[kreykjalin]

There aren’t any pests like that to worry about in Iceland. You might see earthworms and spiders, but I doubt you’d see much beyond that.

Nowadays I suppose you might find ticks if they latch onto a bird and are left on the roof, but ticks are relatively new to Iceland and they’re typically not found in towns and cities.

[chrisco255]

Turf housing goes back to the Neolithic era and was spread throughout the globe, including of course Norway where the Icelanders came from. I've always wondered how they dealt with pests? Does the sod harden somehow?

[wussboy]

I suspect they had a very different relationship with things we would find annoying.

[Tor3]

I've never seen any pest problem in houses or structures built with or using turf in other ways. I have seen an old man picking lingonberries from a turf roof though. Not what I would call a pest..