Re: Drop down ceilings
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10/05/12 08:41 PM
10/05/12 08:41 PM
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Bob Jameson
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Doing a roof line, ridge vent,roof vent,attic gable vents and dormer corner inspections will tell you most if not all of what you need to know in most cases with identifying the potential for squirrels, bats, birds or coon. If the suspected problem is mice or rats the problem will most likely be at or near ground level.Most to all of your work will be external to catch or exclude, so no real need for an internal roof inspection if the exterior sign is there.If the existing openings for entry are there or obvious chewins are apparent, then you should be able to read the sign.
Then its to the next step.
Interviewing the customer of what the problem is, when the noises are heard etc. Tight spaces at this time of year in vaulted or drop ceilings with noises are usually squirrels or mice.Day active squirrels or flyers with nocturnal activity and early morning returns to the nest site. Many noises are mice. The lack of any other confirmable sign will leave that conclusion as an obvious answer.
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Re: Drop down ceilings
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10/06/12 03:45 PM
10/06/12 03:45 PM
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HD_Wildlife
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I'd echo Bob's safety statements about the safety gear needs. I'm only a newbie and didn't grow up doing any roofing work or being on anything with much of a pitch. I had a bunch of work on metal roofs this last year and a half that has me owning most things under the sun, ridge hooks, ropes and access equipment.
Even with that I've learned some other things from folks on here and on other forums, .info and roofer forums and window washing forums, etc....
I will also say, that now that I've started renting lifts for where applicable, I'm hooked on those and what they offer.
A few months back I was hurrying and put my ridge hook over a ridge that wasn't the right angle, I was nearing the top of the ridge when the ladder popped up a bit due to something laying under it keeping it from lying flat.
The result was me hollering down to my wife and partner that likely I was coming down with the ladder in a minute so "get out of the way!"
That one deal, made me rethink all things I was doing, and to always remember that you can only do the next job if you aren't crippled up due to an error in judgement or safety.
Always happy when folks mention safety tips and tricks and relate stories of their own, we should all be on here learning and safer in the field for it.
Justin
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Re: Drop down ceilings
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10/06/12 04:43 PM
10/06/12 04:43 PM
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Paul Winkelmann
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Dave Schmidt, since you are my St. Louie twin, it's hard to tell if you're serious or joking, but you're right; those ceiling tiles were so clean that it looked like someone had cleaned them, even though nobody had.
We try not to set squirrel cages in the crawl space ( in attics at least you can walk up ) but some of the customer's demand it. To be quite frank, some of my most successful multiple cage sets have been in attics and crawl spaces. Why? for one thing, the scent of the bait or lure just fills the entire room. Think about it; no wind gusts to contend with and if you catch the dominant female, chances are, every trap will be filled!
Okay, I'll admit it; there is only one time of the year that I prefer attics and that is the dead of winter. Of course, that's the time of year when the squirrels prefer them too!
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