Hollidaysburg is Blair County's seat of government, just four miles south of Altoona on US-220. The borough has a distinctly different feel from Altoona — quieter, more compact, centered on a courthouse square with Victorian and late 19th century architecture surrounding it. Those older brick and frame homes in Hollidaysburg's established neighborhoods are the same wildlife magnet as anything in Altoona's Fairview or Logan areas. Age, wood construction, and proximity to Blair County's natural corridors all contribute.
We are based in Altoona and serve Hollidaysburg as a primary market. When you call, we are four miles away, not forty.
The older homes near the Hollidaysburg courthouse square — many dating to the 1870s through early 1900s — are prime bat habitat. Brick construction with aging mortar, original wood window trim, fascia boards that have weathered for over a century. Big Brown Bats find their way into these homes the same way they do throughout Altoona. Once a colony establishes in a Hollidaysburg Victorian, it tends to persist season after season unless exclusion work is done properly.
Bat maternity season is active right now (May 1 through August 15). We can inspect today and document every entry point. Exclusion work starts August 15. If you are seeing bats around your Hollidaysburg home in the evening, call today — (814) 800-3215 — and get on the August calendar before it fills.
Hollidaysburg's older neighborhoods have mature trees and the quiet creek corridors that raccoons follow. Chimneys on older homes, especially those without caps, are the most common raccoon entry point in the borough. Chimney caps are the single most effective raccoon prevention for this area's older homes, and it's a same-visit install.
Grey squirrels are throughout the borough. Flying squirrels are active in the wooded areas east of the borough near Chimney Rocks Park. Same story as Altoona: old fascia boards and soffit gaps are how they get in.
Yes. We cover Hollidaysburg borough and the surrounding Blair County area including Frankstown Township and the US-220 corridor south of Altoona. Call (814) 800-3215.
Very. The courthouse square area and the older residential blocks have the same housing stock vulnerability as Altoona's railroad-era neighborhoods. If your home was built before 1950, we strongly recommend a bat inspection — even if you have not seen bats inside, a colony may be using your attic or wall voids.
Serving Hollidaysburg, Frankstown Township, and all of Blair County. Also see: wildlife removal in Duncansville.
PA Game Commission licensed. Four miles from Hollidaysburg. 24/7 response.
(814) 800-3215