Thankfully they had never ventured down into the condo itself, but all of the HVAC duct would need to be removed and replaced
My kid thought we had ghosts in the attic. I wish it was that simple! The people I was with and I moved into this remote farmhouse knowing that it was a fixer-upper, but we honestly didn’t guess how much fixing was required. The arena had been empty for years, so while it had not been disfigured, it had not been cared for in quite some time. My wifey and I thought we could handle anything except for maybe the specialty work that would come later, but even though the central idea was antique, the gas furnace in the basement still worked fine. Air conditioning would be a problem for another month, there were too several other things that needed fixing first. The first night there, little Jane said there were ghosts in the attic, but what she was hearing was the pitter-patter of squirrels in the air ducts. The HVAC duct had been infested with generations of squirrels while the condo was empty. Thankfully they had never ventured down into the condo itself, but all of the HVAC duct would need to be removed and replaced. That couldn’t happen until the HVAC duct was free of all living creatures, which was something none of us knew how to do. If we poisoned them or gassed them, then we just have air ducts clogged full of dead squirrels, which is not much better than what we have. The people I was with and I honestly have no problem removing the HVAC duct and putting in the new set ourselves, but we are clueless about how to clear them out! Anyone have pointers on how to get squirrels out of HVAC duct?