Bird B Gone Authorized Installer | Serving Residential & Commercial Properties Across Greater Austin & Central Texas
Solar panels are one of the best investments you can make in your home or business, but the gap between your panels and your roof is one of the most attractive nesting spots for wildlife in Central Texas. Birds, squirrels, and rats move in, damage wiring, degrade your roof, and reduce your system’s efficiency. Most property owners don’t discover the problem until real damage has already been done.
MB Wildlife Control provides professional solar panel wildlife exclusion for residential and commercial properties across Greater Austin and Central Texas. We remove existing wildlife, clean and disinfect the affected area, and install a durable, professionally fitted exclusion barrier that keeps animals out permanently.
Why Wildlife Loves Your Solar Panels
The space beneath a rooftop solar array is exactly what wildlife looks for. It’s elevated, sheltered from rain and wind, warm from the panels above, and largely undisturbed. For birds, it’s a protected nesting cavity safe from predators. For squirrels and rats, it’s a secure place to nest and store food, with convenient access to wiring they’ll chew through without hesitation.
Once an animal establishes itself under your panels, others follow. What starts as a single bird nest can become a persistent colony. Because the space is hidden and hard to inspect, the problem is usually well underway before a property owner notices anything is wrong.
What Wildlife Does to Your Solar System
Birds: Pigeons, Sparrows & Starlings
Pigeons are the most common culprit, but house sparrows and starlings are close behind. Nesting birds pack the space beneath your panels with dry grass, twigs, feathers, and debris. These are highly flammable materials sitting directly next to electrical wiring. Their droppings are acidic and corrosive, damaging both panel surfaces and roofing materials over time. Accumulated droppings and nesting debris also block airflow under the panels, causing heat buildup that reduces system efficiency and can shorten the lifespan of your equipment. Bird droppings can carry diseases including histoplasmosis, creating a health hazard during cleaning or maintenance.
Squirrels
Squirrels are among the most damaging wildlife for solar installations. They chew through wiring and cable insulation compulsively. It’s not targeted damage; it’s simply what squirrels do. Chewed wiring causes electrical shorts, power loss, and in serious cases, fires. A squirrel problem under your solar panels is not a nuisance issue. It’s a safety issue that warrants immediate attention.
Rats
Roof rats are prevalent across Central Texas and are well-suited to navigating rooftop solar arrays. Like squirrels, they chew through wiring and insulation, and their nesting materials add to the fire hazard. Rat activity under solar panels can also indicate a broader rodent intrusion into the structure itself, since the roof and attic are often connected entry points.
Our Solar Panel Exclusion Process
1. Inspection & Assessment
We start with a thorough inspection of your solar array, identifying which animals are present, assessing the extent of any nesting, droppings, or wiring damage, and evaluating the condition of your roof and panel mounts. This gives us a complete picture before any work begins.
2. Wildlife Removal
Any active wildlife is humanely removed before exclusion work begins. We do not seal animals inside. All removal is conducted in accordance with Texas wildlife regulations.
3. Cleanup & Sanitation
Nesting material, droppings, and debris are removed from beneath and around the panels. Affected areas are treated and disinfected. This step is essential because leaving contaminated material behind creates ongoing health and fire hazards regardless of what exclusion barrier goes on top.
4. Exclusion Barrier Installation
We install a professionally fitted exclusion barrier around the perimeter of your solar array. This is typically a heavy-gauge galvanized or stainless steel mesh that attaches securely to the panel frames without penetrating or voiding your panel warranty. The barrier seals the gap between the panels and the roof completely, with no openings large enough for birds, squirrels, or rats to enter. As a Bird B Gone Authorized Installer, we use commercial-grade materials built to last in outdoor conditions.
5. Documentation & Follow-Up
We document all work performed and provide you with a record of what was installed. Every solar panel exclusion job is backed by our one-year materials warranty. We’re available for follow-up if any issues arise after installation.
Residential & Commercial Solar Panel Exclusion
Homeowners
For homeowners across the Greater Austin area, a wildlife intrusion under your solar panels is a direct threat to the investment you made in your system. Wiring repairs, panel replacements, and roof remediation are expensive and often not covered by solar warranties when the cause is wildlife damage. A properly installed exclusion barrier is far less costly than the alternative and protects your system for the long term.
Commercial Properties
Commercial solar installations on office buildings, warehouses, retail centers, and HOA common areas present the same wildlife risks at a larger scale. We work with property managers and facilities teams to protect commercial arrays with minimal disruption to operations. Documentation is provided for your records.
Why Choose MB Wildlife Control
Wildlife Specialists, Not Pest Control
Solar panel exclusion done right requires understanding animal behavior, not just installing mesh. We’re dedicated wildlife specialists who know how pigeons, squirrels, and rats behave, where they enter, and how to make sure the exclusion is complete rather than just cosmetic.
Bird B Gone Authorized Installer
We use Bird B Gone professional-grade products. These are commercial-quality materials designed for durability and built to withstand Texas heat, UV exposure, and weather. Not hardware store mesh. Not zip ties.
Humane Methods
All wildlife removal is conducted humanely and in compliance with Texas regulations. We do not use poisons or inhumane trapping methods.
Cleanup Included
We don’t install a barrier over an existing mess. Sanitation and cleanup is a standard part of our process, not an upsell.
Locally Owned & Operated
We’re based in Round Rock and serve the Greater Austin and Central Texas area. When you call MB Wildlife Control, you’re talking to the person doing the work, not a call center routing your job to a subcontractor.
1-Year Materials Warranty
Every solar panel exclusion installation is backed by a one-year warranty on materials. We stand behind our work.
Request a Free Quote
If you’ve noticed birds going under your solar panels, heard activity on your roof, or seen a drop in your system’s output, don’t wait. The longer wildlife has access to the space beneath your panels, the more damage accumulates. Request a free quote and we’ll schedule a site assessment at your property.