ABC Home & Commercial Services - Houston

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Since 1949, ABC Home & Commercial Services has served Texas customers and has become the largest independently-owned and operated pest control company in the state. The employees at ABC quickly learn how special it is to be a part of a work family that believes in fulfilling commitments, serving others, supporting families, and building our community. When customers choose ABC, they quickly learn

that their needs will be met by trained professional specialists who provide responsible, reliable, and superior service. Every day presents an opportunity for each of us to fulfill the ABC mission of delivering the very best in home and commercial services. With a dedicated team of employees, a great reputation in our industries, committed leaders and a positive culture, ABC is indeed fulfilling our mission.

Is your Houston lawn suddenly turning brown in patches this time of year? 🐛 Before you blame the heat, check for fall ar...
08/28/2026

Is your Houston lawn suddenly turning brown in patches this time of year? 🐛 Before you blame the heat, check for fall armyworms.

Fall armyworms are the caterpillar stage of a moth, and late summer into fall is when they march across Texas lawns. They feed in large numbers and move as a group, which is exactly why a green lawn can look scalped in just a couple of days. Texas A&M AgriLife notes that a heavy infestation of six or more per square foot can chew a lawn down in two to three days, and the worms do about 85% of their eating in the last few days before they pupate. Miss that window and the damage is done fast.

The good news: they're beatable if you catch them early. Here's what to watch for and do:
✅ Scout at dawn or dusk, when they feed — part the grass and look for green-to-brown striped caterpillars
✅ Watch for a sudden gathering of birds working your lawn — they're feasting on the worms
✅ Treat while the worms are still small (about ½ inch); large ones eat the most and are harder to stop

A quick trick: mix a little dish soap with water in a bucket, pour it over a square foot of suspect turf and wait a few minutes, armyworms will surface. If you find them, act quickly. ABC's Houston lawn team can confirm the problem, treat it, and help your turf recover before fall.

Here's the fall home task most Houston homeowners forget until it's too late: cleaning the gutters. Gutters have one job...
08/27/2026

Here's the fall home task most Houston homeowners forget until it's too late: cleaning the gutters.

Gutters have one job: carry roof water away from your house. When they clog with leaves, shingle grit, and debris, that water has nowhere to go but over the edge and straight down along your home. Over a wet Houston fall, that overflow quietly causes some of the most expensive damage a house can take.

Why it matters more than it looks:
✅ Clean at least twice a year (spring and fall) and more often if you have big trees overhead
✅ Overflowing water rots the fascia board behind the gutter and can pool at the foundation, where it leads to cracks and settling
✅ Standing water trapped in a clogged gutter becomes a mosquito nursery — Aedes mosquitoes need only about a quarter-inch of water to breed

The tricky part is that clogged gutters rarely look like an emergency. Until the fascia is soft, the foundation shows a crack, or the mosquitoes show up. Clearing them before the heavy rains is far cheaper than fixing what overflow leaves behind. If climbing a ladder isn't your idea of a weekend, ABC's Houston exterior cleaning team can clear and flush your gutters and downspouts and check that everything drains the way it should.

Do silverfish keep showing up in your bathroom or bookshelf? Those little silver, teardrop-shaped bugs that dart for cov...
08/25/2026

Do silverfish keep showing up in your bathroom or bookshelf?

Those little silver, teardrop-shaped bugs that dart for cover when you flip on the light aren't a sign your home is dirty — they're a sign it's humid. Silverfish are moisture-dependent insects: their bodies can't hold water well, so they can only thrive where relative humidity stays above about 75%. In a Houston home in late summer, bathrooms, attics, laundry rooms, and the cabinet under the kitchen sink hit that mark easily.

They're also quietly destructive. Silverfish feed on starches and carbohydrates — paper, book bindings, wallpaper paste, cardboard, cereal, even some fabrics — which is why you'll find them in stored boxes, closets, and pantries. And because they're nocturnal, you usually only see one when it's caught out in the open at night.

Here's how to make your home a place they can't stay:
✅ Drop the humidity — run a dehumidifier and ventilate; below ~50% RH they can't survive
✅ Cut off the food — store paper, books, and dry goods in sealed bins, not cardboard
✅ Close the hideouts — seal cracks, fix drips, and clear clutter in dark, damp spots

The catch most people miss: sprays kill the silverfish you see, but they don't fix the moisture that keeps drawing more. If they keep coming back, the real issue is a humidity or entry-point problem worth solving properly. ABC's Houston pest control team can find the source, treat it, and help you keep your home dry and pest-free.

Heads up, Houston: fall is brown patch season for St. Augustine lawns.Brown patch — also called large patch — is a funga...
08/20/2026

Heads up, Houston: fall is brown patch season for St. Augustine lawns.

Brown patch — also called large patch — is a fungal disease that flares up when afternoons are still warm but nights begin cooling into the 70s and the humidity stays high. In other words, a typical Houston late-September evening is almost perfect conditions for it. It shows up as roughly circular patches of yellowing, thinning grass that can widen to several feet across, often with a darker ring around the edge.

Here's a quick way to tell it apart from drought stress or grubs: gently tug on a blade inside the affected area. With brown patch, the leaf slips away easily from a soft, darkened, rotted base right near the soil line.

The good news is that a few simple habits go a long way toward prevention:
✅ Water early in the morning only — never in the evening. Grass that stays wet overnight is exactly what the fungus needs.
✅ Ease off high-nitrogen fertilizer heading into fall; lush, fast growth actually feeds the disease.
✅ Improve airflow and drainage — dethatch if your thatch layer is thick, mow at the right height, and avoid overwatering.

