What's that hole in your roof?

Ever wondered how those wild beasts get into your house? Open doors and pets doors are obvious points of entry.

Headley’s Wildlife Control handles calls each year related strange sounds in the attic. Most of the time these animals have penetrated the house structure at weak points.

Let’s take a look at these common areas:

1. Soffit returns. This is the area of the roof where the soffit meets the roof line. If you look closely you can see a gap where the shingles and soffit meet.

This is a close up of the hole that was an entrance point for squirrels and raccoons.

2. Rotten Fascia. This is the area behind gutters. This homeowner had the roof and windows replaced. The contractor put flashing below all the windows except this one. The squirrels accessed the uncovered wood from the gutter.

3. Roof vents. Older style roof vents feature light screen underneath to allow airflow. Over time this screen disintegrates allowing squirrels and bats to come and go.

4. Just when you think that you have the creatures figured out. They change their game plan. Pictured is a hole that a family of squirrels chewed in the roof peak of a newly built house. There were 3 total chew points in this roof top. This homeowner did everything right. The squirrels won this battle.

Next time we’ll talk about what you can do as a homeowner to keep the wild creatures outside your house.