[instock]

A good customer wants me to replace a little piece of vinyl soffit. Easy enough. Only catch is I saw a squirrel peaking out at me. I think he lives there. What's my move? Quadruple the price and get an exterminator?

 

[Tom Struble]

i hear your supposed to climb up a tree and act like a nut..

but yea..always quadruple:thumbsup:

 

[rselectric1]

Don't mess with it until the problem has been cleared. There are tons of companies that specialize in the humane removal of critters. They need to be the first in. It's not time for the contractor quite yet.

Also, expect some issues with insulation/smell, and other subsurface damage in all the areas where they might have been. If it's just in the soffits, then the client got lucky, but it's doubtful.

Keep us up to date. My last similar one involved racoons. Those are some large turds!:laughing:

 

[RenaissanceR]

Pest Removal..

Get a pest removal service. Squirrels can be beyond nasty and mean, in spite of their small size. And they have "sharp pointy teeth".

 

[PatChap]

I was doing a soffit job once and wish I had called an exterminator to trap a squirrel.
It was a big house with large soffits, we were doing the old house and tying in a new addition, and the bugger climbed in the open end of the soffit system and ran around driving the homeowner nuts.
I popped a few panels out in a few spots and hoped it would leave. Nope, wound up removing a carcass a few days later to the horror of the h/o.

 

[DaVinciRemodel]

If you own a 12 gauge you can get the squirrel yourself. Then charge the homeowner to repair the damage :thumbsup:

 

[Tinstaafl]

If you own a 12 gauge you can get the squirrel yourself. Then charge the homeowner to repair the damage :thumbsup:

I prefer a .22. No repairs necessary but a bit of cleaning.

 

[DaVinciRemodel]

I prefer a .22. No repairs necessary but a bit of cleaning.

A man’s gotta earn a living!

 

[DaVinciRemodel]

Your invoice should look like the following:

Removed squirrel: $20
Repaired soffits and fascia: $2,000
New roof (including decking): $10,000
Spent shells: $5,000

That’s my kind a squirrel removal :thumbsup:

 

[hdavis]

A good customer wants me to replace a little piece of vinyl soffit. Easy enough. Only catch is I saw a squirrel peaking out at me. I think he lives there. What's my move? Quadruple the price and get an exterminator?

Around here, it's call a licensed animal damage control person. $75 a squirrel.

 

[hdavis]

Removed squirrel: $20

Violates state law here - you have to be licensed for it. Also, HOs are allowed to shoot them, but not trap them - that takes a trapping license.

 

[m1911]

drive that sumbich outta there with some tear gas :laughing: :laughing:

 

[griz]

Better than bats in the belfry?...:whistling:thumbup::laughing:

 

[hdavis]

You can always set up stiff metal fingers that will let them out and not back in....

 

[instock]

I just totally punted on this one. I didn't even try to sub it out or anything.

 

[Chris Johnson]

Pickle and I trapped a chipmunk and squirrel from my attic a couple months back. The squirrel was calm, the chipmunk was crazy once in the cage.

Both have been relocated to different parts of the city, even though the city says you can't do that, what's the point of putting them back into my backyard if they are just going to find their way back in. Give Pickle credit for not allowing me to drop the cage in the pool as I wanted.

 

[Tom Struble]

kinda surprised you didn't catch Pickle.

 

[kyle_dmr]

kinda surprised you didn't catch Pickle.

Or put him in the pool