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alan_m

On 11/11/2019 10:17, wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:

jkn wrote:

we have a strange noise coming from a corner of the loft; Theories welcome...

Every time I've thought it might be rodents, it's turned out to be birds.

And true again today ... first thing this morning scratchy feet type noises from the loft on the bedroom ceiling, then nothing. Later I though the postman had pushed something big through the letterbox which was inexorably slipping to the floor as often happens, then a starling suddenly appears in the bedroom and perches on the curtain pole! It had been slowly pushing its way through insulation in the corner of the bathroom where I've moved/replaced a 110mm vent pipe with an 83mm one.

If its birds pigeons are the most likely culprit, and if so get rid of
them as fast as possible. Within a week or so you will be feet deep in
pigeon poo. Been there and I have the T shirt. My experience was before
having a new roof fitted and I had lost two slates. I put off the repair
for a few weeks and my loft was invaded by the local flock of pigeons.
Unfortunately for them many were still in the loft when the roof was
repaired and being mid summer they soon died. Luckily the heat also
rapidly dehyrdated the bodies and I was spared the problem with rotting
corpses. When I later went in the loft there were two nests with eggs
and a number of dead birds. They had been roosting of the purlins and
the amount of **** on them and the boards underneath was substantial. A
mask, scraper, vacuum cleaner. mop, scrubbing brush and a garden sprayer
filled with bleach later and the area was sanitised allowing for
relatively clean storage.

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