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What Happens During a Solar Panel Bird-Proofing Inspection? A Step-by-Step Walk Through the Roof

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  Most inspections start with a question, not a ladder. Before we look at anything, we ask what you’ve noticed. A lot of people have heard scratching on the roof at dawn, or found droppings on the driveway and can’t work out where they’re coming from. That first chat matters more than you’d think. It tells us where to look and how long the problem has probably been going on. If you’ve never booked an inspection before, you probably don’t know what to expect. Here’s how a typical visit runs, in the order we do things. Starting from the ground We don’t head straight up. We take a few minutes at ground level, looking at the gutters, the driveway, the eaves and the roofline. Droppings and feathers collect in predictable places, and so does nesting material that has been dragged out or washed down. A gutter holding twigs tells us something before we’ve touched the roof. We also look at where the birds sit. Pigeons tend to use the same perches, and watching a roof for a few minutes s...