Chewed A/C Ducts

Your attic air is encapsulated from your living space. Chewed ducts make your a/c unit work harder by allowing cold air to blow into your attic, reducing its efficiency. Chewed ducts also lead to unsanitary conditions. Wildlife can use your a/c ducts to traverse your home, urinating and defecating inside the ducts; you would then be breathing in the bacteria and viruses they carry, along with being exposed to their parasites, dander, and filth.

Chewed Plumbing Pipes

Nuisance wildlife can discover that your plumbing is an easy source of hydration, especially in times of extreme heat or drought. Chewed pipes can be one of the most catastrophic situations we encounter. Water damage from breached pipes can range from minor leaks, causing ceiling and drywall damage, to major flooding resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Mold follows suit, which spreads and is difficult and costly to contain; mold is also detrimental to your health and can compound already unsanitary conditions caused by the presence of wildlife.

Chewed Electrical Wires

Nuisance wildlife often use electrical chases, and other areas where wires enter your home, as points of entry. They often chew these areas to make them bigger, chewing on your wires in the process. They also chew wires in your walls or attic that lay across areas that they commonly traverse. Chewed wires can cause outlets and appliances to intermittently or completely stop working. In worst case scenarios, wire damage from wildlife can cause electrical fires that can completely destroy your property and can even be lethal.

Damaged Insulation

Attics are an excellent source of shelter for wildlife. Not only does it protect them from extreme variations in climate, it protects them from the elements and predators, while providing them with perfect nesting material. Besides the damage caused by nesting, they displace your insulation by tunneling, digging burrow holes, and matting it down, diminishing its R-Value and reducing its efficiency. They dirty the insulation with constant urination and defecation, as well as dander, filth, and debris. As wildlife frequent your attic, they are doing damage to your insulation, devaluing your house and making it less marketable.