How a removal goes, from the first look to the last check

Step 1: Inspection

Day one · about an hour

We walk the outside of the house, go up on the roof, then into the attic if there's a hatch. We look for chewed shingles, grease rub marks, droppings, torn vent screens and gaps along the roofline.

Before we leave the driveway you get a written list of every way in, with photos and a price. The $149 comes off the job if you go ahead.

Step 2: One-way doors go on

Same visit or the next

On the gap the animals are using, we mount a one-way door: a steel tunnel with a flap that only opens outward. Every other gap gets sealed right away, so there's one way out and no way back.

They leave to feed at night, as they always do, and find they can't get back in.

Step 3: The wait

Usually three to seven nights

Raccoons and skunks tend to go the first or second night. Squirrels take a few days. You should hear less each night.

Please leave the door where it is. If the noise hasn't stopped after a few nights, call and we come back to look.

Step 4: Sealing every way in

Half a day to two days

Once the house is quiet, the door comes off and the last gap is closed: galvanized steel mesh behind the soffit, caps on chimneys and plumbing stacks, guards on roof vents. Where a repair shows from the street, we match the trim colour.

Step 5: Follow-up check

Two to three weeks later

We come back, look at every seal and listen. If something is still inside or has found a new gap, we fix it at no charge. After that, the sealing work is covered for two years.

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