Attic and Crawlspace restoration

Once the nuisance wildlife has been removed, we then shift our attention to the sanitization and repair of your home. Because it’s not just important to remove an animal, but also to take active measures to prevent future infestations. As part of this step, we also offer attic and crawlspace restoration services.

Why the attic and the crawlspace?

Well, Fur & Feathers Wildlife Control offers repair and cleaning services for any part of the house that was the unfortunate victim of a wild animal infestation. If there were rats in your living room, we will clean and restore that as well.

However, we tend to focus on the attic and the crawlspace, since these two areas of the house are among the most common “retreats” for nuisance wild animals. The crawl space has the immense benefit of being easily accessible from the outside. At the same time, it’s not as easy to “get to” for larger animals as it is for smaller ones, thus providing them with excellent protection.

As for the attic, it can be easily accessed through the roof, or soffit, and poses an excellent hiding place for wild animals, since it’s less inhabited and more cluttered than the rest of your home.

Attic and crawlspace restoration – what do we do?

After the nuisance wild animal has been safely removed, we will turn our attention to assessing the damage and removing any trace of it.

First, we will seal all of the animal’s entry points, using materials like caulk, wire mesh, expandable foam, or something similar. This will ensure that other animals don’t use it to crawl into your home, thus causing a recurring problem. If the problem was not with the walls, but say, with some missing shingles, we will replace those, as well as replace any wall or window structure that may have been broken or torn by the invasive wildlife.

Next, we will focus on the damage left behind by your unwanted wild house guest. Wildlife damage comes under numerous guises, such as:

• • Torn or trampled insulation – often the result of a possum or raccoon invasion (since both have notably sharp claws, and can be quite heavy);

• Chewed electrical wires – often a parting gift of wild animals like squirrels, which must chew continuously thanks to their ever-growing teeth. Damaged electrical wires are among the most serious types of property damage we encounter, and significantly increase the risk of fire or explosion;

• Damaged support structures – again commonly associated with a squirrel invasion, though not only, we may encounter significant damage to the wooden support structures inside your attic, which may endanger the structure and safety of your home;

• Discoloration and destruction due to urine or feces – the accumulation of refuse on your property will lead to the slow decomposition of furniture, storage boxes, and even floors (not to mention result in a terrible stench and health hazard!).

Of course, the precise type of damage we deal with will depend on the animal you’ve dealt with, but it is our mission, during this final step of the animal removal process, to make your attic and crawlspace clean and safe, again.

Our team of wildlife removal experts will clean and repair whatever can be repaired. Keep in mind that some items, such as damaged electrical wires, may no longer be salvaged, and may need to be replaced presently. Our team will handle that as well, or when not possible, do our best to put you in contact with a qualified professional.

Decontamination and Sanitization

As part of our attic and crawlspace restoration service, we will also focus heavily on the health hazards posed by the infestation. This will include removing the refuse left behind but also scrubbing off the pervasive urine stains that may have embedded themselves in your home.

With the use of professional-grade cleaning and sanitizing products, we aim to destroy the bacteria commonly found in animal droppings, which otherwise may expose you and your family to serious illnesses, like leptospirosis, rabies, tularemia, and numerous others.

Generally, we recommend keeping out of the contaminated attic until the restoration process is complete, so as to avoid exposure to dangerous bacteria.

If you are struggling with a nuisance wildlife problem on your Eastern Pennsylvania property, we heartily encourage you to reach out to us either by phone at +1 866-442-9360, or online today.