First of All ,There is No Such Thing As A Cheap Simple Cure For A Bat Problem!

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Complete Bat-Proofing | Bat Removal That Actually Works
How Complete Bat-Proofing Works
There is only one reliable way to solve a residential bat problem: completely bat-proof the house and then humanely exclude the bats.
Nothing else works because nothing else fixes the underlying gaps in the structure that bats use to enter houses.
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Bat houses do not remove bats from walls or attics. Ultrasonic devices, mothballs, lights, sprays and other repellents are useless. Installing a one-way device over one opening without sealing the rest of the house is also a waste of time.



Sometimes You Have To Learn All This The Hard Way.
Look, by all means try all the junk and scam devices sold online. You are only wasting a few hundred bucks and bluntly many homeowners have to get ripped off a few times before they realize there really is no magic bullet for this.
I know I know… But Now That You Tried Everything Else, I Can Now Show You What Will Work.

And It’s Simple
The bats must be allowed to leave, but first the house must be modified so they cannot move to another opening or return through a gap that was missed.
That is complete bat-proofing.
Complete Bat-Proofing and Humane Bat Removal
Step 1 — Find Where the Bats Are Getting In
The first job is identifying the principal active entry and exit points.
This can be much harder than homeowners expect.
Most residential bat problems in Ontario involve big brown bats. They commonly live in small, highly transient groups. They may move between different parts of a house, disappear temporarily and return later. Many homeowners never see bats leaving outdoors. They discover the problem only after bats begin showing up inside.
Droppings, oil staining, worn surfaces and observed nighttime activity may help identify an opening, but none of those clues should be considered in isolation.
The entire roofline must be inspected.
The Three Most Common Bat Entry Areas
Soffit-to-shingle intersections and dormers
Soffit-to-brick intersections and peaks
Chimney flashings and chimney tops
Loose chimney flashing, unprotected gas liners and deteriorated chimney joints are common bat entry points.
These may be the three most frequent locations, but they are not the only ones.
Bats also enter around siding, fascia, ridge vents, roof vents, additions, porches, skylights, drip edges and other construction intersections.
Every House Has Potential Bat Entry Points
New houses are not bat-proof.
Old houses are not bat-proof.
Houses are built to keep out weather—not bats.
A modern house can contain thousands of small joints, overlaps and construction gaps. Every location where two materials meet creates another place that must be evaluated.
Common potential openings include:
- Soffits meeting brick, stone or siding
- Soffits meeting shingles
- Dormer corners
- Fascia and drip-edge gaps
- Chimney flashing
- Ridge vents
- Box vents and turbine vents
- Loose skylight flashing
- Siding-to-roof intersections
- Gable peaks
- Changes in roof elevation
- Additions and porch connections
Step 2 — Bat-Proof the Entire Exterior
This is the part that actually solves the problem.
The secondary and potential entry points must be closed before the bats are excluded from their principal openings.
Depending on the house, complete bat-proofing may require:
- Professional exterior sealants
- Foam backer material in deeper joints
- Custom-bent metal flashing
- Chimney flashing repairs
- Gas-liner and chimney-cap screening
- Ridge-vent screening
- Roof-vent modifications
- Mechanical fastening of loose fascia or flashing
- Repairs around soffits, dormers and roof intersections
- Screening beneath turbines and other ventilators
The correct repair depends on the structure.
Caulking is useful where caulking belongs. Flashing is required where movement, width or exposure makes caulking inadequate. Roof vents must remain functional. Chimneys must continue venting safely. Different materials expand and contract at different rates.
This is why complete bat-proofing is skilled construction work—not simply wildlife removal.
Step 3 — Install Humane Bat Excluders
Once the rest of the house has been bat-proofed, the principal active openings are fitted with one-way bat excluders.
A properly installed excluder allows the bats to leave normally but prevents them from getting back inside.
The order matters:
- Identify the principal entry points.
- Close the secondary and potential openings.
- Leave the active openings temporarily available.
- Install professional one-way excluders.
- Allow the bats to leave.
- Remove the excluders and secure the final openings.
A bat excluder represents roughly one percent of successful bat control.
The other ninety-nine percent is finding and eliminating everything the bats could use after they leave.
The excluder is installed only after the surrounding secondary and potential entry points have been sealed.
Bat Excluders Are Useless Without Prevention Work
Putting a one-way device over one hole does not bat-proof a house.
Without prevention work, an excluder may accomplish nothing more than forcing the bats to locate another opening nearby.
They will search aggressively for a way back into a familiar roost.
Mesh tubes, loose netting and homemade plastic devices are unreliable. They can collapse, become blocked, be installed in the wrong direction or allow bats to bypass their edges. A poorly installed device can also trap bats inside.
Safe exclusion requires knowing:
- Which opening is active
- Which direction the bats travel
- How the surrounding materials are constructed
- Whether another opening is connected
- How to secure the device without creating new gaps
- When exclusion can legally and humanely occur
- How long the excluder should remain in place
Exclusion is an art that takes years to learn—but exclusion alone is not the solution.
The solution is complete bat-proofing.
Incomplete approach
A one-way device installed without complete bat-proofing gives bats other ways back inside.
Correct approach
A professional excluder controls the final active opening after the rest of the structure has been secured.
Why Wildlife Companies Fail at Bat Control
General wildlife-control companies are usually set up to handle raccoons, squirrels, skunks, birds and occasional bat calls.
That does not provide the specialization required for complete bat-proofing.
