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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eyepea" data-source="post: 7164377" data-attributes="member: 200324">Thanks very much for all for the suggestions. Let me share the following info. Some of the other people having the same issues may have some use. Mesh:Someone I know has successfully prevented by using mesh.But his roof is a straight forward one and the mesh is fixed between the 4"x2" rafters and the beam on top of the wall on all sides. Quite a bit of work required as rafters are usually every 2' for a tile roof. Mesh is stiff 1" sq, becos the top edge cannot be nailed, but touches the tiles. So have to make sure Uguduwa cannot push.Unfortunately my roof consists of main roofs, sub roofs, peaks and vally gutters. I have put mesh on all places possible, but baas says will have to remove vally gutters, put mesh and fix back vally gutters to block those places. Quite an expensive job with the risk of introducing water leaks. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/baffled.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":baffled:" title="Baffled    :baffled:" data-shortname=":baffled:" />  Lights:Again the person who told me to do this has solved his problem. The inside space of his ceililng is contiguous and one can crouch and wait inside. He has used 4 x 2' tube lights and keep them on 24 hours a day. There are no dark corners with the lights on. Will increase the number of units of electricity used per month depending on the wattage. (80W in this case). In my case, specially my room, the ceiling is flat in the central area, but slopes down on the two sides, the same way as the roof. So the lights I fixed illuminates the central area. Towards the sides the spaces inbetween the rafters, tiles and the ceiling are not illuminated properly. The solution may be to have a row of tube lights or CFL bulbs for each space between the rafters such that there are no dark corners left. Will cost a bit to implement and use. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /> Moth balls:Guess this is similar to using Duriyan. The one who told me about moth balls said he used about 15kg of moth balls and had more or less a layer of it on the ceiling. I didn't use such a large quantity so that may be why it didn't work. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/growl.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":growl:" title="Growl    :growl:" data-shortname=":growl:" /> Trees and access to roof from surroundings:Yup, cutting branches coming near roof helps.Note that Uguduwas can easily climb rain water down pipes and if adjacent house roofs come close to your roof, they can come that way.  Must try the Duriyan solution too among other things. many thanks!</blockquote>

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