Wildlife Inspection and Exclusion
"Before" crawlspace entrance in Tucson. Excluding rock squirrels from Tucson crawlspace under home.
"during" crawlspace door rebuild Tucson. Redwood frame. One of the only rainy days in Tucson made this exclusion exciting.
"After" crawlspace door rebuild Tucson. Squirrel proof crawlspace door.
Close-up of the corner of a building's roof with wooden siding, concrete tiles, and a textured stucco wall.
A person working on the exterior wall of a brick building using a ladder, with sunlight and a tree with green leaves in the background.
A person's hand lifting a small, blue mesh window screen to reveal a view of the outside, with wooden framing and sunlight.
Gable vent on downtown Tucson home damaged by squirrels. Before. All work on this home had to be done from the roof. No longer safe attic access (1920s home)
Gable vent on downtown Tucson home damaged by squirrels. After. The owner wanted to keep the appearance of the cedar.
Gable vent on downtown Tucson home after repair from squirrel damage
Gable vent on downtown Tucson home after repair from squirrel damage. From the ground.
After installing a dig barrier to keep wildlife out from under a Tucson shed.
Excluding squirrels and skunks from under a Tucson shed. Digging animal under shed removal and exclusion.
Excluding squirrels and skunks from under a Tucson shed. Digging animal exclusion from shed Tucson.
After excluding squirrels and skunks from under a Tucson shed.
Packrats in attic inspection Tucson. Tile roof rodent exclusion Tucson
Packrats in attic of tile roof in Tucson inspection.
Packrats in attic of tile roof house in Tucson inspection. Packrat and rodent attic inspection Tucson.
Tucson attic wildlife inspection. Roof rats in attic of Tucson home.
Home attic wildlife inspection Tucson. Roof rat and rodent inspection Tucson.
Raccoons entering attic of Tucson home. Before. Attic wildlife inspection Tucson.
Before. Raccoons in attic Tucson inspection. Wildlife inspection Tucson.
Raccoons entering attic. Before. Attic wildlife inspection Tucson.
Raccoons in attic Tucson. One-way door and camera install. During.
Before. Cats and raccoons entering attic. Raccoon in attic eviction Tucson.
After. Raccoons in attic Tucson
After. Raccoons entering attic in Tucson. Attic wildlife inspection and removal.
Roof rats in attic Tucson inspection. Visible daylight leads to the entrance this time.
Viga's always pose an issue when excluding wildlife. The round log meeting flat boards junction usually allows mice through.
The top of this patio is the roof decking boards, basically. Allowing rodents down along the walls.
Catio exclusion Tucson. Expanded metal keeps the large animals out, but unless something more is done along the edges, small things can still squeeze through.
Catio exclusion Tucson. Rodent proofing Catio. Maintaining the rigidity of the expanded metal, with the hardware cloth.
Finished catio rodent proofing.
Rodents were entering the attic after an incomplete garage remodel.
The drywall ceiling of the garage extended out past the wall. Leaving the rough cut edge outside and open to rodents.
This Tucson outbuildings metal roof flashing wasn't attached, allowing roof rats to easily crawl in.
Rodent grease leading into soffit return of a tile roof house in Tucson. Attic wildlife inspection Tucson
Rodents chewed the trim along the top of the door to gain access to the attic. Wildlife inspections Tucson.
Rodents chewing at the beams and fascia along the top of the wall gaining access to the attic. Attic wildlife inspection Tucson
Rodents had been a problem in this attic in the past. But the poorly done vent covers didn't stop more from coming in.
No gaps left to allow mice down into the attic space.
Properly screened vents prevent rodents from entering the attic.
Rafter stud cut...poorly. Creating a packrat and mouse entry point into this Tucson attic (Before)
"add-a-stud" fix to exclude packrats and mice from the gap beside this bird board (After)
After installing hardware cloth around a Tucson shed. Tucson digging animal skunk and squirrel shed exclusion.
Installing squirrel and skunk proof dig defense around Tucson shed.
Trenching around a Tucson shed to install hardware cloth. Tucson squirrel and skunk shed exclusion
Installing barrier to prevent squirrels from going under a Tucson shed. Excluding wildlife from shed Tucson
After installing dig proof barrier to prevent squirrels from digging under a Tucson shed.
Wooden frame and trim of garage door in Tucson that packrats had chewed through to gain entry around the main garage door itself
Closeup of garage door frame and trim that packrats chewed to gain entry into a Tucson garage.
Garage door frame repaired and the wooden trim replaced all the way around (it was also just old/punky and starting to rot and needed a refresh), and the corner excluded from packrat chewing with steel plate Tucson
Repairing corner of garage door where mice had *repeatedly* chewed through the weather stripping to gain entrance to the garage.
Sheet metal added to prevent mice from entering Tucson garage. It is always a nice "take that you darn mice" moment when these exclusions are done.
Exterior view of sheet metal added to prevent mice from chewing the garage door corner to gain entry Tucson