Family-owned chimney animal removal in Mercy Drive
Keep the fireplace off and call our local pros. We assess your Mercy Drive chimney and give you a written plan at no charge.
- Licensed & insured
- Locally run
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service available
The parts of an animal removal job in Mercy Drive
- Rules that apply to that animal, explained
- Chimney sweep after nesting
- Listed cap for factory-built chimneys
- Repairs priced as separate items
Our approach to chimney wildlife in Mercy Drive
Watching the chimney top at dusk
Birds and bats that use a chimney tend to leave or return around dusk. Watching the chimney top from the yard at that time, with binoculars if you have them, can show whether something is flying in or out. Stay on the ground and keep your distance. What you see helps our specialists decide which rules apply and how the removal or exclusion should be timed for your Mercy Drive chimney. Count what you see leave on two or three evenings, since a single sighting can mislead.
If an animal gets into the living space
Close interior doors to confine the animal to one room and keep people and pets away. If the room has an exterior door or window, opening it gives the animal a way out, but never corner or chase it. Do not handle wildlife with bare hands. A local wildlife service can advise on removal from the house, and our 24/7 emergency line can help you plan the chimney side once the room is clear. Leave the room quiet and dark with the outside door open, and many animals look for the way out on their own.
Droppings and histoplasmosis
Bird and bat droppings can hold the spores that cause histoplasmosis, and the CDC notes people breathe them in when droppings are disturbed. Sweeping or vacuuming dry droppings out of a firebox can stir those spores into the room. Leave them in place and keep the fireplace doors closed. Our cleanup removes droppings with care and bags the material before it leaves the house. People with a weakened immune system are better off out of the room until the droppings are gone.
Cleaning the firebox after an animal
The firebox is where much of the mess ends up, from nest material and droppings to feathers and fur. We bag that material before it leaves the house, clean the firebox floor and walls we can reach, and protect the hearth and room around the fireplace while we work. If the firebox needs repair once it is clean, that is described separately. Clean firebrick also lets us see cracks or gaps that debris was hiding. Ash left in the firebox is removed with the rest, since it often mixes with nest material and droppings.
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Chimney animal questions from Mercy Drive
Is the chimney work guaranteed?
Cleanup, sweeping and cap installation all carry our workmanship warranty, with our 100% satisfaction guarantee on top, and anything about the finished work that is not right, we come back to fix.
What if birds are nesting in the chimney right now?
Leave the nest alone and keep the damper closed. If the birds are chimney swifts, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects the active nest, so the cleaning and the cap wait until the birds have left for the season. We can inspect and plan the work before then.
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