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Stuck a shop vac hose in a blackened flue and pulled out a bird nest the size of a beach ball
Had a customer in Dover call me out because smoke was rolling back into her living room every time she lit a fire, and I could not get a brush past a certain point about 6 feet up. I tried the usual weighted chain first and it just bounced, so on a hunch I taped my shop vac hose to a short piece of PVC and fed it up from the smoke shelf. Sure enough it grabbed something soft, and when I pulled it down it was a starling nest packed in so tight it looked like a wig. Took two more passes with the vac and a flexible rod to get the rest, and she told me the birds had been fussing around the cap since April. Has anyone else run into a nest that far down, or do you usually catch them up top?
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michael_craig17d ago
Ever notice how the weird stuff always hides where you can't see it, not where you'd expect? Same deal with a clogged gutter or a dryer vent, the real mess is never right at the opening. Birds just love a spot that's out of sight and out of the wind.
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