Great Video !!!! I followed everything step by step ,even on the outside of my home and I did the trap out in the interior!!! Mice free for 2 months !!! Thank you, subbed , and liked
If I’m a 13 year-old boy, this is one of the funniest videos ever found on the Internet. But for me, it’s incredibly useful. Although I have seen mice go through spray foam like butter. The steel wool/coppermesh and silicone are indispensable.
@@miamonroe4195 Great Stuff brand Pest Block spray foam supposedly has an additive that makes rodents not like the bitter taste so they won’t chew through it. I have no personal experience with it.
Great video, sealing up is key. I use a product on Amazon called, Lazy Cat Rodent Repellent spray which works great. It basically puts down an invisible barrier of mint and cinnamon oils that irritates their senses and they do not want to stay around. Also works great to spray on equipment and wires to avoid chewing.
Most expandable foam forms a water resistant skin on its surface and when you cut it, sponge-like holes are exposed and it's no longer water resistant. I've never seen any that are solid all the way through.
Great Stuff brand makes an expanding foam sealant called “Pestblock” to seal out vermin. Compared to ordinary expanding foam sealants, Pestblock also contains a very bitter tasting chemical known as “Denatonium Benzoate” which pests hate to gnaw.
Ok got them coming into the RV yes a caravan I cant see how they are getting in and some time ago i noticed one of the cats watching an area under my caravan he was waiting for dinner! and it was under the bathroom sink they got through under the plumbing through the bottom flooring now I have them coming in and one got caught in a mouse trap no damage to date thank God; thanks for your video
So my problem is the hole is right underneath the heating unit & I’m worried if I use copper steal wool or caulk that it’ll catch on fire. I like to have the heat pretty high because I hate being cold. Any suggestions?
You could try seal fix, it's like caulk but for fixing oven door seals so can take a lot of heat. There's also fireplace sealants, or aluminium tape is great if its on the right surface (ie a flat surface it can adhere to, like metal) Fibreglass tape might work too? You can usually check the maximum temperature various sealants are rated for, anythign rated for ovens, stoves or fireplaces should work fine. Silicone can have a high heat rating (same kind of silicone they use for kitchen tools, so pretty heat resistant) but I would still check the spec sheet/MSDS. Put a kitchen thermometer under your heating unit when it's at it's hottest and check the temp, it probably won't be crazy high but good to check. My first choice would be aluminium or fibreglass tape (if it'll stick) or seal fix (or any caulk/sealant rated for ovens/fireplaces etc)
Not true at all. The gap shown at 0:28 is too small for mice to go through, caulking is still good to prevent bugs and air draft. The holes shown at 2:46 - caulking with wire mesh is not enough. Rats can be so aggressive they pull out the caulk. Spray foam won't help either, mice can chew through that - plenty of YT videos show it. Either staple the wire mesh to the wall or better yet, get hardware cloth and screw it on in addition to caulking (for bugs and air sealing).
What would I use to seal a pipe that leads to my baseboard radiator that has a opening? Just concerned that it is a heat element and I don’t want to cause a fire. Thanks.
Please use gloves when dealing with steel wool, I tried ripping a piece off like she did and wound up getting shards of lil steel wool stuck in my skin on my fingers and it hurt bad... 😫😩😢
I will try it Im allergic to rodents the fleas bit me I know if a mouse is in room without seeing him I get bits and they hurt so my life is spent chasing them around so far I got it down to one giant hole behind stove I got mesh but need to attach it I hate these rodents esp rats their fleas bit me and I actually ge t bite marks its a nitemare
ugh so sorry. First set trap to catch the bugger. Then start inspecting the ways he could have gotten in. Check garage doors, utility line access, basement windows. Caulk, shove steel wool in cracks. Sprinkle diatomaceous earth around your foundation on the outside, Hope that helps!
@@heatherhartman6474 hi heather, thanks for asking. knock wood, it was just the one. I had an exterminator come and look for points of access and a handyman like put stuff (I dont know what) to block those places.
So many guys crack me up here. Caulk is pronounced without the L. I can walk and talk and caulk at the same time. Caulk is not said like rock, frock, and stock. Cock is also a male rooster beside the obvious "thing" that is so funny. I have a husband and three adult sons. I have heard it all! So chuckle away😆