Removing wasp nest from porch

danrv

Mistral001 said:

Wasps' nests are the colour of light brown paper and fairly smooth on the outside. Maybe it is just the photograph, but that football size thing is white and has knobbly bits on the outside.

Yes. Two nests, completely different colours. The first is light brown (can be seen at the bottom of the lower pIc).
The other inside is light grey with swirl like patterns on the outside. Have seen this before and it’s probably to do with the source. Old fence panels can go a similar colour and I’ve seen wasps in the past scratching at the surface.

FreeBear

danrv said:

plumb1_2 said:

Get plenty of insulation inside there 

Ok. Wasn’t planning to. I won’t be able to reach right across as it’s just under 3m wide.

A couple of bags of loose fill insulation. Use a long handle broom to shove it into the far reaches. Fill to the top of the joists, and then unroll a piece or two of loft insulation across the top. That said, if the porch has an exterior grade door through to the house on the inside, the heat loss will not be great.

Alanp

Wasps don’t usually build where there’s been a previous nest, you can buy false wasps nests to deter them,not sure how successful they are though