The crew found bats living up inside the louvers of an attic vent.
Block bats from attic vents.
It s 6 inches long and has four flexible tabs at one end to attach the excluder over the bats entry exit point.
The bats will get stuck and die.
If you block up the attic vent then bats can t get into your attic itself.
Personally i like bats.
It can be attached using pushpins staples or duct tape and it s completely reusable.
Once your attic or home has become undesirable to bats it s time to exclude them from your property.
When there is no doubt the bats are gone you can remove the funnel and seal the entry with wire and or sealant.
Leave the funnel installed over the entry point for at least 2 weeks.
As you can t be sure exactly how they re getting in you need to plug all the possible entrances.
You should start with using an exclusion device covered in this guide and a combo of bright floodlights essential oils sound generators and possibly some hanging ornaments foil or mirrors.
The best defense against bats is to block entry into your attic.
The exterior screening is mainly to discourage another bat from roosting up under the gable on the outside.
However if you already have a bat a problem in your attic use a variety of methods to drive them out.
Excluders are boxes that allow the bats to exit the roost but block off the return route.
The device can also become congested with bats causing a proverbial roadblock or clogged drain.
They eat pesky bugs.
As mentioned all the gable vents have screening on the inside so it s unlikely anything would try to get into the attic anyway.
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Check for dark brown stains around your roofline dormers vents and roof trim.
Bat skin secretes an oil that rubs off on the walls of your attic leaving a tell tale sign that you have unwanted guests.
One way exclusion devices specifically made for bats are available in stores.
We are installing 4 mesh galvanized steel hardware cloth on the outside of the gable vent to prevent bats from entering the structure.
The rule of thumb is to seal up all passages that exceed an inch which means that once out the bat can t come back in.
Russ cuts a piece of hardware cloth roughly the size of the circular vent allowing for a hole at the bottom to accommodate an excluder.
