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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

can we get ONE more side done before Winter- part deux

Yeah, so we have flying squirrels. I think some of you may have heard the story of how we know they are the flying type already. If your curious, I'll tell you in person, it would freak most people out, so I am withholding the whole story. Just trust me, it was a gruesome discovery and I was lucky to be out of town that day.
Most of the summer we kept hearing the critters above our heads at night. They started to get pretty frisky a few weeks ago. It got so bad, that we called an exterminator Andy from macandquacks.com, he seemed like the best fit for us. This was something I knew Orkin couldn't deal with. Andy came and gave us a thorough evaluation of our issues. He could see that we were on the right track with spray foaming any hole that a critter could get into. He gave us some hardware cloth to fit in the holes and some super duper spray foam. And some large rat traps, with the plastic touch mount which snap to lighter touch, to catch the *&^!%$*'s. It was going to be a challenge with our situation, given that we are re-doing the existing sides one at a time, and where they seem to be getting into the house, was not on our list of "must do". That first night of spray foaming up all the entry points was exciting, we could hear him or her racing through the walls trying to get out. It was in a panic. I think it finally either calmed down or found a way out, and we haven't heard from it again. However, we are not taking any chances and have traps ready for it when it decides it wants to get back in again.
The finished side! Well, lower half. New windows, new clapboard siding stained, and trim painted. Just in time for snow!!
I will paint those windows, maybe this weekend, if it is nice out?

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