A regional wildlife franchise may claim to have a bat specialist, but do not receive enough complex bat jobs for one technician to develop the necessary inspection and construction skills.
Bat control requires knowledge of:
- Roof and soffit construction
- Masonry and siding systems
- Chimneys and gas liners
- Roof ventilation
- Water-shedding details
- Expansion and contraction
- Sealant selection and adhesion
- Sheet-metal fabrication
- Custom flashing installation
- Safe work at difficult roof intersections
Most wildlife technicians do not carry a metal brake. They do not fabricate fitted flashings. They do not modify complicated roof vents or chimney systems. They are trained primarily to remove large animals, primarily raccoons, squirrels and skunks—not rebuild the exterior envelope of a house.
Wildlife control companies usually mean well and work hard, but they fail because their business model does not provide the specialization this work demands.
We hear the same complaints continually:
“The wildlife company installed a bat door, but the bats came back.”
“They sealed a few spots, and bats started appearing inside again.”
“We thought the problem was fixed, but it returned two years later.
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A temporary absence of bats does not prove that the house was properly bat-proofed. Big brown bats are transient, and years can pass between indoor appearances.
If openings remain, the problem remains.
Complete Bat-Proofing Is Structural Work
Complete bat-proofing requires understanding how the whole house is assembled.
A technician must know where water drains, where materials overlap, how vents move air and which repairs can be made without damaging the roof or trapping moisture.
Missing one opening can undermine the entire job.
The completed work may include dozens—or hundreds—of individual repairs across the house.
That is why the work takes time. It is also why cheap, quick solutions fail.
Bat Houses, Repellents and Noise Makers Do Not Work
A bat house does not remove bats from your house.
An ultrasonic device does not seal a roofline.
Mothballs do not repair chimney flashing.
Lights do not stop bats from moving through wall cavities.
Sprays do not close soffit gaps.
You are free to spend money trying them. They will not solve the structural problem.
Even sealing several obvious gaps is not enough. Unless the entire exterior is addressed, the bats still have options.
Most homeowners want to believe there is one inexpensive opening that can be covered. That belief is understandable, but it is wrong.
There is no shortcut around complete bat-proofing.
What Complete Bat-Proofing Protects Against
Our primary objective is to keep bats out, but many of the same repairs also reduce access for:
- Birds
- Squirrels
- Raccoons
- Wasps
- Larger insects
- Some mouse entry points
Mice are the most difficult residential animal to exclude completely. They require extremely small openings and can chew through many materials. However, closing major roofline, soffit, flashing and masonry gaps can still reduce mouse access considerably.
Mice also create a greater structural fire risk than bats because mice chew electrical wiring. Bats do not.
The Only Reliable Result
Complete bat-proofing stops bats from:
- Living in walls and attics
- Leaving droppings inside structural cavities
- Breeding inside the house
- Moving into basements and living spaces
- Reappearing months or years later
- Relocating to another unsealed section of the roofline
It is a substantial amount of work.
It is not an exciting way to spend money.
But it is the only reliable way to permanently solve a residential bat problem.
Everything else delays the repair and wastes money.
Use a clean finished photograph of a completely bat-proofed house or roofline.
Complete Bat-Proofing with a Lifetime Warranty
Bat Control Specialists guarantees its complete bat-proofing work.
Provided our completed work is not altered, removed or damaged, the bats should not regain access through the areas we treated.
If we missed something covered by the warranty, we return and correct it.
That is a real warranty on the result—not merely a limited warranty claiming that the original workmanship was acceptable.
Complete Bat-Proofing Questions
Can I solve a bat problem by sealing the hole they use?
No. Sealing only the active opening usually causes bats to move to another gap. The secondary and potential openings must be closed before the principal exits are fitted with excluders.
Do bat excluders remove bats humanely?
Yes, when they are correctly installed at the proper time and only after the rest of the house has been bat-proofed. They allow bats to leave but prevent re-entry.
Will a bat house make bats leave my attic?
No. A bat house does not remove bats from walls or attics and does not repair the openings they are using.
Do ultrasonic bat repellents work?
No. Noise makers do not change the structure of the house or close bat entry points.
Can a new house have bats?
Yes. New houses contain many construction joints where soffits, shingles, siding, masonry, flashing and vents meet. New homes are not built to be bat-proof.
Why did bats return after another company installed an excluder?
The rest of the house was probably not completely bat-proofed. The bats may have used another opening, or the original device may have been incorrectly installed.
How much of bat control is exclusion?
The excluder is a small part of the job. Most of the work is inspection, construction repair and prevention.
What species usually live in Ontario houses?
Most residential bat problems involve big brown bats, although little brown bats also use buildings. Both require complete bat-proofing and humane exclusion.
Can bats return years after a poor repair?
Yes. Big brown bats are highly transient. A house may appear quiet for months or years even though usable openings remain.
Is complete bat-proofing guaranteed?
Bat Control Specialists provides a lifetime warranty that the bat problem is fixed on qualifying complete bat-proofing work, provided our work is not altered or damaged.
Need Complete Bat-Proofing?
Bat Control Specialists does not chase individual bats around rooms or install a one-way device over one convenient hole.
We solve the structural problem.
We identify the active entry points, bat-proof the exterior, modify vents and chimneys, fabricate custom flashings, install professional excluders and prevent the bats from finding another way back inside.
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