Removal of Dead Rats in Walls or Ceiling
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Dead Rat In The Wall: The most common cause of bad decay odor in an Orlando Florida home is the result of a dead rat.
The rat may die in the attic, or inside appliances, or any other of a host of areas that they can squeeze into, but very commonly,
the death occurs inside a wall. Sometimes this is because the rat falls down an area that it cannot climb out of. Oftentimes it's
simply because if a rat is going to die, it's got to die somewhere, and rats do spend time within the wall structure of a home or
building. Regardless, it's a difficult task to locate the exact correct area, between all the wall studs, and make the proper cut
to remove the rat. Orlando Rats is the #1 expert at this task. |
| Dead Rat In The Ceiling: In this case, the room smelled horrible, but all of my sniffing didn't point to the
ground level, although it smelled there as well. I eventually realized that the odor was coming from the ceiling area. However,
this area of the house did not have an attic, only a flat roof with approximately six inches of space between the ceiling and roof.
I narrowed the smell down to the most likely area, and made my cut. I hit trusses on both ends of a small 3 inch gap. Amazingly,
the rat was right in this very tiny gap. Although I have never made an unecessary cut, I admit that I was a bit lucky to get this
one spot-on during my first try. |
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Dead Rat In The Wall: Sometimes a rat will attempt to explore a new area. It's true that rats can
climb almost anything. However, some buildings such as this office have slick inner walls that even a rat can't climb. If
a rat falls down a wall that it can't climb, it will get stuck and die after a few days. It is best to call when you hear
the scratching noises, rather than wait, because if you let the rat die, you can expect a strong odor. In this case, I had
to search and search as usual, until I had the spot narrowed down. Sometimes I use pinhole scent holes, sometimes I use a
small exploratory mirror, but after I find it, I cut a hole and remove the animal, and then patch the hole. |
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