most courteous, helpful and professional manner. We would happily continue to use Shepp Pest Control and ABC Wildlife Company in the future as well as recommend them to family and friends!
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