Squirrels & Raccoons Find Weaknesses
As Ryan says at the end of one of the videos in this post, if there are any mistakes in your construction “the critters will find it”.
Time and time again, we witness animals getting into homes and businesses at spots where there is opportunity. These opportune entry spots usually exist because of damage or design.
Today’s examples are both design issues that exist where one section of roof abuts another. These transition spots are often neglected in design or strength and are hot spots for animal entry.
During a nuisance animal inspection, any spot where one roof touches another roof is a spot we will look at thoroughly.
Read on and watch the videos as Ryan shows the trouble spots. Additionally, note the fixes that protect these areas from future animal incursion.
Small Gap Left for Squirrels
In the following video, Ryan shows where some sneaky squirrels found a gap where an addition roof met an existing roof.
Though the work looks good and the squirrels didn’t do any damage to get in, not considering that squirrels could find the small gap that exists there was a mistake.
Take a look:
The solution here is to 1) Remove the offending squirrels and 2) make it so squirrels can’t get up there any more. Trapping and repair of animal damage is what we are all about.
Roof Design Gives Raccoons Great Tunnel
The second example concerns raccoons at a roof to roof transition.
We see again in the following video a gap that exists where two roofs meet. This one creates a tunnel that provide a nice protected space which allows raccoons to go exploring.
Take a look:
Whoever decided to design and construct what we saw in the video obviously wasn’t thinking about raccoons or other nuisance animals. But to us, it’s pretty obvious that some sort of animal is eventually going to start going in and out of there. As noted earlier, there are some in the construction industry who do not consider how animals will react to or take advantage of what has been created. We guess that keeps us in business.
The fix Ryan provided here is just like the squirrel job: 1) remove the current offenders and 2) make repairs so the area can no longer be used by animals. This “raccoon tunnel” no longer exists.
Removal. Exclusion. Solution.
When nuisance animals get into homes, it is important to remove the offenders AND make a quality, thoughtful repair.
When an animal points out the weakness in a home’s design, take the opportunity to address this design element so the problem doesn’t happen again.
Frontline Animal Removal traps squirrels, raccoons, and other nuisance wild animals in the Akron / Canton / Kent, OH area.
If you are interested in our trapping and repair services please contact us today or continue on to other parts of our website.
