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manfredo

manfredo

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DarkWeb said:
I wonder if you're going to find anything like a crack or a opening when you dig the foundation up.
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The contractor who gave me the quote was totally baffled too, as to how they are getting in. No cracks in the foundation...It's poured concrete and was all unfinished til a few years ago. All nice and tight. We don;t know if the fireplace footer goes down as deep as the house footer though, or there are a few small gaps here and there of loose mortar. They must be getting in and out, or water seeps in there somehow. The fireplace basically has a crawl space under it, that is not accessible except through a 6" x 6" door.

I am having 2nd thoughts on digging!! Such a huge job!!

shnkrmn said:
So there could be dozens lol
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Oh that is not an lol. The only thing that could be worse is bats, or I guess poisonous snakes.
 
DarkWeb

DarkWeb

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manfredo said:
The contractor who gave me the quote was totally baffled too, as to how they are getting in. No cracks in the foundation...It's poured concrete and was all unfinished til a few years ago. All nice and tight. We don;t know if the fireplace footer goes down as deep as the house footer though, or there are a few small gaps here and there of loose mortar. They must be getting in and out, or water seeps in there somehow. The fireplace basically has a crawl space under it, that is not accessible except through a 6" x 6" door.

I am having 2nd thoughts on digging!! Such a huge job!!


Oh that is not an lol. The only thing that could be worse is bats, or I guess poisonous snakes.
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Any drains in the basement floor?
 
manfredo

manfredo

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DarkWeb said:
Any drains in the basement floor?
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only one and I have a plug in it. I've been here nearly 20 years and never had this problem until I drilled a hole up through the fireplace to run the gas line for my gas insert. So I'm guessing that's how the babies are getting in. But the bigger question is how the f*** do I get the mom out of there. Last year I tried using snake repellent and it did nothing except stink the house up
 
GreatwhiteNorth

GreatwhiteNorth

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manfredo said:
only one and I have a plug in it. I've been here nearly 20 years and never had this problem until I drilled a hole up through the fireplace to run the gas line for my gas insert. So I'm guessing that's how the babies are getting in. But the bigger question is how the f*** do I get the mom out of there. Last year I tried using snake repellent and it did nothing except stink the house up
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You could get yourself a couple of mongoose (mongeese?), but we know how that worked out for Hawaii.
 
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