Something Living In My Roof

They can cause all sorts of damage and make noise all through the night.

Something living in my roof.

1 raccoons are excellent climbers so it s fairly difficult to keep them from climbing on the roof. Part of our living room has a flat roof so i said it was probably a cat or birds on the roof. Inspect window and door framing and check the eaves as well as the flashing around attic vents chimneys and fans on the. Squirrels are the most common critters to invade attics.

Mouseproofing the house look for holes and gaps on the exterior lower level of your house first. Chances are you ve got a new furry or feathery friend living in your home. Because raccoons are the largest animal that will break into your attic or home it is also the easiest to identify. If there is an injured animal on the roof or it falls from the roof and is injured one of the most important things is not to put yourself in harm s way.

The most common place raccoons will occupy in your home is the attic. Fill gaps of 1 2 inch width or. This is a much larger animal than a rat or bird and it usually easy to tell its presence from the much heavier and slower footfalls and they don t gnaw wood like the rodents will. Hearing scratching sounds in the night.

They chew their way in and then keep chewing once they get in making a lot of damage along the way. Check around pipes conduits coaxial cables. In new zealand the other animal that can be a cause of noises in the roof is the possum australian brushtail possum. If you can catch the animal then placing a large sturdy box or a strong washing basket can help you to catch them and then putting a blanket over the box can help to calm the animal.

Many animals move into homes looking for food or shelter and end up getting a little too comfortable. Rats love to live in the roof space of our homes. Last night i went out and when i came back dh said he d heard something scrabbling about in the ceiling above our living room. Here are the most common animals that could be living in your ceiling and how to identify them.

They can ascend the corners of most houses and easily climb up and down downspouts. Once it s confirmed that the possum s are gone bait can be laid throughout the roof cavity to control the rats. Strange noises in the attic or walls.