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Thread Number: 76283
/ Tag: Small Appliances
How to Kirby-ize your home against Woodpeckers |
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Post# 1001147 7/23/2018 at 12:41 (2,103 days old) by Jetcone  (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Darn thing punched a hole in my soffit in 30 minutes!!!!
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Post# 1001148 , Reply# 1 7/23/2018 at 12:42 (2,103 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Step 1
Get on craigslist and get a Kirby vacuum cleaner - hurry !
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Post# 1001149 , Reply# 2 7/23/2018 at 12:43 (2,103 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Step 2
Grab the beater bar out of the Kirby!
Hurry !
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Post# 1001150 , Reply# 3 7/23/2018 at 12:45 (2,103 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Step 3
Cut off 1.5 inches of the beater bar and using the opened end facing out jam it in the hole with the brushes still on the bar it will hold the plug in place!
Boom Boom Done!
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| Post# 1001258 , Reply# 5 7/24/2018 at 06:52 (2,103 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Woodpeckers are attracted to insects. After plugging the hole, paint with an oil based paint. That keeps insects away. | ||
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Post# 1001269 , Reply# 7 7/24/2018 at 07:49 (2,103 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Ive also been told
They peck on loud things to attract a mate- it was spring so I think that was his motive.
All sealed now.
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| Post# 1001273 , Reply# 8 7/24/2018 at 08:19 (2,103 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
Well the little Peckers | ||
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Post# 1001282 , Reply# 10 7/24/2018 at 08:52 (2,103 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 1001706 , Reply# 11 7/28/2018 at 07:40 (2,099 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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John, did you name that bird David? That (Peck)-a-wood. | ||
| Post# 1001728 , Reply# 12 7/28/2018 at 10:35 (2,098 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
Creative Repair! Woodpeckers are all cartoon fun and games until one decides to take up residence on your house!
I had a problem with one last fall for the first time in my 16 years here. It created several holes that I had to patch and repaint (and in the hardest spot of my house to reach with a ladder of course.)
I got rid of it, but it was a surprisingly long and hard battle. Hoping not to see another for awhile.. | ||
| Post# 1001796 , Reply# 13 7/29/2018 at 04:03 (2,098 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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I have a cure for wood peckers A 12 gauge shotgun works wonders! | ||
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