Bat Removal Using One Way Door - Winston-Salem, NC

[@MzGeminiNightowl]

I mentally fell 5xs watching this. Great job 😊

[@jgg204]

a local company wanted $1,200 to do what you just did, but with 2 more vents that were half the size of this (total of 3 vents). i said the hell with that, bought a $275 28 ft ladder and did it myself. besides the ladder, it was about $20 in materials. A+ video man

[@JamesTalmage]

Thanks for the great feedback. Real happy that we could help you out.

[@2highforthisshihh843]

dang bro sounds like the real bats were those fuckers offering service lol

[@toddzhang445]

Hi Medic311, I want to follow your step to do the same. First thing I have to buy a ladder longer enough to allow me reach the top of my chimney, I can measure the hight and get the ft numbers. But I am not sure what kind of materials I need and how the bats can come out without problems and cannot get back in? here is my email address, if possible, you can email me, [e-mail] thank you very much for your help. -todd

[@leannsofilos725]

What is stopping the bats from entering back inside through the drainage pipe?

[@MiguelSanchez-tj8nu]

Medic311 Putting up bat cones is not how you make sure bats don’t get back inside your home. You have to seal up secondary points. If you don’t the bats will get back into your home with no problem.

[@lizds1]

Best video I’ve seen on how to do this, and great response time too! We just discovered lots of bats yesterday in our attic and trying to figure out how to get rid of them. Thank you this helped a lot!

[@bigcoaxum]

Great video. Found bats in my vent just like this one and followed your technique. It worked like a charm. Only difference is that I let them all fly out last night and went up the ladder in the dark. I was afraid they would fly out while i was on the ladder during the day. Once I covered the vent with some screen, I saw them flying around this morning around 6:45 AM trying to return. They all of a sudden disappeared. Not sure where they are now but I'm glad they are gone!! Thanks a lot.

[@JamesTalmage]

Thanks for the information

[@ElementalMaker]

Wow thanks a ton for this video! To my wife's horror we just noticed bats flying out of our vent just like this. Great solution. Ill be putting one in tomorrow. Ill check for pups first though, dont want to harm any poor little ones. The wife might not like them, but I dislike mosquitoes more.

[@JamesTalmage]

Glad we could help!!

[@ehassanz]

Thank you for your video. I used your method to get rid of bats. I installed a flexible pipe like what you used in this video. It worked perfectly. Majority of bats were excluded after first night (> 90%). And after 3rd night, zero activity around the pipe. The difficult part of this procedure is to seal all possible entry points and you have to be on a ladder for a few days. I installed the pipe on August 16 and removed it a week later. Probably there were around 20-40 bats in the attic. They cause a terrible smell.

[@JamesTalmage]

Glad we could help!

[@kirkniles4184]

So why is it that the bats won’t in the same way they got out of the attic

[@PestRemovalWarrior]

Bats can be very difficult to get rid of. Thanks for sharing

[@JamesTalmage]

Pest Removal Warrior yes they can!

[@bobpritchard6607]

I don't get the "one way door" part? You just used a flex vent that had no door at all. What stops the bats from coming back in?

[@JamesTalmage]

Bats need lift to fly. Once they drop out of the one way door, they cannot fly back up in through the door. Also the plastic is too slippery for the bats to land and crawl back in. The reason I know it works because we have done hundreds of jobs that we come back and all the bats are gone. May through July is the time of year for baby bats so be careful about inadvertently trapping them inside with no way to get out.

[@dragonfly9415]

I have a bat barn, at least 400 bats in it, gonna re roof and re side, as well as place bat homes near it, gonna be fun 1 yr project.

[@JamesTalmage]

john korz that sounds like a blast. Feel free to share results

[@jonericbanach1912]

So you have to know where they're getting in to do this obviously right?

[@JamesTalmage]

Yes. You want to seal up all potential entry points so they don't just move to different areas, then put the one way door at the main entry point. Bats can squeeze in gaps a half inch in size.

[@IRequireMedication]

You must often get told that you are one smart cookie....

[@jonericbanach1912]

@@IRequireMedication are you really commenting on this from 6 years ago? Lmfao

[@IRequireMedication]

@@jonericbanach1912 pfft, 6 years ago feels like last week to me :)

[@jamesblakeney7894]

What is the purpose of the flap on the screen that you folded back?

