There's a hole in my roof.
Some men are born to projects, some achive projects, and some have projects thrust upon them.
For the past week we have once again been hearing critter noises coming from over our bedroom. Last night it was scratching and gnawing sounds. I grabbed a flashlight and looked around outside and on the roof and didn’t see anything. Something was definitely up there. At times it sounded like it was on the roof at times in the attic. Lifting the attic hatch and looking around revealed nothing.
This morning Penny and I did a complete circuit of the house inspecting all the soffit vents for anywhere critters might get in. It all was nice and tight. The next step was to look on the roof. I climbed up a ladder where we heard the noise and the entry point was immediately obvious. The area around the 2 1/4 inch pipe where the power lines come into the house was gnawed away in such a manner that a good sized rat or squirrel could squeeze in. We are fortunate that it hasn’t rained this week. This hole would have let in a lot of water.
So my project today was to seal up that hole and make it so the critters can’t get in. They chose this area to get in because there was no metal flashing where it penetrated the roof. It was simply sealed with asphalt sealer an shingled. The critters used that weakness to get at the underlying plywood and gnaw out there hole. Why they waited 32 years to do this who knows?
I’m hoping that I didn’t seal the critter in the attic. It gets so hot there during the day that a critter wouldn’t likely stay there. So I think they are now blocked from returning to spend the night. I’ve heard many horror stories of persistent squirrels that will gnaw through wire mesh to get back into an attic. Hopefully our critters will give up easily. I did make it hard for them to return.
Some men are born to projects, some achive projects, and some have projects thrust upon them.
For the past week we have once again been hearing critter noises coming from over our bedroom. Last night it was scratching and gnawing sounds. I grabbed a flashlight and looked around outside and on the roof and didn’t see anything. Something was definitely up there. At times it sounded like it was on the roof at times in the attic. Lifting the attic hatch and looking around revealed nothing.
This morning Penny and I did a complete circuit of the house inspecting all the soffit vents for anywhere critters might get in. It all was nice and tight. The next step was to look on the roof. I climbed up a ladder where we heard the noise and the entry point was immediately obvious. The area around the 2 1/4 inch pipe where the power lines come into the house was gnawed away in such a manner that a good sized rat or squirrel could squeeze in. We are fortunate that it hasn’t rained this week. This hole would have let in a lot of water.
So my project today was to seal up that hole and make it so the critters can’t get in. They chose this area to get in because there was no metal flashing where it penetrated the roof. It was simply sealed with asphalt sealer an shingled. The critters used that weakness to get at the underlying plywood and gnaw out there hole. Why they waited 32 years to do this who knows?
I’m hoping that I didn’t seal the critter in the attic. It gets so hot there during the day that a critter wouldn’t likely stay there. So I think they are now blocked from returning to spend the night. I’ve heard many horror stories of persistent squirrels that will gnaw through wire mesh to get back into an attic. Hopefully our critters will give up easily. I did make it hard for them to return.
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dear liza, dear liza....
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