Where our technicians work around Montpelier

Montpelier sits in Blackford County in east-central Indiana, on the high ground south of the Salamonie River. The town grew during the gas and oil boom of the late 1880s and 1890s, so much of its core is frame and brick houses with full or stone basements on close lots. Out in the county the land is farmed. As of 2010, 72 percent of Blackford County was covered by corn or soybean fields. Farmhouses, pole barns, machinery sheds and grain bins are common, and so are crawl spaces and woodlots. The county had about 12,100 residents in 2020.

A call reaches a technician who works this part of the county, so the distance from a property to town shapes how a visit is planned. Long section-road drives, several outbuildings and a crawl space all add to the work. Cold, snowy winters push mice and rats indoors in the autumn, and many calls tend to arrive as the weather turns. The technician confirms the price on site before any work starts.