Raccoon Pulled Shingles Off Roof

Raccoons on roofs can cause significant damage to your property.

Raccoon pulled shingles off roof.

Inside the attic you may find flattened insulation flexible ducts that have been ripped apart and chewed. Droppings may be found in a central location on the roof known as a raccoon latrine or inside the attic. 6 you can set traps on the roof to target the correct animals but it may be dangerous you need to set trap backing to protect the shingles or the raccoons will rip up the shingles. You really have to secure any traps set on a roof particularly on a slanted roof of course most roofs are slanted.

Females are known to destroy soffits fascia boards shingles vents and insulation to establish denning sites. If you seem to be the only one on the block getting terrorized by these creatures you may be wondering why they chose you over anybody else. Look for torn soffits under eaves broken or chewed eave fascia boards roof shingles torn away near vents or broken attic vents. I had to totally replace my roof.

I had raccoons put five holes and rip three sections of shingles off my roof said jason osborne one of about eight area homeowners who have been victimized. Once a raccoon creates or enlarges a hole in the rooftop it becomes an easy pathway to the attic.