Noises In My Attic

Yep thats very true Chris and that`s why i`m hoping I haven`t got mice or the r word

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

1. I`m not sure what a fire wall is? my house was built in 1890 so does that help?

2. Erm I don`t think I can recall seeing any last time I went in the loft.

3. As far as I know no tiles are missing and the roof is only about 4 years old

4. The house next door to me has been empty for around 3 years. I know it was in a poor state of repair prior to the lady leaving as she was one of my patients and I quite often went into the house. It still has the old cast iron oven in the parlour etc. There is quite a bad crack below her bathroom window that seems to be getting wider and wider so I`m a bit worried that rodents could get in thru that.

Sounds like Your roof is Ok then but if the house next door has been empty that long and the age of the houses seems it could be bird investation from next door. When someoe goes into the loft get them to check weather the loft space between you and your neighbour has been sealed off (firewall) and if not how much this will cost to do (can be shared with the neighbour concerned) is a presiuite for selling a house these days
If it isnt check for bird infestation and get the estate or the new buyers of the property to agree a price for the clear up(more likley to go your way) as a firewall between the propertys is partof the mortgage requirements these days

Thanks for your help, is much appreciated and if needs be i`ll do as you suggest

Yeah I needed my firewall upgrading when I moved in, it meant paying a fat, sweating man a lot of money to make noise up there all day while a cement mixer ground away even more noisily outside my house.

When he came back down apparently I had more bricks and my mortgage company was now satisfied but frankly I don't see the difference.

Well let`s hope I have the aforementioned firewall cos I don`t fancy having to pay a fat sweaty man with a cement mixer to sit up there scratching his bum..... think i`d rather have the mice

If I (or rather, he) threw in some really loud Radio 1 blasted out of a tinny radio and constant demands for tea, would you reconsider?

You'd probably pop your head up into the attic to see how it was going and see him there drinking tea with the mice!

Originally Posted by metalangel

If I (or rather, he) threw in some really loud Radio 1 blasted out of a tinny radio and constant demands for tea, would you reconsider?

You'd probably pop your head up into the attic to see how it was going and see him there drinking tea with the mice!

Smooth FM maybe lol

It`s mice!!!!! yuk but at least it`s not the dreaded r word. I also have a bees nest in there. He`s put 8 blocks of poison down, each block being enough to kill 27 adult rats. He said to give it 7 days then it`ll smell for 7 to 10 days (which will hopefully be while i`m up in Scotland). He said the bodies will decompose very quickly and not to move them thank god.