[@JamesTalmage]

It is just temporary to leave room for the bat excluder. You leave it up for a week then remove the excluder and fold the screen corner back down.

[@godwetrust1436]

+James Talmage the bat excluder is a piece of plastic drain pipe without a one way flap? the bats can still climb back in or no?

[@JamesTalmage]

German Shepherd 20 never had the bats get back in the pipe. As long as you angle it properly they cannot re-enter.

[@area51r]

@@JamesTalmage it would of been a little bit better if you would of talked and explained the process. i have bats and need to get them out. they are coming in the house now and that is a problem.

[@IRequireMedication]

@@area51r Then pay someone that knows what they are doing....

[@randygodwin]

can the wire mesh be found at the big box home improvement stores?

[@JamesTalmage]

Yes check in Lowes garden center in the back near fencing. Home Depot it is inside near lumber in the fencing section. It is quarter inch galvanized steel hardware cloth.

[@wesanthony6575]

@@JamesTalmage what kind of screws are you using?

[@SpecterMatthew]

I had a company come in and put up a bat cone, netting and seal off cracks. I believe the bats are out, but they come back and nest on the chimney and their dropping get on my deck. How can I deter them from wanting to sit on my chimney? Giant spot light?

[@Philbert-s2c]

SpecterMatthew Do you have a chimney cap?

[@JamesTalmage]

+Shadowman4710 same concept just use the quarter inch hardware cloth to funnel them into the one way door

[@Philbert-s2c]

One remedy that is long term is to build/buy a bat house for them which I just got this week.

[@JamesTalmage]

+Shadowman4710 how did the bat house work for you?

[@Philbert-s2c]

James Talmage Well, it's been up since last August and so far no bats. But I was told by a friend who has one that it sometimes takes them years to find it. They are certainly still in the neighborhood. Saw some flying over my yard at dusk a week or so ago.

[@turbolife4393]

If there is babies "pups" that can't fly yet inside do they come out eventually or die inside making the attic smell like death?

[@JamesTalmage]

We wait until the pups can fly before we exclude them.

[@RoseSuperCatTales]

What I'd the metal mesh called?

[@JamesTalmage]

Quarter inch galvanized steel hardware cloth. You can purchase at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Most likely in the gardening or fencing section.

[@RoseSuperCatTales]

​@@JamesTalmagethanks

[@jordansmobiledetailing5097]

Can you use regular screen or just chicken wire like this? ?

[@gconnelly1000]

That is not ‘chicken wire’ it’s called ‘hardware cloth’. It comes in various sizes, this looks to be 1/4”. Just so you know most employees in a Home Depot or Lowe’s don’t know what hardware cloth is, you will get that 1000 yard Home Depot stare. So you will probably have to describe it as ‘ that heavy screen that is in a grid pattern that comes in rolls’.

[@yiayang3403]

Gotta ask. How did it do? Update please! Around what time of the year did you do this? Just found out we have bats. Wife counted 15 flying out tonight and more was coming. She just stopped counting. How do you know when the pups can fly? So this pretty much let them fly out but they won't be able to find the way back in?

[@JamesTalmage]

This was done in August to make sure all the pups were old enough to fly.

[@johnnypoppyhead4116]

? is there a trap at end of this white thing?

[@JamesTalmage]

No trap door needed. I have installed maybe 1000 or more and never had a problem.

[@glennhudson1614]

that is a LONG WAY UP friend

[@JamesTalmage]

Glenn Hudson it looks higher than it is

[@tadtanakatsubo6067]

what did you use as the excluder?

[@JamesTalmage]

Flex gutter elbow duct from Lowe’s or Home Depot

[@Trd2020]

how long do you leave the bat valve on? do bats come out daily?

[@JamesTalmage]

About a week. In the summer time they leave daily.

[@flightdelayedwaterfowling6039]

James, What material do you use for your one way tubes... it looks like you make them yourself!? Any tips on where to get the supplies and what it would cost? Thank you in advance!

