Critter proofing a Houston-metro home costs between $450 and $1,500 with HomeHusbandsTx, quoted as one flat price after a free walkthrough. We remove the critters and seal every structural gap they use to get in — weep holes, roof lines, pipe penetrations, vents, garage corners, door sweeps — with carpentry-grade materials. No poison, no chemicals, no monthly contract.
A house mouse fits through a dime-sized hole and a roof rat through a quarter-sized one. Every Texas home has a dozen of them. Here is where they are, and what we do about each.
Steel mesh and purpose-made weep-hole covers close the dime-sized openings mice walk straight through — covered, never filled, so the wall still drains and breathes.
Where a lower roof meets a wall is the single most common way into a Houston attic. We flash and mesh those junctions shut.
Every line into the house leaves a gap around it, and the collars perish. We pack and seal them with steel wool and sealant.
Dryer, gable and attic vents get galvanized hardware-cloth screens that breathe but block.
The number-one way in. Corner seals and gap kits close the openings at the slab and down the sides.
A worn sweep leaves a quarter-inch gap under the door — more than enough. We fit new ones that seal to the threshold.
Often opened by storms and never noticed from the ground. Re-secured and sealed at the roof line.
Hatches, knee-wall doors and crawl entries get sealed and weather-stripped so the envelope actually closes.
Every gap that let one rodent in is still open the day after a treatment. That is the whole reason spray contracts are monthly.
No hourly meter, no surprise add-ons, and nothing starts until you have seen the gaps yourself and agreed the number.
About an hour. We map every gap a rodent could use, inside and out, and we show you each one rather than just telling you a count.
A single price for the whole seal, given on the spot. If there is anything unusual about your roof line or attic access, you hear it now, not halfway through.
Anything living inside comes out first — sealing a house with animals still in it traps them in the walls. Then every entry point is closed with carpentry-grade materials, and you get a written list of what was sealed.
Our critter proofing is completely chemical-free — we remove the critters and seal the structure behind them so they can't get back in, with no poison, no sprays, and nothing toxic left in your home or dying in your walls. It's hands-on carpentry and exclusion, not chemical extermination — and Texas doesn't require a structural pest control license for chemical-free work like this.
Bats are a hard stop. They're protected in Texas, and it's illegal to kill them or to seal a roost shut while they're inside. If we find bats we stop and refer you to an operator licensed to handle them under the proper exclusion timing. We won't seal a bat roost.
Texas doesn't issue a general handyman license either, and we don't perform work reserved for licensed plumbing, electrical, HVAC or irrigation contractors. Clear scope, in writing, before anything starts — that's how you avoid the surprises that make home services frustrating in the first place.
If your address sits near the edge of this list, call and ask — we usually can.
Most Houston-metro homes fall between $450 and $1,500 for a whole-home seal. The walkthrough and the quote are free, and the quote is one flat price for the entire job — no hourly meter, no add-ons discovered halfway through. Where a home lands in that range depends on its size, the complexity of the roof line, and how many entry points we find.
No. Our critter proofing is completely chemical-free. We remove the critters and seal the gaps they use to get in, with carpentry-grade materials like steel mesh, hardware cloth and door sweeps. Nothing toxic in your home, nothing dying in your walls, and no monthly spray contract.
Through gaps that are already there. A house mouse fits through a hole the size of a dime and a roof rat through one the size of a quarter — and every Texas home has a dozen of them: unscreened weep holes in brick veneer, the junction where a lower roof meets a wall, gaps around plumbing and A/C line penetrations, unscreened gable and dryer vents, garage door corners, worn door sweeps.
They aren't chewing through your roof. They're walking through openings that have been there since the house was built, or since the last storm.
Extermination kills the animals that are inside. Exclusion is the construction work that seals the openings so the next ones can't get in. Extermination without exclusion means paying for repeat visits indefinitely, because the entry points are still open. Exclusion is the permanent half of the job — and it's what we do.
We remove them and seal the structure behind them — chemical-free — so nothing gets back in. That order matters: sealing a house with animals still inside traps them in the walls, which is a far worse problem than the one you called about.
Because it's physical sealing rather than a treatment that wears off, a proper exclusion lasts for years — and we back it with our seal guarantee. If something we sealed opens back up, we come fix it.
No — never filled solid. Weep holes are deliberate gaps in brick veneer that let the wall cavity drain and breathe, and sealing them shut causes moisture damage behind the brick. The correct fix is a stainless steel or plastic weep-hole cover that blocks mice and roaches while still allowing airflow and drainage.
Anyone offering to caulk your weep holes closed is creating a bigger problem than the one they're solving.
Texas doesn't require a structural pest control license for chemical-free work like this. What we do is carpentry and exclusion — sealing a building envelope — not chemical extermination. We put that scope in writing before any work starts.
Bats are protected in Texas, and it's illegal to kill them or seal a roost shut while they're inside. If we find bats we stop and refer you to an operator licensed to handle them under the proper exclusion process and timing. We won't seal a bat roost.
The free walkthrough takes about an hour. Most whole-home seals are done in one day; larger homes with complex roof lines and many entry points can run into a second. We tell you which it is when we quote, not after we start.
Most walkthroughs are booked within two to three days across the Houston metro.
Yes. A documented seal with a written list of every entry point closed is useful for tenant disputes and insurance claims, and we can send the summary to you and the tenant separately.
Tell us what you've been hearing and where — we'll text back to confirm a time. The walkthrough and the quote are free.