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

Greg Wayman, ASHI Certified Inspector

Foundation-2-Rooftop, Inc.

402-330-1701

www.omaha-home-inspection.com

 

4 Comments on Home Inspections Omaha: Bats Inside Furnace!

JUL
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2011
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Wow, imagine if they had been alive and flew out at your face! 
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So why did the furnace smell when turned on? Sounds like toasted bats or bat droppings!
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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... 
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Greg, I hope that isn't a common occurance in Omaha.  Nice, well maybe, post.  lol
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