Vents let air move through your roof space and under the house, which matters in the Queensland climate. The trouble is that many older vents are loose, rusted or made of thin plastic that a possum can push aside. Small gaps around pipes, cables and air conditioning lines are just as easy for a possum or a rat to use.
Vent and gap screening covers these openings with strong mesh while still letting air flow. The crew we book checks gable vents, eave vents, whirlybird bases, subfloor vents and the spots where pipes and cables pass through walls. They fit galvanised mesh cut to the right shape and fix it in place with screws so it cannot be pushed out. Where a vent is cracked or broken beyond use, they can fit a metal cover in its place.
Homes in Mount Gravatt built in the 1960s and 1970s often still have their original gable vents, and many have had air conditioners added since, with gaps left around the lines. Timber homes on stumps can have open subfloor areas that need screening at the base. Townhouses often have gaps where the roof of one home meets the next, and those gaps are worth closing on both sides. The crew looks at the whole house so the screening matches what your home needs.
- Gable and eave vents covered with mesh
- Gaps around pipes and cables closed
- Whirlybird bases checked and sealed
- Mesh over subfloor vents on raised homes
- Air flow kept open through the mesh
Screening pairs well with possum proofing and rodent removal, since the same gaps let both in. To book vent and gap screening for your home in Mount Gravatt, call 07 3543 7764.
