EcoArmor Pest Defense treats homes in Howe, Texas, a small Grayson County town on the US-75 corridor between Van Alstyne and Sherman, from our office at 279 Highview Ln in Anna. Howe is a short run straight up the highway for us, and it sits at the point where the Collin County growth wave has begun to arrive but has not yet taken over. Family-owned, veteran-owned, licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture, and running our own technicians rather than subcontracting to a regional partner.
What Makes Pest Pressure in Howe Different
A country town with the highway running through it
Howe still has farmland and pasture on most sides, but US-75 puts it on a fast corridor between Sherman and the Collin County suburbs. That combination gives you established rural rodent and wildlife populations alongside the disturbance that comes with corridor development. Pressure arrives both from settled habitat and from ground being cleared, which is a different mix from either a true country town or a finished suburb.
Older housing alongside new subdivisions
Howe has a core of genuinely old houses — pier-and-beam, crawl spaces, detached garages and outbuildings — and newer slab construction going in around it. Those are different jobs. An old crawl space that holds moisture brings roaches and gives termites a path, while a new slab is about builder gaps and fresh-sod fire ants. We inspect before quoting rather than assuming.
Blackland clay that opens up in a dry summer
The soil here shrinks and cracks through a dry August and swells again when the rain returns. Those seasonal gaps open genuine entry paths along foundations and around plumbing penetrations, which is why ants and crickets turn up indoors in a house that seemed sealed in the spring. Timing perimeter work to that cycle holds far better than reacting afterwards.
Septic systems, stock tanks and outbuildings
Plenty of Howe properties are on septic with a barn, a shop or a stock tank. Septic fields change where we can place product, and standing water is a mosquito source a yard-only treatment will not touch. The outbuilding is also where rodent populations usually establish before anything is noticed in the house, so we start there.
Every Service We Offer in Howe
- Recurring pest control in Howe — the quarterly plan for ants, roaches, spiders and crickets
- Termite control — inspection, treatment and Sentricon baiting
- Mosquito control — seasonal yard programs
- Rodent control — trapping plus exclusion
- Ant control and fire ant control
- Cockroach control
- Flea & tick control
- Spider control and cricket control
- Stinging insect control — wasp, yellow jacket and hornet nest removal
- Commercial pest control
- Insulation removal & repair and crawl space moisture control
Why Howe Homeowners Choose EcoArmor
- We treat the whole property. If there is a barn, a shop or a detached garage, that is part of the job rather than an upsell — on acreage the outbuilding is usually where the problem starts.
- Owner-run. Three brothers run EcoArmor. The person who answers the phone can make a decision about your account.
- We ask what kind of house you have. An older pier-and-beam place in town and a new slab build on the edge need different work, and Howe has both.
Howe Pest Control Questions
Is Howe actually on your route, or is it a stretch?
It is on our regular north run up US-75, along with Van Alstyne and Sherman. That is why we can offer recurring service here rather than treating it as an occasional trip.
We are on septic with a barn. Does that change the plan?
It changes placement and priorities rather than whether we can help. We keep product off the drain field, and we treat the barn as part of the job because that is usually where a rodent problem starts on a property like this.
Our house is new. Do we still need anything?
Often yes. New builds have unsealed weep holes, utility penetrations and garage thresholds, plus fresh sod that fire ants colonise quickly. A new house is not automatically a protected one.
Nearby Cities We Also Serve
We also serve Van Alstyne, Sherman, Anna, Melissa and Gunter, plus Bells, Tom Bean and Whitewright nearby.
Talk to Us About Your Howe Home
Call (214) 585-7145 or send us a message and we will walk your Howe property, tell you what we actually see, and quote from that. No inspection fee, and no obligation to start.