Bird Damage To Wood Siding
Woodpeckers can inflict serious property damage by pecking holes in a home s wood siding and trim.
Bird damage to wood siding. If you have holes in your siding or deck here is a simple way to repair the damage. Some homes are at greater risk than others. Woodpeckers are 7 to 15 inches long have short legs sharp clawed toes and stiff tails. If the house is made of stained tongue and groove or board and batten cedar siding there may be damage to the house.
Control damage by preventive construction scare devices and exclusion. Whichever you may have you still need to fix the damage. There may be smaller holes along the corner boards or fascia boards. For example the birds tend to prefer redwood and cedar siding over other woods and their activity is more frequently directed to stained wood than painted wood.
There are more than 20 species of woodpeckers in the u s and at any. These may either be the results of drumming. Woodpeckers cause property damage by drilling holes in wood and synthetic stucco siding and eaves and are an annoyance when hammering or drumming on houses.