Duncanville is one of the older suburbs in southwest Dallas County, and its housing stock shows it. Slabs poured decades ago have been through many cycles of clay swelling and shrinking, so cracks, separated expansion joints, and pulled plumbing penetrations are common. Subterranean termites use every one of them, and they don't announce themselves until you see mud tubes or a spring swarm.
Mature shade trees make attractive streets and highways for roof rats, which cross limb to roof and get in at a soffit gap or a sun-cracked plumbing stack boot. Older kitchens and baths give German cockroaches the tight, warm harborage they want, while the big American roaches come up from drains and meter boxes when the heat peaks.
Fire ants take the lawns, widows take the garages, and mosquitoes work the low ground through the long Texas season. Call to connect with a local pro who works Duncanville homes and small businesses.
Around Duncanville
- Main Street
- Armstrong Park
- Duncanville Fieldhouse
- Camp Wisdom Road
- Cedar Ridge Preserve nearby