How To Get Bats Or Birds Out Of Chimney. Close the chimney damper, tune a radio to a talk station, turn up the volume, and put it in the fireplace. Place a large box, open side up, inside the fireplace opening.
The chimney cap is the fastest solution to stop rain and snow from directly entering your fireplace and the birds from nesting. This will result in live bats coming into the house. If you can situate yourself where the sun’s last rays backlight the chimney, the bats are easier to see.
Gable vents, soffit returns, ridge vents, brick openings, frieze boards, and other construction gaps.
This will result in live bats coming into the house. This is the only reliable way to rid your chimney of these birds. Place a large box, open side up, inside the fireplace opening. Look inside the fireplace to locate the bird.