The raccoon in my chimney
by Morrissey (2020-08-07 23:53:20)

In reply to: Homeowners, what do you hate about owning a home?  posted by gregmorrissey

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We have a fireplace in our bedroom. Hear the little fucker rustling around all the time. Room stinks of musk and/or piss. Already dropped multiple hundreds on wildlife removal (after being turned down by pest control and chimney sweeps) and it’s outsmarting everyone. Pray for me it’s not a female with babies in there.

I thought this was going to be a Succession reference *
by Allumeuse  (2020-08-08 14:40:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

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by mkovac  (2020-08-08 01:01:54)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Google: How to keep animals out of the chimney.

You will see a pretty good selection of caps you can place on the top of the chimney.

It would be a good idea to build a fire first to have the animals exit through the top first before you cap the chimney.

But you would want to cap it very soon after the fire in the fireplace, I would imagine.