This summer we decided to take a week off work to…work on the house. First priority was fixing the water damaged drywall in the back room. I got out the drywall saw and started cutting it open.
Despite all the damage to the drywall, behind it showed little evidence of water. However we did find plenty of evidence of squirrels. There were a couple of nests, a lot of nuts and even a bunch of wasp nests. There was quite the party going on in that attic space.
We left the drywall open and started working upstairs. Tom started removing the bathroom fan in hopes of putting up the new one we bought over a year ago. Unfortunately he discovered that not only is the hole not the right dimensions for modern fans, but that the fan doesn't vent properly outdoors. No wonder all the snow melts from the roof with all that hot air going into the attic space!
While he was having fun with the fan, I started ripping up the hall carpet. It was nasty to begin with, stained and the seams coming apart, but we also made it worse by spilling grout on it when we did the bathroom.
And now we know: confirmation that something has been living in our ceiling…now how is it getting in?
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