Hello Amiella, I'm sorry for how you are feeling and will look out for any other comments you have made on other threads, please take care and look after yourself, I know it's easier said than done.
Hi Helium, if you do have a possum I know how annoying this can be and any possible stains they leave which could seep through and stain the ceiling.
Can I ask whether you have a two storey house and if there are any trees where a possum could quite easily jump from.
Please don't attempt to get onto your roof if the ladder doesn't extend well above it, it's easy to climb onto it if the ladder is shorter but it's very difficult to go back down it.
If you get into the roof cavity you can only knee on the roof joists which are 450mm apart, and downstairs could be under the house, so can you tell whether the house is brick or weatherboard.
In the roof cavity, you may have insulation, which looks lovely and soft, but it makes you itch, so wear so clothes that cover your body and gloves if possible, and if you start to scratch yourself once you're out of the roof', have a shower and wash your clothes but you may not have to do this if you don't touch the insulation.
If the walls appear to be thin it maybe because the plaster back in the early days has fibre going through it and once it's dented, bumped into they do tend to bend, compared to the plaster these days which doesn't and the only way to strengthen these walls is to either cover them up by some sort of wood lining, such as pine, which is nailed on the outside of this plaster and becomes very decorative or too replace the wall with new plaster all which cost money.
Please get back to me and if you can let me know about the trees around your house.
Best wishes.
Geoff.
