| Author | Message | ||
     Slate Affair Inc. Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 248 Registered: 01-2007 |
Michael , Joe and I are the same path the introducing of a pet-dander is the way to go. If you don't want to get a cat they the pouches may be the way to go. I also have a cat I will pay you to take. | ||
| Joe Jenkins Senior Member Username: Joe Post Number: 294 Registered: 07-2006 |
Michael - We used to be thick with squirrels, but once we got a cat, they disappeared - so did the chipmunks. Now we have several cats - too many. I'd gladly ship you a couple, but my wife and daughter are "cat fanatics." | ||
| Slate Affair Inc. Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 247 Registered: 01-2007 |
You can buy this some where or make it your self, get a small bag/pouch made from cloth, put some mothballs and animal/pet dander. This will deter the pest install them in a few places. | ||
| Ward Hamilton Member Username: Olde_mohawk_masonry__historic_restoration Post Number: 29 Registered: 04-2007 |
Put a Have-a-Heart trap in the attic with an Oreo in it. Squirrels especially like the Halloween, orange cream ones. Fill a trash barrel out behind the shed with water and send 'em for a swim. Repeat. Eventually you'll decimate the squirrel population in the neighborhood, and they won't be back for quite some time. OK, gut check. Before you say "I can't do that" for any reason, consider this: You're actually contemplating an EXPENSIVE alteration to your home (built-in gutters, copper mouldings, etc) to keep rodents out. That's nuts! (No pun intended) If you had a stone foundation and mice kept getting into your house through the gaps between the stones and the sill plate, would you drape a copper apron around the perimeter of the house? No, you'd set evil little traps with tasty treats to maim and maul the rodents! MUCH crueler than my suggested solution. Or, if you just want to SCARE the little buggers, TRICK them into thinking they're being drowned and keep'em indefinitely caged up. The Attorney General has not said, for certain, whether or not water boarding is 'torture,' but some prominent Senators say it isn't! [... ok ... maybe I'm tired and need to go to sleep...] | ||
| timothy hugh dittmar New member Username: Tim_dittmar Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2008 |
it's possible to patch or armor crown moulding with a piece or section of ogee-style gutter front profile without unduly altering the appearance of a building | ||
| Joe Jenkins Senior Member Username: Joe Post Number: 280 Registered: 07-2006 |
Get a cat or two. | ||
| Slate Affair Inc. Senior Member Username: Slate_man Post Number: 240 Registered: 01-2007 |
Replace the crown with a copper cornice detail that they can't chew through. There's the hole at the bottem or top of the roof. | ||
| Michael Joseph Bazikos Junior Member Username: Mbazikos Post Number: 13 Registered: 01-2007 |
I'm afraid that won't help. There is a fence belonging to my neighbor that they jump from, onto my house. Anyone else have any clients whose squirrel problem was solved- by a detail of their slate roof installation? Any ideas, Joe? | ||
| wim b New member Username: Belgiumslate Post Number: 9 Registered: 05-2007 |
is there a tree next to your roof? maybe they jump from a tree on to your roof ifso remove the tree | ||
| Michael Joseph Bazikos Junior Member Username: Mbazikos Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2007 |
Is there anyway to design a slate roof to discourage squirrels from setting up residence in my attic? I already have the critters- they've chewed a hole through the crown moulding on the cornice and all their friends seem to know about the free hotel my house has become. Will a built-in gutter along the edge of the roof, a snow slide, or drip moulding discourage those very tenacious creatures? There is an aluminum gutter there now and it is used as a highway by them and a convienient perch to perform their havoc. The bottom line is- I plan to have the present shingle roof on my house removed and replace it with either new Vermont slate or Salvaged Peach Bottom Black (slate was the origional roofing material) and I hope someone out there will have some experience with this problem. Help! |
