ᐅ Marten on and possibly already inside the roof structure

Created on: 30 Jan 2023 02:32

Hello everyone,

I’m feeling a bit uncertain right now. I have a marten on the roof. We live in a mid-terrace house, and it’s known that there are martens around here. So far, I’ve only occasionally heard one running across the roof, which wouldn’t be too bad. But this is the first time I felt like it might be coming inside. I clearly heard noises in the sloping roof space above me, and I also heard some rustling. In addition, there was a crashing noise (roof tiles?).

I’m really anxious about this, especially that the animal might damage the roof. My question is: what steps should I take? Unfortunately, I can’t get onto the roof. We are on a hillside, and it drops down about 8 or 9 meters (26 or 30 feet), which is too dangerous for me. Should I call an exterminator or a roofer? Or should I contact the building insurance (I don’t even know if damage caused by martens is covered)? I just want to get rid of the animal as quickly as possible and hope the roof doesn’t have to be opened up. That would be a financial burden I can’t handle right now. We only moved in about nine months ago.

HubiTrubi401 Apr 2023 11:48

cyrix schrieb:

What helped was screwing every other brick firmly in place

I had the carpenter over earlier this week. He suggested screwing the bricks along the dormer and installing wire mesh underneath.
In the meantime, I have made quite a bit of progress. Using a camera, I was able to find where the marten is getting onto the roof. I blocked all the entry points with bird spikes and did the same for the neighbors. The surprising part was that the marten even jumped into a section of the downpipe where there were no spikes yet (around the bend) and tried to climb up there. I sealed that off as well.
So far, it has been several days without any marten activity. I hope this was enough to scare it away.

HubiTrubi404 May 2023 03:00

Today, the colleague Msrder was back on the roof for the first time in over a month. It’s really frustrating. It seems like he didn’t manage to get onto the roof itself. At least, I didn’t hear him there. We had that area secured. But it’s still annoying. Either he went to the neighbor’s side—we share the roof—or he found another way in. I think he somehow got past or jumped over the spikes. I heard the clinking of the spikes. Now, I’m not sure what else I can do. The neighbor now has a balcony solar power system installed. Maybe he climbed up using the mounting structure of that.

Tolentino4 May 2023 09:53

I’m currently researching this myself (still at a very early stage).

During a walk with my poodle, I’ve seen a marten or a polecat several times, and now I’m thinking about how to keep it away. Some neighbors use ultrasonic devices, but the problem is I can hear them too, and they really get on my nerves. Besides, I’m not sure what effects these devices have on dogs and cats.

Supposedly, placing dog hair where the marten tends to enter can help deter it.

HubiTrubi404 May 2023 11:11

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Tolentino schrieb:

Supposedly, dog hair placed where the marten likes to enter can help.

Seeing martens around occasionally is normal and not yet a problem. It only becomes an issue if it finds shelter in your roof.

There are all kinds of tips for this. Dog urine is probably better, but only if it’s from a male dog. However, that only seems to affect male martens. The pest control expert said the most effective method is to prevent the marten from accessing the roof altogether. Everything else isn’t really sustainable. I wouldn’t have thought mine would even jump over barriers made of pigeon spikes. I need to set up the wildlife camera again tonight.

ᐅ Marten on and possibly already inside the roof structure

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