Animal Ate Thru Attic Vent Screen

The masked marauders of the animal world they ll barge down chimneys and into open garages or attic vents.

Animal ate thru attic vent screen.

Bar them from entering with hardware cloth. The 4 main animals that can easily rip up ridge vents are squirrels like in this case raccoons very easily bats and mice. Although many homeowners are not even aware that such holes exist they are essential for attic ventilation so you can t just cover them with wood. Even larger rodents such as squirrels can fit through surprisingly small gaps.

Most animals enter attics through small holes or man made openings such as vents and chimney pipes. Ridge vents can look nice and according to their manufacturers they help ventilate the attic but when it comes to keeping out wildlife they re one of the easiest ways for them to enter your home. As mentioned all the gable vents have screening on the inside so it s unlikely anything would try to get into the attic anyway. Most well designed attic vents have screens prohibiting animal entry into the vent structure and into the attic space.

Here you can see the cover of an attic fan round and a passive vent next to it box like. Thanks to its repulsive smell and the size of its droppings the opossum is responsible for some of the stinkiest infestations of any north american animal short of a skunk. The louvered vents for dryer exhausts and the openings behind roof fascia are perennial favorites. These animal contortionists can easily fit through any unprotected ventilation holes in your roof eaves.

A word of caution on live trapping squirrels to remove nuisance. The only attic gable vent i didn t have screened on the outside was the one over the garage. As agile climbers opossums can easily make their way into an attic through slits and holes in the eaves and vents. I just knew it would bug me seeing the screening over this gable since it s so low and visible over the garage.

Living in ne chicago i had squirrels invading the attic and destroying garden produce one bite and dropped on the ground. Larger animals will even bite and claw through weak spots in the exterior to create an entrance to the attic. Take down the bird feeders that are attracting them to your property. As an example take a look at this recent picture of a squirrel problem.

Ridge guard is a system for guarding against animal entry at the roof ridge. The most effective way to keep animals out of your attic is to walk the perimeter of your home and find and eliminate any vulnerable. But squirrels sometimes chew through vent covers. We install heavy gauge wire screening over top of roof vents covers that will keep animals out and won t prevent air flow.