Our Process
How chimney animal removal works in Chuluota
If anyone may have touched a bat
According to the Florida Department of Health, raccoons and bats are the primary wildlife sources of rabies in Florida, and direct contact with wild animals should be avoided. After possible contact, the department advises consulting a healthcare provider and local animal control.
Please make those calls before anything else, and do not try to catch the bat yourself. The chimney conversation can wait a few hours. When it is time, our specialists handle the chimney work in Chuluota and keep it separate from the health question. Keep the room closed and the animal undisturbed until animal control advises you.
Droppings and nest debris need careful cleanup
Bird and bat droppings build up on the smoke shelf and damper. The CDC explains that histoplasmosis comes from breathing in spores of a fungus that spreads in bird and bat droppings, which is why we advise against sweeping up dry droppings yourself.
Once removal is complete and lawful, our crew clears the droppings and nest material from the reachable parts of the chimney while protecting the room below. The cleanup appears as its own line on the estimate for your Chuluota home. Our crew sets up drop cloths and covers the hearth before the material is brought down, so nothing is tracked through the house.
Caps on factory-built chimneys
A factory-built chimney is sold as a listed system, and the Florida Building Code has it installed and finished at the top the way the manufacturer's instructions say. Those instructions call for the cap listed for that chimney, so a generic screen or wire mesh cannot simply be added to the pipe. The listing covers the whole termination, which is why parts from another maker are not swapped in.
If an animal got into a factory-built chimney in Chuluota through a damaged cap, our specialists identify the correct listed part for the model and price it. The chase cover around the pipe is checked at the same visit.
Chimneys with more than one flue
A masonry chimney can carry two or more flues, and each one is a possible way in. Protection can be a separate cap on each flue or one larger cap that covers them all, as long as every flue keeps the open area the code requires.
We measure each flue on your Chuluota chimney and explain which approach suits its layout. Leaving one flue open after capping the others only moves the problem, so the estimate lists every flue we found. Flues that serve other appliances keep their own terminations, and we note any flue that is unused so you know its status.