Catch it early and your St. Augustine bounces back beautifully once the weather shifts. Want a professional eye on it before it spreads? ABC's Houston lawn care team can diagnose what's really going on and build a fertilization and treatment plan matched to your yard.

Why are there suddenly so many yellowjackets in Houston right now? 🐝Late summer is peak yellowjacket season. All spring ...
08/19/2026

Why are there suddenly so many yellowjackets in Houston right now? 🐝

Late summer is peak yellowjacket season. All spring and summer the colony has been quietly growing, and by August and September it can reach several thousand workers — the largest it will be all year. At the same time, the insects they normally hunt for food start to run short, so foragers get bolder and begin scavenging anything sweet or protein-rich: sodas, fruit, pet food, the trash can, your backyard cookout.

That combination — a big, hungry colony with a shrinking pantry — is exactly why yellowjackets seem so much more aggressive this time of year. A nest that ignored you in June will defend itself fast in September, and unlike honeybees, a single yellowjacket can sting again and again.

A few ways to stay ahead of them:
✅ Keep food and sweet drinks covered outdoors, and rinse out recycling before it sits
✅ Give any nest a wide berth — they defend the area within a few feet of the entrance
✅ Never swat at them or try to seal or spray a nest yourself; sudden movement and vibration provoke the whole colony

If you have found a nest in a wall void, under the eaves, or in the ground near a walkway, let a professional handle removal safely. ABC's Houston pest control team can locate the nest, treat it, and keep your backyard sting-free through fall.

End-of-summer pool check every Houston owner should know: cyanuric acid. Cyanuric acid (CYA) — also called pool stabiliz...
08/17/2026

End-of-summer pool check every Houston owner should know: cyanuric acid.

Cyanuric acid (CYA) — also called pool stabilizer or conditioner — is basically sunscreen for your chlorine. A little bit protects free chlorine from the Texas sun; without it, UV can burn off up to half your unprotected chlorine in well under an hour, which is why an unstabilized pool turns cloudy or green so fast in July and August.

Here's the catch most people miss: you can have too much of a good thing. Nearly every Trichlor tablet (the kind that goes in the floater or feeder) is roughly half cyanuric acid by weight, so after a full Houston swim season your CYA quietly climbs — and climbs. When it gets too high, you hit "chlorine lock": your test strip still reads chlorine, but that chlorine can barely sanitize. The water looks fine while algae and bacteria get the upper hand.

What to aim for:
✅ Traditional chlorine pool: 30–50 ppm CYA
✅ Salt water pool: 60–80 ppm CYA
✅ Test CYA every few weeks in peak season — not just chlorine and pH

And the part no additive can shortcut: CYA doesn't evaporate or break down on its own. The only reliable way to lower it is to partially drain and refill with fresh water. Before the cooler months and holiday guests arrive, it's worth getting your numbers dialed in now.

We wrote a full, plain-English guide on how to test your cyanuric acid and bring it back into range — read it here 👉 abchomeandcommercial.com/resources/cyanuric-acid-pool/

Not sure where your pool stands? ABC's Houston pool team can test your water, balance your chemistry, and take pool maintenance off your plate. Trusted by Houston homeowners since 1949.

Your lawn looked great yesterday and today there's a spreading brown patch? Fall armyworms may be marching. They feed a...
08/14/2026

Your lawn looked great yesterday and today there's a spreading brown patch? Fall armyworms may be marching.

They feed at dawn and dusk, so grab a flashlight and look for green-to-gray caterpillars with a pale upside-down "Y" on the head. At 6 or more per square foot they can chew a lawn down in just 2–3 days — which is why catching them early matters so much. A quick tip: drench a suspect patch with soapy water and watch what wriggles up.

Noticing new fire ant mounds after every Houston downpour? You're not imagining it. Rain floods their tunnels, so coloni...
08/13/2026

Noticing new fire ant mounds after every Houston downpour? You're not imagining it.

Rain floods their tunnels, so colonies rebuild fast — and pop up in fresh spots across the yard. Late August through mid-October is actually the best window to get ahead of them: broadcast a bait over the whole yard first, then treat any stubborn mounds directly. And whatever you do, don't kick the mound — that just scatters the colony (and the stings). Want it handled without the guesswork? We've got you.

Walked face-first into a web this week? 🕸️ You're not imagining it. As summer winds down, Houston's orb weavers reach fu...
08/05/2026

Walked face-first into a web this week? 🕸️ You're not imagining it. As summer winds down, Houston's orb weavers reach full size and spin their biggest webs of the year — usually across porches, eaves, and garden paths.

Here's the calm truth: these spiders are on your side. A single garden spider quietly works through mosquitoes, flies, and moths all season long. When webs pile up by doorways or you're finding them indoors, that's our cue — we clear them, knock down egg sacs, and treat the entry points so they set up shop outside, not in.

Houston heat is a pool's worst nightmare! When the water temperature rises above 80°F, even a slight dip in chlorine lev...
07/29/2026

Houston heat is a pool's worst nightmare!

When the water temperature rises above 80°F, even a slight dip in chlorine levels can trigger an algae bloom in a matter of hours — and a crystal-clear pool can turn a murky green overnight.

The consequences are dire: cloudy water, slimy surfaces, and an unwelcoming environment for swimmers. Consistent weekly service is the key to preventing this catastrophe.

By keeping your chemistry balanced, your filter running efficiently, and your water swim-ready all summer long, you can enjoy a stress-free summer. Imagine spending your weekends lounging by the pool, not scrubbing away at stubborn stains. Ask us about our comprehensive weekly pool service, designed to give you peace of mind and a sparkling clean pool all season long — link in bio. 👉

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