Leaks can soon become full time floods and this will have repercussions on all levels of your home.
Raccoons in attic damage.
It s not uncommon for raccoons to rip apart your home s structural beams.
The most common way to identify if raccoons have entered your attic or other areas of your home or business is by noise or electrical damage.
Raccoon damage can cost you thousands of dollars in inflated heating and cooling bills.
In fact if it is scared and determined a raccoon can cause structural damage to your attic in a matter of hours.
Sometimes raccoons can reposition themselves down into walls from the attic which can then lead to other animal control problems.
Beyond insulation raccoons frequently damage ventilation and electrical systems that run through attics.
Even if the animal feels safe in its nest it will do damage to your home.
Without repair these damages can lead to fire water damage and even mould.
They often just rip right through the roof shingles wood and all.
The level of damage depends on many factors such as the length of time the raccoon s have been in the attic the number of raccoons the presence of electric wires or water pipes or lack thereof they type of insulation the personality of the raccoons and so on.
Raccoons can cause considerable damage in the attic.
Generally damage caused by raccoons in the attic includes building nests and gnawing on wires.
I was lucky to get this photo while the female raccoon was checking to see what the threat was.