A possum in the wall sounds different from one in the roof. You may hear scratching, shuffling or thumping low down, often near a corner, the garage or a stairwell. It can be hard to tell exactly where it is from inside the house. In most Mango Hill homes, the possum has dropped down from the roof space into the gap between the frame and the brick or cladding. We give you upfront pricing on the phone and book a nearby independent crew to track it down.
The crew we book starts above the wall in the roof space, looking for droppings and worn edges along the wall plate. They then look outside for gaps under the eaves, around electricity boxes, pipe and cable entries and where cladding meets brickwork. On two-storey homes, the join between the lower roof and the upper wall is a common way into the wall cavity.
When the entry in use is found, a one-way door goes over it and the other gaps along that wall are sealed with mesh, flashing or sealant. Once the wall has been quiet for a few nights, the door comes off and the final gap is sealed and proofed. Walls are only opened up if you agree first.
- Roof space check above the noisy wall
- Outside check of eaves, metres and pipe entries
- Lower roof and upper wall joins checked
- One-way door over the entry in use
- Other gaps sealed along that wall
Wall cavity noise is common in the two-storey homes and townhouses around Mango Hill. The sooner the route is found, the less mess and smell builds up inside the wall. To book wall cavity possum removal, call 07 3543 7771 and tell us which wall or room the noise comes from.
