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Home Inspections Omaha: Bats Inside Furnace!

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Home Inspector with Foundation-2-Rooftop, Inc.

Luckily, this Omaha Nebraska home didn't have any live bats in the attic when I had to venture up there.  What surprised me, however, was when I pulled the blower out of the furnace to perform a hydro test on the heat exchanger, there ended up being at least 3 dead bats stuck to the furnace cavity between the blower and the heat exchanger.  I'm sure glad it was winter during this inspection!

(Note: the photo is sideways and the bats had been up there a while.) 

Now, why did the house smell every time the furnace turned on!?!

Bats inside furnace

Betty Knowles
Southwest Missouri Realty - Springfield, MO
Ready to sell? Call Betty!

Wow, imagine if they had been alive and flew out at your face! 

Jul 29, 2011 12:11 AM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

So why did the furnace smell when turned on? Sounds like toasted bats or bat droppings!

Jul 29, 2011 12:14 AM
Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

would the bats come in from the furnace exhaust system when it was not heating season?....  In case you wonder why we are here I Re-Blogged you... 

Jul 29, 2011 12:17 AM
Jack Gilleland
Home Inspection and Investor Services, Clayton - Clayton, OH

Greg, I hope that isn't a common occurance in Omaha.  Nice, well maybe, post.  lol

Jul 29, 2011 06:28 AM