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Attic Restoration After Wildlife in Florence, SC
In Florence the attic and the crawlspace often have to be dealt with together. Humid air rising from a damp crawlspace raises moisture in the whole house, and insulation that animals have flattened and soiled in that climate holds odour and can grow mould faster than it would somewhere drier. Bat droppings are a particular concern because the fungus behind histoplasmosis grows in accumulated droppings. When an attic is cleaned here, ask whether the crawlspace was checked as well, and whether the vapour barrier underneath is intact.
What the work covers
Seal first, then remove soiled insulation and nesting under containment, repair chewed wiring and ducts, and re-insulate. A full attic typically runs $3,000 to $10,000.
Somebody has to look at the property to answer that. How many entry points or burrows there are, how hard they are to get at, and whether young are present is what sets the price, and none of it can be judged from a description. Send us your address and licensed local operators will quote the inspection and the work. Request free quotes →
Attic questions from Florence
What is most likely to be in a Florence attic?
Squirrels, more often than anything else. Flat country and mature street trees means canopy that connects along a street rather than up a slope, and squirrels travel it. The local detail is humidity: soffit and fascia timber on the coastal plain softens faster than it does inland, and soft timber is where a squirrel gets started with very little effort.
Is a raccoon latrine in the attic dangerous?
Yes: raccoon roundworm. Crawlspaces do most of the work here. Where the rest of the country pictures a raccoon in the attic, on the Pee Dee coastal plain the ground floor sits over a vented crawlspace and that is the easier target: warm, dry relative to outside, and screened with material that is usually older than it looks.
Can bat droppings be cleaned out at any time of year in South Carolina?
The clean-up can, but only after the colony has been excluded, and in South Carolina that exclusion is restricted during the maternity season: recommended exclusion windows March – April, and August – October. South Carolina is genuinely different on bats and it is worth knowing before you call anyone. Unlike Georgia or North Carolina, the state does not require a permit to exclude bats.
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