Parts of Sun Valley we cover
- Stonehurst
- La Tuna Canyon
- Fernangeles
- Sun Valley Recreation Center area
- Tujunga Wash
- Glenoaks Boulevard
- San Fernando Road
- Sunland Boulevard
Sun Valley's common rodent entry points
Stone walls and old mortar
The river-rock houses of Stonehurst are a century old. Where mortar has cracked or settled between stones, and where newer windows, pipes and wiring were fitted into stone walls, small gaps can open that mice slip through and rats can widen.
Yards near the wash and industrial lots
Homes near the Tujunga Wash, the old landfill sites and the scrap yards sit close to large open, quiet ground. Norway rats burrow and come in at ground level, and fences, block walls and stored materials give them cover on the way to a house.
Horse lots and feed storage
Where Sun Valley lots are zoned for horses, hay, grain and bedding are kept in barns and sheds. Stored feed draws rats and mice, and the outbuildings give them shelter a short distance from the house and garage. Gaps under barn and shed doors are easy to overlook.
Slopes of the Verdugo Mountains
Houses along the foothills and in La Tuna Canyon face brush-covered slopes where wild rodents live. Retaining walls, crawlspace vents and roof edges on the uphill side of a house are within easy reach of that terrain, and dense brush near the walls gives rodents cover on the way in.
Newer homes get rodents too, usually through garages, roof vents and the openings where pipes and cables come in.
