Delaware Squirrel Removal Damage Repairs Service

Take a moment and examine the graphic to the right(desktop) or bottom(mobile). The soffit is a piece of material, either wood, metal, or plastic, parallel to the ground and extends from the fascia to the outdoors wall. The soffit covers the eave, which is an area under the part of the overhanging roof. The role of a soffit is to move air through the attic, which keeps the attic and roof ventilated.

A poorly built soffit sags or becomes separated from weather conditions, time, or inferior fitting. A squirrel can get access to your home through an improperly constructed soffit. A squirrel has strong paws, and if it can grab anything below the soffit, it is not difficult for them to bend, unwrap from the wall, or rip off entirely.

If a squirrel can lay open a soffit, it will go up into the eave area to build a nest or find a way into the attic through gaps in the eave. And if a pregnant squirrel manages to get into your attic or, worse, a colony of flying squirrels, then the destruction starts.

Rest assured, our damage repairs team will replace or fix any poorly constructed or damaged soffits once we remove these unwanted pests.

Fascia rots with time if not made from pressure-treated wood. Squirrels quickly get through rotted fascia wood, allowing them access into eaves. A squirrel’s sharp teeth can easily chew through this type of wood, or it can use its sharp claws to tear its way through the rotted wood.

Our damage repairs team often discovers the rot occurred due to water coming from faulty gutters attached to the fascia boards. Well-designed gutters direct water into the gutter channels and not into the fascia boards behind the gutter. Once water continually hits the area behind the gutters, that water can begin the rotting damage that even water can start flowing inside your walls.

Once the rot sets into the fascia board, making it soft, a squirrel can easily tear into the fascia’s rotting part. And soon, if a squirrel doesn’t make it through, gutters fall off since the rotting board can’t support the weight of the gutters.

If you call our squirrel damage repairs team to examine your home, they assess all potential fascia concerns. Our damage repairs carpenters offer you various choices to get correctly fitted fascia boards that will avoid unwanted squirrel guests.

There are many types of vents on the outside of your home through which squirrels can enter. Squirrels looking for entry into your home explore vents that can provide easy access into your home. Though roof vents are vital for delivering proper airflow out of your home and buildings, they allow squirrels entrance if a vent weakness exists.

Warm air coming from a vent during cooler weather lures squirrels towards the vent, and the squirrel could try entering the vent. If a squirrel, particularly a pregnant female, desires security and relief from the weather, it is strong enough to rip or chew through ordinary vents.

Vent manufacturers construct most vents from aluminum or plastic, and squirrels can make their way through these vents even when correctly mounted with no damage. But, damaged or inadequately installed vents make a squirrel’s break-in easier.

Delaware Squirrel Removal’s highly trained, licensed, and insured squirrel damage repairs carpenters inspect your home searching for possible access points at ridge vents, off ridge vents, box vents, soffit vents, gable vents, and more.

People call us regularly, asking us how they can keep squirrels off their roof. The answer we give them is simple and to the point, “You can’t.” Fortunately, as a homeowner, you can significantly lessen the risk, so you don’t incur hundreds of dollars in roof repairs. Our squirrel damage repairs experts suggest some actions you can take:

1. Keep trees trimmed around your home so these furry rodents don’t have an easy jump from neighboring trees to your rooftop.
2. Also, keep vines and other tall plants next to your home’s short, so squirrels can’t use them for their mountaineering expeditions to your roof.

Squirrels have very sharp teeth and claws, and once they gain access to your roof, they will gnaw and dig out holes, allowing them access. Chewing through rotten shingles is no challenge for a squirrel, especially if the roof has vulnerable rotted wood into which a squirrel can gnaw.

People call us saying there are so many squirrels on their roofs in some areas of Delaware County, Ohio, they request we replace their shingles with metal roofing to prevent squirrels from digging through their roofs. Of course, we can set up replacing your shingles with a metal roof, but we think that’s unnecessary and we’d like to save you money for what’s important.

Set up an assessment with one of our excellent squirrel damage repairs techs, and they will assist you in choosing the ideal and most cost-effective tactic for making your roof squirrel-proofed.

The worse squirrels problems occur when a pregnant squirrel or colony of flying squirrels gains access to your attic. In a short period, squirrels turn attics upside down, creating all manner including potential health risks that can impact you, your family, and even your pets.

Squirrels prefer living inside an attic given the warmer temperatures given the chilly Delaware County, Ohio winter. Rather than living outside, a squirrel or colony stays dry, secure from predators, and shielded from cold weather. Also, having access to the outside, squirrels take exploratory trips to locate water and often access food left outside for pets or uncovered trash cans.

A female squirrel likes a secure and enclosed attic where it can birth and raise its kittens. And once the babies are born, expect a great deal of crying with their soft high pitched chirping when they are not sleeping and when mommy squirrel “speaks” to her babies.

Once in your attic, squirrels make a mess in many ways. Droppings, urine, mold, bacteria, viruses, fleas, ticks, and mites come with a squirrel invasion. Squirrel feces can contain bacteria and viruses known to cause health issues. It would be best to stay clear of an attic area infested with large amounts of squirrel feces and urine. Please, for your safety, let our attic damage repairs specialist address the issue.

Squirrel feces and urine spread throughout your attic is just the beginning of the possible destruction. Squirrels gnaw electrical wiring, electrocuting themselves or stripping the insulating wiring creating a potential fire hazard. Chewing apart heating and cooling ducts and tearing up insulation for nesting material add to the cost of repairs after removing your squirrel problems.

Removing a squirrel can demand specialized skills, especially if a mother is protecting its kits or you are facing a colony of flying squirrels. We suggest calling our licensed and insured squirrel damage repairs professionals at (844) 544-9453 or (844) 544-7378.