[@JamesTalmage]

FlightDelayed Waterfowling flexible gutter downspout from Lowe’s or Home Depot

[@361mjs]

@@JamesTalmage Do you have any experience using fluorescent bulb tubes? A local bat removal guy suggested cutting these up and securing them with expanding foam in some of the tighter / harder to reach areas where screwing in wire mesh isn't feasible. www.homedepot.com/p/Lithonia-Lighting-8-ft-Fluorescent-Tube-Protector-TGT12CL8-R24/100173242

[@wstewart5532]

@@JamesTalmage What does FlightDelayed Waterfowling mean? Is that a brand? I don't see that anywhere

[@mikel5582]

​@@wstewart5532 That's the username of the commenter he replied to

[@IamBigBoss555]

I have a small bat issue, an I am just wondering if there a specific angle to place the down spout? Or just angle it down?

[@JamesTalmage]

Just angle it strait down

[@himotara]

This was so satisfying to watch, would've been even better to see the bats flowing trough that vent hehe

[@JamesTalmage]

Maybe in the future we can have that as a follow up video. Thanks for watching.

[@JamesTalmage]

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[@jayricks8938]

nice video guys. i got bats around my house also but im trying to figure out he best way as they are coming along the ridgeline where the first floor roof meets the second floor wall. what would be the best way to tackle this? also have a few spots above it where the siding has pulled away from the other siding. would it be possible to go ahead and seal up the siding part and just leave the other spot open until i can figure out a way to maybe gate them out? i need to get them out asap as they are getting in my house now averaging 1-3 a night in my apartment

[@jayricks8938]

ps i have pictures and can send them if you would like to see

[@tremel810]

They make something called Ridge guard that you put over your vent. I'm trying to silicone it right now but so far no luck.

[@IRequireMedication]

People like you amuse me. You have 1-3 bats coming into your home on a nightly basis and you're 'trying to figure out a way to get them out'....? I have an idea, pay someone.

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

Man, what a daredevil! Scary watching this, if you’ve ever had a fall from a ht. (Like me)

[@Andre-tc1wj]

How much do you charge for this service. I have one hanging over my garage doors for days and not sure if I should spray it with the water house. How do I contact you asap.

[@JamesTalmage]

704-387-5395

[@ConsensusX]

Imagine bats flying out at you as you're hanging this high up on a ladder..

[@JamesTalmage]

You get used to it

[@kalle-uo6fg]

I also have to do some sealing between fascia board and brick before putting up a screen, do you have any info on whats the most durable seal to use? Or will will any outdoor sealer work?

[@JamesTalmage]

Use 100% pure silicone

[@brianwideman2342]

Use Lexxon. Expensive but it's paintable whereas silicone is not paintable. Or exterior painter's caulk.

[@EyezLikaFox̌]

Can I use great stuff foam for smaller gaps?

[@JamesTalmage]

I would recommend the product pur black ( no e on the end) if you are using foam.

[@wertz987]

All these bat removal videos are awesome, but you all get to work with wood. My problem Is my house was originally wood sided but bricked over with slot bricks for the end vent so they are nesting in between. I have to find something to attach the screen to brick.

[@JamesTalmage]

Go to your local hardware store and get some masonry screws. The common name is tap cons. Typically they are blue but you would want to paint them a silver color or maybe they have silver. You also need a masonry bit a little smaller than the screws to pre drill a hole then the screw will go right in. The drilling is an extra step but that is the correct way to attach the screen to brick or concrete.

[@danjim7056]

Here's the problem, I'm afraid of heights.

[@JamesTalmage]

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[@JamesTalmage]

It depends on how many vents. This job was close to 1600 dollars but it had multiple gable vents where the bats were getting in and there was a large amount of bat guano in the attic.

[@BatColonyEvictor]

Great technique.

[@kipdon]

Nice video... You guys should add some narration to it

[@JamesTalmage]

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[@anthonyz5671]

Some commentary would be helpful.

[@JamesTalmage]

Thanks for the feedback!!

[@DavinStewart]

dude should've cleaned up the bat poo before installing hardware, at least

[@JamesTalmage]

Typically after cleaning the guano from the attic, some will fall against the screen. We ensure that all guano has been removed from the screen when the one way doors are removed. Also we will paint the stained gable vent. Thanks for watching.

[@DavinStewart]

@@JamesTalmage That ... makes a lot of sense. Guess I didn't think that one through. Ty sir.

[@JREwing-bt7lp]

What do you use to clean the feces from the attic?

[@JamesTalmage]

@@JREwing-bt7lp I recommend using a shop vac that you plan on never using again. The spores from the guano can cause respiratory illness.

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[@markvietti]

thanks for the video but it would be real nice if you talked