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from "Mike" contains these words:

Oh dear :-(( ONCE AGIAN Sacha pokes her nose into something she knows sod
all about. This just happens to be a common practice and the fact that you
have not done it, does NOT mean it shouldn't be done.

Well, I would bet a pound to a penny that it should *NOT* be done, not
from the safety point of view, but because the nest is bound to be
several feet above any hole you could make into the flue from the loft.

Or are you a skilled builder and reconstruction and renovation specialist
now as well?

Well, I am, if Sacha isn't.

Kate ignore her and get your local builder in to have a look. Listen to him
because if he is LOCAL he would no doubt have done it before.

With that I wouldn't take issue.

And no, huge great holes are NOT going to be made in the chimney breast in
the roof/loft space, they are large enough to get a hand holding a handbag
mirror in and then shining a torch light onto the mirror, the light is
reflected around to see where the nest is. THEN, possibly another small hole
is made in the vacinity of the nest.

Which is sure to be well out of reach.

Sacha. Shut up.

It would make a nice change if you weren't so needlessly offensive.

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