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Virginia Foster, a Connecticut resident, has identified one variety of “weapons of mass destruction” in her very own home. That weapon is a local woodpecker.

Recently, Ms. Foster contacted Quality Systems desperately seeking advice about the problem she has been dealing with for over thirty years. Reminiscent of a scene from that Hitchcock classic, the outside of her home has been attacked annually by devious, “stubborn” woodpeckers who effortlessly peck through the exterior surface of the home and then blithely set up housekeeping in the three-inch polyurethane foam beneath the surface. Ms. Foster’s home has been transformed by the pesky little feathered critters into a virtual condominium complex for Dentrocopos leucotos, more commonly known as…woodpeckers. Having tried numerous surface applications over the foam throughout the years, Ms. Foster turned to Quality Systems for a solution.

Her question to Quality Systems was simply stated: “Is PermaCrete woodpecker-proof?”

The response to her inquiry was provided by none other than George A. Henderson, President and CEO of Quality Systems, himself never having been known as a champion of woodpeckers. He wrote, “Yes, in my opinion, PermaCrete when applied in a minimum thickness of 1/4" with its PermaMesh Fibercloth would be ‘woodpecker-proof’!” Mr. Henderson further promised to refer Ms. Foster to a nearby PermaCrete Dealer who might perform her “rescue” mission.

To quote the Bard, “All’s well that ends well,” unless, of course, in this case you’re a woodpecker.