Soffit Raccoon In Attic

Raccoons and squirrels often access our client s homes through soffits.

Soffit raccoon in attic.

Raccoons on roofs can cause significant damage to your property. Subsequently these soffits attract our attention when it comes time to get the raccoons out and keep them out. Which is it raccoons or squirrels. Pictured below is a favorite attic soffit entry point for raccoons.

As you can see an overhang area where two roof lines come together is a raccoon favorite. You looked around a little and found a hole in the soffit or roof edge. This hole leads right into the attic of the home where the raccoon has set up a nest. Males will frequently just tear off a loose air vent to gain entry into your attic.

Then he makes raccoon proof roof vent covers and installs them over the vents. You ve seen squirrels all around your house and on your roof. I usually find myself climbing through very tight quarters to find the young. The mother raccoon stashes them in a safe place often down at the very tight edge of the attic down in the soffit or down a wall.

These sections are usually located where an upper and lower roof meet and make for ideal raccoon entry points. Once a raccoon creates or enlarges a hole in the rooftop it becomes an easy pathway to the attic. The eaves of the homes often meet other parts of the roof and the soffit is right there. First he uses the wire to modify his trap so that the raccoon using the vent is captured and removed.

Raccoons are great at exploiting this common structural design. It s usually made of flimsy aluminum or vinyl and it s a cinch for raccoons to tear it open. Raccoon caught exiting soffit. Raccoons lifted this soffit to enter the attic a roof soffit intersection or rsi for short is any area on your roof where the soffit sits just above a section of roof.

Maybe it was the noise of something scurrying around in the attic or soffit that first got you investigating. The openings into soffits are great places to catch the raccoons because these openings clearly define the raccoons travel path. Raccoon trapping at the soffit. Raccoons have no problem bending soffits to make an entrance.

So you re pretty sure they are the little invaders of your. Females are known to destroy soffits fascia boards shingles vents and insulation to establish denning sites. If the raccoons live in your shed or barn the same inspections apply but you may have to do more work to close any possible openings. They simply use the lower roof as an extremely stable base to reach up and rip down the.

A typical scenario has squirrels or raccoons standing on a lower roof and moving pull.