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Wood Pecker Damage
I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked
like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. |
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I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. I would like to know what bugs are in it. Greg |
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On Apr 21, 8:10*pm, gregz wrote:
wrote: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. I would like to know what bugs are in it. Greg I'm not sure if there are any bugs. I read that wood peckers do this to be territorial. I did have ice dams 2 winters ago which of course will attract carpenter ants, but I havent seen any ants lately. I'm going to have a contractor repair the damage. I wonder if I should call my insurance company. |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:09:08 -0400, Dan Espen
wrote: writes: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. I believe this is most common, and the way it happened to me: Carpenter bees first, then the wood peckers. I have no wood pecker experience, but I read to put in mothballs where the carpenter bees make holes, then cover with plastic wood or maybe anything. I read this the day after I covered my holes w/o moth balls, but they never came back. I probably sprayed a bunch of them to death when I was patching the holes. |
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On Apr 21, 9:39*pm, micky wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:09:08 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: writes: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. I believe this is most common, and the way it happened to me: *Carpenter bees first, then the wood peckers. I have no wood pecker experience, but I read to put in mothballs where the carpenter bees make holes, *then cover with plastic wood or maybe anything. * * I read this the day after I covered my holes w/o moth balls, but they never came back. * I probably sprayed a bunch of them to death when I was patching the holes. I had woodpeckers peck into my cedar shingle siding years ago, there were no insects or the house would be gone by now . I filled the holes with caulking and repainted over the patched area. They didn't come back. |
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On Apr 21, 10:55*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote: On Apr 21, 9:39*pm, micky wrote: On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:09:08 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: writes: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. I believe this is most common, and the way it happened to me: *Carpenter bees first, then the wood peckers. I have no wood pecker experience, but I read to put in mothballs where the carpenter bees make holes, *then cover with plastic wood or maybe anything. * * I read this the day after I covered my holes w/o moth balls, but they never came back. * I probably sprayed a bunch of them to death when I was patching the holes. I had woodpeckers peck into my cedar shingle siding years ago, there were no insects or the house would be gone by now . *I filled the holes with caulking and repainted over the patched area. *They didn't come back. That's what I'm thinking, no insects. What did you fill the shinlges with. My shingles are really butchered. Can i use wood filler? |
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On Apr 22, 1:01*pm, Lane wrote:
wrote: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. Woodpeckers don't chew. They're not strong enough to cause the kind of damage you're describing. Sounds like squirrels -- this is exactly the kind of thing they do. They typically get access to the upper parts of a house via overhanging trees or tall shrubs. You might need to do some serious tree-trimming. I saw the woodpeckers, so I am sure itwas not squirrels. I filled the holes with ordinary caulking, used a knfe to make grooves to match the original texture, and then painted to match. |
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On Apr 22, 2:01*pm, Lane wrote:
wrote: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. Woodpeckers don't chew. They're not strong enough to cause the kind of damage you're describing. Sounds like squirrels -- this is exactly the kind of thing they do. They typically get access to the upper parts of a house via overhanging trees or tall shrubs. You might need to do some serious tree-trimming. No trees near by. They were wood peckers. I'm thinking of using bondo for repair. |
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On Apr 22, 5:56*pm, wrote:
On Apr 22, 2:01*pm, Lane wrote: wrote: I couldn't beleive what I saw today. The rear corne of my house looked like the paint was peeling. Tonite I happened to be closer to the corner and I see these big chew holes in my cedar shingle siding. I will get it fixed, but whats to prevent it from happening again? I read that its not necessarily due to insects in the wood that draws the wood peckers. Woodpeckers don't chew. They're not strong enough to cause the kind of damage you're describing. Sounds like squirrels -- this is exactly the kind of thing they do. They typically get access to the upper parts of a house via overhanging trees or tall shrubs. You might need to do some serious tree-trimming. No trees near by. They were wood peckers. I'm thinking of using bondo for repair. I thnk bondo would work just fine. |
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Think as a woodpecker does!? In a case of unseen bugs or unseen evidence of bugs: You might aught to do a thorough inspection for bugs, anyway. Woodperckers can hear bugs behind tree bark, then dig after them, so an undamaged shingle is not necessarily the woodpeckers concern or deciding factor. The bugs don't have to be visible nor does their damage have to be visible. On a sunny side of the house, cedar can crackle, a bit, as it expands when heated by the sun, especially after a cool night. The woodpeckers may be responding to this sound, also, so the territorial reasoning may not be a sure thing, either. Sonny |
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