This beautiful Palm City home located on the St. Lucie River had a colony of free-tail bats living under the Spanish tile roof. Although it was not a large colony, 1,000 to 1,500 bats, they were spread across various areas of the home.

The problem on this job was that the type of tile used has a 3/4-inch hole at the corner joint of every tile. Thousands of potential entry points were present. The purpose of these holes is to allow airflow - caulking or foaming would cause roof damage.

The process we chose was safe exclusion of the bats using large exclusion nets (35,000 square feet) placed over the entire roof. This allowed the bats to leave with no way to return. Once the bats were long gone, the net was removed and the sealing process began. Tiny net tubes were installed in every single tile hole. Over seven thousand tubes were used and the side gaps of each tile were sealed.

The problem was how to seal out the bats, not close off the airflow and keep this multi-million dollar home looking beautiful.

Three and one half days of actual labor time with a 3-member crew. Bat free in 11 days!