Dear lady, I seem to recall that there are products on the market that recreate the look of wood shingles almost perfectly. I know hard core preservationists will take a dim view of the use of synthetic materials to replace the real thing on a historic structure, but it seems to me that the squirrels are part of that old place's history too. At 09:02 AM 08/24/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I have a rather strange question to ask those of you in museums that have >wood shingles on the roof of their building. > >We are having squirrel infestation problems at our historic house museum. >The squirrels are eating through the cedar shingles on the roof of our >museum. Has anyone ever encountered these problem before? If so is >there any humane solution? > >Thanks, >Susan Lerner >Collections Manager >Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]<mailto:slerner@wrightplu >s.org>org Joel Ayala, Jr./Exhibit Specialist ASLAPR/Museum Division 1700 West Washington Street Phoenix AZ 85007-2812 Phone: (602) 542-4405 Fax: (602) 542-4690 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] www.lib.az.us