Gainesville Bat Control

Bats are absolutely wonderful winged, flying mammals that contribute a lot to our lives and environment. Bats do not belong in homes or in attics.

We understand and respect bats and you can count on us do do a complete job in removing and controlling bats in your home, bats in your attic, bats in your chimney, bats in your crawlspace and bats in your fireplace. We hope you agree we are the only Gainesville Bat Control Company you will ever need to call because we do it all – emergency bat removal, seal up your home to keep bats out, use an approved bat exclusion method that  allows bats to leave by flying outside yet creating a space to small for bats to re enter your home ever again.

We need to know the following information before you make the call when applicable:

1. Have you ever had bats before? 

2. Do you hear any chirping or squaling noises?

3. What is the size (stories and square footage), type and age of your home?

4. Have you noticed any unexplainable droppings? (Guano)

5. Do you have a live bat in your living space now? Is it confined?

Emergency Bat Removal. Complete Bat Inspection. We get bats out of attics and keep them out of homes. We control bats by using approved bat exclusion techniques.

How Are Bat’s Removed From A Structure?

The approved method and most acceptable method involves what is called a bat exclusion.  A bat exclusion is simple to explain yet can be difficult because of the design of your structure, access to parts of your structure and condition of your structure.

The concept is to close off all possible secondary access points using high grade silicone caulking or better, using metal backing materials in the larger areas.The incorrect method involves the use of spray foam expanding materials such as ” Great Stuff ” found in most hardware stores. Expanding foam breaks down quickly due to exposure to the sun and other weather elements. Birds and other animals can quickly tear it apart and leave a open to a future bat invasion in months to a year or two.

Primary access points are the ones you see bats fly in and out of and special one way valves designed for specific bats species large and small that allow them to leave the home but never enter again. A proper exclusion with the exception of mother nature or work by yourself or a contractor should last for several years if done correctly. The company doing a bat exclusion should schedule a return trip and remove the one way valves and compeletly seal off of your home.

What I am not sharing here are all the trade secrets involved from special situations vents,chimneys, fireplaces, eaves, vent  screens, siding and that bat work is dangerous which involves working in situations even most roofers choose not to do !

The use of netting or traps usually results in bats returning and without a exclusion or a real seal up or bat proofing your home will always have continued bat problems and further contamination and health.

There no repellents that work for bats known yet rewarding the internet many will take your money and learn the hard way. Ultrasonic sound devices don’t work in fact I have found bats sleeping on them in homes.

Buyer beware!  For more info please visit AtticRestoration-USA.Com

• Big Brown Bat – Eptesicus fuscus
• Eastern pipistrelle – Pipistrellus subflavus
• Eastern red bat – Lasiurus borealis
• Eastern small-footed bat – Myotis leibii
• Evening bat – Nycticeius humeralis
• Gray bat – Myotis grisescens
• Hoary bat – Lasiurus cinereus
• Indiana bat – Myotis sodalis
• Jamaican fruit bat – Artibeus jamaicensis
• Little brown bat – Myotis lucifugus
• Mexican free-tailed bat – Tadarida brasiliensis
• Northern long-eared bat – Myotis septentrionalis
• Northern Yellow Bat – Lasiurus intermedius
• Rafinesque’s big-eared bat – Corynorhinus rafinesquii
• Seminole bat – Lasiurus seminolus
• Silver-haired bat – Lasionycteris noctivagans
• Southeastern bat – Myotis austroriparius
• Townsend’s Big-eared Bat – Corynorhinus townsendii
• Wagner’s Mastiff bat – Eumops glaucinus