Wako on 21 08 2016 06 12.
Rodents in roof cavity.
To reduce roof rats on your property consider the following.
Roof rats are known by a variety of other names including palm rats fruit rats ship rats and alexandrian rats.
How rats get in the cavity wall 5 common ways 1.
When rodents infest your attic they have already hit the jackpot so to speak.
It brings them out into the open so they don t die inside the roof.
Store food in metal or plastic containers with tight fitting lids instead of cardboard boxes that can easily be gnawed.
Roof rats differ from the norway rat in several ways.
Venting systems will pass through the brickwork of your home and if they are not installed.
Weep holes gaps around plumbing air bricks crumbled mortar and missing masonry all provide rodents an easy route inside the wall.
Still the rodents will be looking to nest for extra protection and warmth.
If mice have invaded your air ducts the following steps can help you end the problem.
When mice die in the heating and cooling ducts it can send a rank odor throughout a house.
This is a very common way for rats to get in your cavity walls especially if you have overhanging trees.
Remove clutter like paper or cardboard that rats may use to build their nests keep dog food and other pet food.
Switch off your central heating and cooling system and let the grates reach room temperature.
Ceilings and the roof which provide a chance to set traps.
Presumably your attic is dry and relatively protected from the elements that would otherwise bring in moisture.
Those pellets you can find in any supermarket or hardware store and scatter them all over your roof cavity.
Noises in the attic are worrying and can be an indication that rodents or other wildlife may be living in your roof.
For effective pest control you need to determine what type of rat is scurrying around your attic.
Even if there is no existing entry point determined rodents can chew their way inside.
Unfortunately there are many ways rodents can get into this cavity.
Attics lofts or ceiling cavities are ideal environments for possums rats and mice who damage stored items and electric cabling by gnawing and possibly causing fires they are also ideal environments for nesting birds that can spread disease mites and fleas.
Both roof rats and norway rats a stockier variety of rat can infest homes.
