There s no better way to keep birds off your chimney than building a barricade around it.
Keep birds off chimney.
Another thing is it doesn t cost that much to install this.
It is not acceptable or humane to use fire heat or smoke to drive out wildlife from the chimney especially birds who have most likely built a nest.
This is the only reliable way to rid your chimney of these birds.
The chimney cap is the fastest solution to stop rain and snow from directly entering your fireplace and the birds from nesting into it.
What is the best way of keeping animals and birds out of my chimney.
If birds are nesting in the chimney as evidenced by the sound of baby birds calling out for food they ll be ready to leave the next in a couple weeks.
The installation and materials should cost somewhere between 100 and 700 per chimney depending on the materials used the height of the roof etc.
To successfully scare birds away from your roof try setting out a decoy owl raven or falcon.
Have a screen installed in the top of your chimney to prevent future nesting.
Shelter galvanized chimney cap.
Try spikes or bird spiders if you want to keep a few birds off the roof or use bird netting to keep a whole flock away.
You can also play predator or ultrasonic sounds to repel birds.