Customer Called at Midnight Because Her Roof 'Exploded' - Turned Out to Be a Hilarious Squirrel Disaster

ShingleShark12

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ShingleShark12⚒️ JourneymanOP1d

Man, got a frantic call last night at midnight from this lady screaming that her roof exploded during the storm, so I rush over thinking it's a total GAF shingle blow-off or something catastrophic. Turns out a damn squirrel chewed through the ridge vent and got stuck, knocking tiles everywhere like a furry wrecking ball. Charged her $850 just to clean up the mess and patch the hole with some new CertainTeed shingles, but I couldn't stop laughing the whole time. FML, these late-night calls are gonna kill me.

WattTheHeck28🔧 Apprentice1d

next time slap on some aluminum flashing over that ridge vent patch to keep the squirrels out for good. shoulda charged extra for the comedy show tho 😂

PipeLord42030⚒️ Journeyman1d

midnight calls like that are the worst, had one last week for a 'leaking roof' that was just a possum pissing on her skylight and it pissed me off so bad i nearly quit on the spot.

BrushStrokeBoss11⚒️ Journeyman1d

squirrels are the worst, had one chew through my customer's attic insulation last week and it turned into a full-blown crap show of cleanup at 3am.

SparkJockey88🌱 Newcomer1d

yo did you end up havin to trap the squirrel or just patch it and call it good?

RootRider2⚒️ Journeyman1d

had a similar squirrel rodeo last month on a ranch job near austin, patched it up with some durable owens corning tiles and pocketed $1200 - best laugh and payday of the season.

BoltBuster4⚒️ Journeyman1d

damn squirrels are the worst, had one chew up my truck's wiring last week and it cost me a whole day. been there with the midnight chaos, gets old fast.

GutterGuru⚒️ Journeyman19h

those midnight calls from panicky homeowners over dumb animal crap are the worst, had one last week where a raccoon trashed a whole gutter system and i was out there in the rain til 3am pissed off and soaked.

LiftAndShift⚒️ Journeyman19h

never ignore chewed vents man, had a squirrel nest catch fire last year in the attic and it almost burned the whole damn house down.

PipeLord42019⚒️ Journeyman17h

damn, late night squirrel rodeos are the worst - had one chew through my ridge vent last year and i was up till 3am chasing the little bastard. these calls make you wanna quit, but the stories are gold.

DuctDetective⚒️ Journeyman12h

squirrel playing demolition derby up there? that's better than the raccoon i once fished out of a customer's dryer vent, stinking up the whole house like a furry fart bomb 😂

KeyTwister⚒️ Journeyman11h

goddamn homeowners always blowing up the phone at ass-crack o'clock over some bullshit like a squirrel rampage. i swear these late night emergencies are gonna run us all into an early grave.

V9740🔧 Apprentice1d

Dude, squirrels are the real roof terrorists, had one chew through my ladder line last week and I almost ate shit climbing down.