gnasher16 30,217 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Picture the scene..........you,ve recently spent a small fortune on having your front room decorated including a lovely new state of the art modern fireplace.................you wake up one morning to the sound of a bird fluttering away behind it having obviously fallen down the chimney. Do you.... A.....Rip the fireplace out causing untold mess/damage/cost ? B.....Wait till it either gets itself out or dies ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,649 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 My mum had a pigeon behind hers unknown to her until she came down to a living room full of maggots there was no smell because I presume it was being drawn out the chimney....rip it out and sort it ...It won't escape Quote Link to post Share on other sites
squab 2,875 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Leave it be,if it gets out all well and good if it dies it soon rot and dry out you will be none the wiser its even there,get the chimney capped off with mesh or what ever it is they use stop it happening again 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Leave it be,if it gets out all well and good if it dies it soon rot and dry out you will be none the wiser its even there,get the chimney capped off with mesh or what ever it is they use stop it happening again I'm with that answer ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,217 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Leave it be,if it gets out all well and good if it dies it soon rot and dry out you will be none the wiser its even there,get the chimney capped off with mesh or what ever it is they use stop it happening again Must admit thats the temptation at the moment and if it starts kicking up a stink or worse later on then it leaves no choice in ripping it all out........but all the time i can hear it.....its f****n with my conscience a bit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonah. 775 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 It's all relative really, what's it going to cost value wise against possible outcome of doing nothin. Would you feel the cost basically, that's the way I'd look at it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,271 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Leave it......only thing is, you will be sitting their listening for it driving yourself and your Mrs mad !! Lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Leave it be,if it gets out all well and good if it dies it soon rot and dry out you will be none the wiser its even there,get the chimney capped off with mesh or what ever it is they use stop it happening again I'm with that answer ....... Leave it be,if it gets out all well and good if it dies it soon rot and dry out you will be none the wiser its even there,get the chimney capped off with mesh or what ever it is they use stop it happening again I'm with that answer ....... +1 more .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,484 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Leave it be,if it gets out all well and good if it dies it soon rot and dry out you will be none the wiser its even there,get the chimney capped off with mesh or what ever it is they use stop it happening again I'm with that answer ....... Plus two , you got me thinking now the wife got our living room done gas fire ripped out and sealed but we didnt cap the chimmey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Gnash if you have had a proper flue fitted then it will be the diameter of a sweeps brush ...buy your own or get a sweep in and push the daft fukcing bird out and then cap,your chimney with a mesh guard ... It will be a jackdaw ....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 20,649 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Google search maggots in fire place ....depends what you're willing to put up with I guess. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,804 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Spend a fortune to find a dead corvid? No brainer imo Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 throw another shovel of coal on,lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 get on the roof and put a shot down it with a .410 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,360 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 If it does smell ,,,it won't last long,,not in summer the blue bottles will finish it off.... Feck ripping a fire out for a bird,,,, I shot a woodie on our chimney pot a while back ,,,,fecker dropped steight down the chimney ,,,scared the shit out my two kids in the living room,,,it was stone dead but still flapping covered in soot in the middle of the living room floor,,,lol 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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