Three Generations of Keeping Savannah Pest-Free — Pest Control in Savannah, GA
Ed Trumbull started with one truck and a promise to treat every house like his mother's. Sixty-four years later, his granddaughter keeps both the routes and the promise.
The Company Your Grandmother Recommended
Ed Trumbull started treating Savannah houses in 1962 with a borrowed truck and his wife keeping the books at the kitchen table. His son Walt learned the routes in the eighties; Walt's daughter Ellie runs the company today with the same rules Ed wrote on an index card: answer the phone, show up when you said, charge what you quoted, and treat every house like your mother's. Some of our customer files go back three generations on both sides of the visit.
- ✓Family-owned and operated since 1962
- ✓Files that go back three generations
- ✓Same technician on your home, every visit
- ✓The quote is the bill — Ed's rule
Everything a Savannah Home Needs
The Lowcountry works hard on a house. We've had sixty-four years of practice working back.
The Rules Haven't Changed Since 1962
Four rules on a yellowed index card, still pinned above the office phone.
Answer the Phone
A person picks up — usually a Trumbull. No phone tree, no 'your call is important to us.'
Show Up When You Said
Your appointment window is two hours, not a day off work. We've been on time since Eisenhower.
Charge What You Quoted
The number on the quote is the number on the bill. Surprises are for birthdays.
Treat It Like Mother's House
Shoe covers on, gates latched, dog greeted by name. The house gets respect, not just treatment.
Sixty-Four Years, One Standard
The short version of a long story.
1962: Ed's Truck
Ed Trumbull leaves the paper mill, borrows a truck, and starts treating houses in Ardsley Park. Mae keeps the books.
1989: Walt Takes the Routes
Ed's son grows the company across Chatham County — and refuses three buyout offers from the nationals.
2016: Ellie Comes Home
Walt's daughter returns with an entomology degree and drags the office into the digital age. The index card stays.
Today: Your House
Twelve thousand families later, the promise is unchanged. Some of them, we've served for three generations.
Old Houses Deserve Gentler Hands
A Historic District townhouse isn't a job for the standard playbook. Drilling original heart pine, trenching a garden that predates the Civil War, or fogging plaster walls does damage no pest ever could. Our historic-home protocols — refined over hundreds of District properties — use monitoring-first termite systems, targeted treatments, and preservation-conscious methods that satisfy both the entomologist and the preservation board.
- ✓Monitoring-first termite protection
- ✓No drilling original floors or tabby
- ✓Preservation-guideline conscious
- ✓Trusted across the Historic District
Sixty-Four Years of Neighbors
The Trumbulls have done our family's homes since my grandmother's house on Ardsley Park in the seventies. Ed treated it, then his son Walt, and now Walt's daughter Ellie does mine. There's no other company — there's just Trumbull.
Our 1890s townhouse needed termite protection without trenching through the garden or drilling the original heart-pine floors. They designed around the house, not through it. That's why the Historic District calls them first.
You call and a human answers — usually a Trumbull. The tech that comes is the same one as last quarter, he knows the dog's name, and the bill is the number they said. Old-fashioned in every way that matters.
Asked Across Three Generations
How much does pest control cost in Savannah?
Quarterly general pest plans are a flat rate by home size — quoted before we start and unchanged until we tell you a year ahead. Termite bonds and mosquito seasons are priced per property. Ed's rule applies: the quote is the bill.
Do you really send the same technician every time?
Yes — it's the only way to do the job right. Your tech knows your house's history, where the problem corners are, and what we found last quarter. Half our techs have been with us over a decade.
What's a palmetto bug, honestly?
A very large roach with a public relations team. They fly in from the marsh and landscaping rather than infesting like German roaches — quarterly exterior treatment keeps them outside where they belong.
Can you treat historic homes without damaging them?
It's our specialty. Monitoring-based termite systems instead of slab drilling, targeted applications instead of broadcast treatments, and methods vetted against preservation guidelines. The house survived 150 years; our job is to never be the thing that marks it.
Are treatments safe for children and pets?
Yes. We use targeted, EPA-registered products applied where pests travel, not across living spaces — the same standard we've used on Trumbull family homes for three generations of Trumbull children.
Do you serve outside Savannah?
All of Chatham County and the near Lowcountry — Pooler, Richmond Hill, Wilmington Island, Isle of Hope. If you can smell the marsh, we probably have a route near you.
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Request Your Visit
- Visit us310 E Broughton St, Savannah, GA 31401
- Call us(912) 555-0117
- Email usoffice@trumbullandsons.com