Nuisance animals = more than one problem

Today I inspected a house which has bats in the attic. During my inspection I found rat droppings. The new attic  insulation was put there 3 1/2 years ago which puts a time line on the situation for me. In the past 3 1/2 years rats have been coming and going at their leisure and the homeowners did not even know it. So, the original problem is bat removable, exclusion repairs to prevent future infesations, and soiled insulation removable and re-insulate those areas. In addition, more complete and thorough repairs are required in order to prevent rats from re-entering the structure, rodent elimination, and some more soiled insulation removable and re-insulating these areas will also be required  from a health standpoint.  Now you can see how one problem which goes uncorrected can ballon into some serious and major problems before it all is corrected. It  is fairly common for most sturctures to have evidence of numerous animals in their attic and crawl spaces over a period of 20, 30, or 40 years. Sometimes this evidence is from an old infestation but still requires complete and thorough repairs in order to stop future infestations. Sometime this evidence is from current infestations and will require complete and thorough repairs to prevent future infestations from occurring. Anytime nuisance animals invade structures, the answer to the problem will be in exclusion repairs. One pest control company in Lawrenceville says that repairs should only be done as a last resort and that he can charge you to repeatedly put down more chemicals for rodent control and that will stop them from entering your structure. HOGWASH, if you want to keep animals out of your home, then you had better have a professional exclsuion repair specialist do complete and thorough repairs on the structure. Continuing to add more chemical to the environment is certainly not the solution to this problem but it sort of does give him job security as opposed to correcting the problem. If you are having someone do exclusionary repairs to your home, ask them to show proof of  laibility insurance, Georgia DNR credentials, Georgia Dept of Ag credentials, a city or county business license and any thing else you wish in an effort to prove they are a professional company. This industry is full of theives and morons, buyer beware.

17 Responses to “Nuisance animals = more than one problem”

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  2. J, Barber says:

    Thank you SO much for returning my email question promptly (less than 24 hours) and with a phone call–and on a Sunday afternoon! You answered all my questions and pointed me in the right direction to get rid of my (suspected) rat population EVEN THOUGH I live hundreds of miles away from your business area. I can’t thank you enough for your generous time and information. I’m wishing I lived closer so you could solve my problem in person, but I will let you know how it all ends up!!

  3. stuart says:

    I read a article under the same title some time ago, but this articles quality is much, much better. How you do this? ,,,,,, Thank you for your kind words. Experience, being in the trenches so to speak. I have gotten 1000’s rats and squirrels out of 1400 to 1500 homes and done all of the necessary repairs to exclude them from re-entering. These are the things I see on a regular basis, these are the isues homeowners experience on a regular basis, and these are the damages the animals do on a regular basis. This occurrs in every city in America, this occurs in Mcmansions on the golf course (I am currently doing work on a home that has 95 feet of gutter that is 45+ feet above ground and an additional 386 feet of gutter on the rest of the house),,,,, this occurs in all subdivisions with homes of all prices, and it occurs in the rural areas. Rats do not care what kind of money you make. For the most part I am self taught, however, I do attend continuing education classes on a very regular basis ( I have to do 46 hours of ceu’s per year to maintain my licenses, but I usually do 75 to 90 hours per year). The very best thing a homeowner can do once animals invade a structure is to have them removed and the necessary exclusion repairs be done by a professional. It is not likely to be any cheaper next year than it is this year.

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