Originally Posted By: dbush
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Widow’s home, stated no one has been in attic for 15 years. Report recommendation?
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Widow’s home, stated no one has been in attic for 15 years. Report recommendation?
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Originally Posted By: wengelking
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I voted based upon the best response listed. My actual reaction, base on NACHI S.O.P. would be a little different. I think this is a good example, and could use a little discussion after the poll has been released.
Walter
Originally Posted By: cmacgillivray
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obviously, attic infested with headless scarecrows.
Originally Posted By: psisler
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Dave,
Looks like a very big bird nest(s). Here in the sierras there are a lot of instances similar to this picture. The builder fails to screen the gable vents and the animals keep on coming. It is squirrels here. Tons of them. When I see this I recommend removing the screen door type screen and installing the lathe screen that masons use for stone etc. and screw it in good. I did this to mine and my neighbors and have had no further problems with the little critters.
Patrick
Originally Posted By: cmacgillivray
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I believe the builder did screen the vent, but you can see in the pic that it is ripped or it just was blown in from wind.
Originally Posted By: psisler
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Christopher,
That is exactly why I use lathe for the gable vents. No wind or little critter is going to tear it or eat through it. Just my opinion.
Patrick
Originally Posted By: ekartal
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d. Unknown pile of substances in attic, recommend further evaluation
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Nope. I'd say this is our call. 
Erol Kartal
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Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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I don’t need an aviary to tell the homeowner it’s a birdsnest…I can handle this one on my own!
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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What kind of bird makes a nest that big? It looks like a pack rat nest to me.
Are there pack rats in MO.?
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Originally Posted By: jpope
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I didn’t recommend anything
I just gave them this picture --
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Originally Posted By: psabados
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Birds are like people
You sell your house, the new owners move in. Guess what, time for upgrades and additions. Mrs. Starling to hubby "Sorry dear the master bedroom just isnt big enough, make it bigger or else"!
Paul
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Originally Posted By: wwarner
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" somewhere!
Obviously nesting material of some sort.
Obviously feces (droppings) at the gable vent and near nest.
Nesting material got there somehow. (bird, squirrel, rat, yeti, something built it)
Appears to have entered through the gable vent. (more signs)
Fix the vent... remove the material. (By qualified expert of course!)
Feel it!... I ain't gonna feel it, YOU feel it!... Feels like___________!
Smell it!... I ain't gonna smell it, YOU smell it!... Smells like__________!
Taste it!.... I ain't gonna taste it, YOU taste it!... Tastes like___________!
Hmmm.... must be______________!
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Originally Posted By: charper
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I would say rescreen and call Colonel Sanders. Invite the neighbors for chicken…
Charlie
Originally Posted By: kmcmahon
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Bill,
Sounds like you used to listed to the old Cheech and Chong albums!
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Originally Posted By: tallen
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I am with Will. Looks like. smells like must be time for removal by a specialist,
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Originally Posted By: wwarner
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You got it Kevin!
...Dave's not here!
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Originally Posted By: wengelking
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Without a doubt D was the right answer. But our SOP excludes the requirement to determine the presence of birds, insects, or rodents. I personally am not licensed for ADC (amimal damage control), and feel if I were to comment on the presence of same, I would be opening myself up for additional liability. If I were to discover that situation, I think I would report “damaged vent may be a security issue.”
Walter
Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Evidence of animal or bird infestation found in the attic near a vent with a damaged screen. Correction by a licensed contractor and/or an animal control specialist is advised.
It looks more like a Squirrel nest to me. They used to run out of the attics in VA when I went up into them, and that pic looks just like what I used to see. I would rather find squirrels than bats though 
Originally Posted By: wwarner
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", but to pawn EVERYTHING off to qualified specialists… you might as well put the first line of your report as: “This is your home inspection report, but a qualified specialist should evaluate this document and determine it as such.”
I feel sleazy enough telling clients to have systems further evaluated.
My report would go as such:
Missing or damaged gable vent screen. Appears to be evidence of animal / pest nesting activity (possibly active). The animal / pest may be gaining access through inadequate gable vent screen. Recommend qualified contractor repair or replace screen. Recommend professional (animal control or pest control) remove nesting material and thoroughly clean area as some animals and pests are known carriers of diseases communicable to humans.
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Bill
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