Darn thing punched a hole in my soffit in 30 minutes!!!!
How to Kirby-ize your home against Woodpeckers
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Step 1
Get on craigslist and get a Kirby vacuum cleaner - hurry !
Get on craigslist and get a Kirby vacuum cleaner - hurry !
Step 2
Grab the beater bar out of the Kirby!
Hurry !
Grab the beater bar out of the Kirby!
Hurry !
Step 3
Cut off 1.5 inches of the beater bar and using the opened end facing out jam it in the hole with the brushes still on the bar it will hold the plug in place!
Boom Boom Done!
Cut off 1.5 inches of the beater bar and using the opened end facing out jam it in the hole with the brushes still on the bar it will hold the plug in place!
Boom Boom Done!
A squirrel made such a hole in my soffet board-Vinyl and aluminum replacements cured that for good.Another time a raccoon was in my attic-drove him out with a pellet gun laoded with felt cleaning pellets.They STING but don't cause damage.Found a well rotted soffet board at the back of the house.Again the vinyl and aluminum replacements cured it.The beater bar-roller brush fix would be good emergency fix until a permenant one can be found.You don't have to get the whole Kirby for that-just get a rollerbrush from a vac shop-they may even give you a used one for free!The vac shop near me throws out MANY every day-and not just Kirby brushes.The plastic ones may even be better since critters don't like to chew plastic or even metal.
vacerator
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Woodpeckers are attracted to insects.
After plugging the hole, paint with an oil based paint. That keeps insects away.
After plugging the hole, paint with an oil based paint. That keeps insects away.
Woodpeckers peck the wood to get at the beetle grubs inside.So if you have woodpeckers pecking at the trees-they may have beetle infestation-for homes-the woodpecker finds the wood and pecks at it thinking grubs will be inside.One of them was pecking on a metal bucket light on a pole--made a racket you could hear over the whole neighborhood!Haven't heard it anymore-figure he is looking elsewhere.
Ive also been told
They peck on loud things to attract a mate- it was spring so I think that was his motive.
All sealed now.
They peck on loud things to attract a mate- it was spring so I think that was his motive.
All sealed now.
iheartmaytag
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Well the little Peckers
Glad you found a "Kirby solution" to your problem.
You need to let the Kirby company know, on second thought don't; they may raise the prices.
Glad you found a "Kirby solution" to your problem.
You need to let the Kirby company know, on second thought don't; they may raise the prices.
The first year in our new home a woodpecker would drum on the flue cap at sunrise and it resonated down through the house. Shooing it away from the outside did no good so one morning, I went town to the basement when he started drumming on the metal flue and loudly slapped the base of it several times with an open hand. I never had to repeat the performance. He left and did not repeat the action, ever.
Years ago, when we had the houses in the Laurentians, one house had a metal TV tower and every bloody spring, a woodpecker would peck at it because it made the loudest noise in the area. Drove us nuts...
vacerator
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John, did you name that bird
David? That (Peck)-a-wood.
David? That (Peck)-a-wood.
Creative Repair!
Woodpeckers are all cartoon fun and games until one decides to take up residence on your house!
I had a problem with one last fall for the first time in my 16 years here. It created several holes that I had to patch and repaint (and in the hardest spot of my house to reach with a ladder of course.)
I got rid of it, but it was a surprisingly long and hard battle. Hoping not to see another for awhile..
Woodpeckers are all cartoon fun and games until one decides to take up residence on your house!
I had a problem with one last fall for the first time in my 16 years here. It created several holes that I had to patch and repaint (and in the hardest spot of my house to reach with a ladder of course.)
I got rid of it, but it was a surprisingly long and hard battle. Hoping not to see another for awhile..
norgeway
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I have a cure for wood peckers
A 12 gauge shotgun works wonders!
A 12 gauge shotgun works wonders!
When you use a shotgun---the woodpecker will NEVER come back!!But if you live in a housing development as most of us do-the shotgun is not such a good idea-A neighbor is bound to call the police on you!If nothing else you could use an air gun -Quiet,and is not a firearm.But the police won't be happy about that either!
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