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What happens the morning of your Salida appointment
Your Exterior Prime professional arrives within the scheduled window, confirms the address against Kiernan or Prescott neighborhood access notes, and walks the roofline before touching a single panel.
The first ten minutes are a visual sweep of every module edge, looking for feather buildup, guano streaks on stucco below the eaves and the low cooing that tells you birds are still inside. On Broadway Colony's older single-storey tracts this check takes about eight minutes; on the newer two-storey Sisk Ranch builds it can run past twenty minutes since ladder access is needed on both roof planes.
Once the array is mapped, the professional photographs the underside gaps at every panel corner so you have a before picture. This matters in Salida because concrete tile roofs and composition shingle roofs trap pigeons differently, and the report explains which gaps let birds in on your specific roof type.
Live birds are gently encouraged out before any mesh goes on, never trapped or handled with bait. Exterior Prime does not use poison, gel or snares on any Salida job, so the removal step is purely about opening an exit path and closing it behind the birds once they are clear.
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Homeowner prep before the professionals arrive in Salida
Clearing side-yard access and confirming ladder placement ahead of time can shave twenty minutes off a Salida appointment.
Move parked cars, trash bins and patio furniture away from the panel-side wall so the ladder can go up flush against the fascia. On Hammett Road properties near the almond blocks, dust from the 6-8 week hulling season settles on ladders and gutters, so expect the professional to wipe contact points before climbing.
If pets are kept in the yard, bring them inside for the visit; pigeon flushing near the eaves startles dogs and can spook the birds back toward the array instead of away from it. Salida homeowners with locked side gates should leave a key or code with our dispatcher the night before.
No roof access is required from you personally. Exterior Prime professionals carry their own extension ladders rated for Salida's typical 9-12 foot eave heights and do not ask homeowners to hold ladders or climb alongside them.
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Why do Salida's roof types change access time?
Steep concrete tile roofs common in Kiernan and Pirrone Estates, often pitched above a 6:12 slope, require different footing than the flatter composition shingle roofs found in older Salida tracts.
Concrete tile cracks under foot pressure if a professional steps wrong, so standoff ladders and roof jacks are used instead of walking tile directly. This adds roughly fifteen minutes to setup but protects the roof and keeps Exterior Prime professionals off fragile tile edges near the array.
Split-plane arrays, more common on the two-storey Sisk Ranch homes, mean two separate access points and sometimes two ladder setups in one visit. That is factored into the quote before work starts, not added as a surprise afterward.
Fog is the other Salida access variable. During dense Tule fog mornings in December and January, wet tile can stay slick until 10 or 11 a.m., so winter appointments often start two to three hours later in the day than summer ones.
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What you receive after pigeons are removed in Salida
Every completed job leaves you with sealed mesh, roughly 15-20 photos and a written summary you can keep for insurance or resale records. ZIP 95368 homeowners often keep this file with their solar paperwork.
The report lists every gap that was closed, the linear footage of galvanized mesh installed and any droppings volume that was cleared during the same visit. If a homeowner in Salida is selling within the next 12 months, this paperwork answers the inspector's first question about the array without a second visit.
Exterior Prime backs the mesh install with a workmanship warranty, so if a panel is later serviced by your solar installer and the mesh is disturbed, a return trip to reseat it is straightforward. This detail matters most for Salida homes with rooftop retrofits installed since the mid-2010s, where original mounting hardware varies by installer.
You also get a plain-language note on prevention: what draws pigeons back to a Salida roof, from open eave gaps to nearby roosting trees along the rail line paralleling Highway 99, so you know what to watch for in the 4-6 weeks before nesting season starts.
