Re: Will mice climb bricks?
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randy
"DK" <D...@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> We get a few mice in our house every year, especially fall when the
> weather starts getting colder.
>
> Over the past couple years, I've spent hours going around the perimeter of
> the house at ground level, reaching up under the siding, filling gaps, as
> well as filling all gaps around doors and windows and anyplace wiring
> enters the house, I've made sure the dryer vent has no holes in it, etc.
> The mice keep getting in. Now I'm thinking they must be climbing up high
> to enter the house somewhere. When standing on the ground and looking up
> at our brick chimney, which butts out from our siding, I can see a few
> small gaps about 15 feet up, where the siding meets the brick. In the
> past, I never bothered to get a ladder and fill those because I figured it
> was unlikely that mice would just happen to climb our chimney, wander
> around and find those gaps.
>
> I'm going to climb up and fill those gaps, but it got me wondering, how
> likely is it that mice will climb up 15 feet to find a hole to enter a
> house? I know they theoretically can climb bricks and rough surfaces, but
> is it likely that 6-8 mice a year happen to be climbing our house's
> chimney and find these gaps? When we've called professional pest control
> people and asked them, we get mixed answers. Most say when they try to
> mouse-proof a house, they concentrate on finding holes at ground level and
> around doors, windows, and where wires/pipes enter the side of the house.
> Twoof the pros we called said that to mouse-proof your home, you have to
> fill gaps all over the outside of the house, all the way up to the roof,
> but they also wanted an outrageous amount of money to do that so I'm not
> sure if that was a ploy to get more money out of us, or if it was true.
>
> When I look at where the bricks from the chimney meets the siding at a
> 90-degree angle, there is a line of grout/mortar that goes straight up
> that corner, and it is a slightly rough, pebbly surface, so it is probably
> possible that mice could grip it with their claws. And that straight line
> of grout goes right by those gaps. So I'm thinking that's where the mice
> are getting in ... but is that very likely?
>
> Has anyone else found that mice were scaling brick walls and getting into
> their house from high above the ground?
>
> -- DK
>
bu...@bugs.com
entering the residence on the second floor. Is it common? Not very. I can't
say if the guys were trying to get you for more money, that is a call I
cannot make. When you rodent proof a house what are you using to fill the
gaps? This could be another answer to your problem. Please don't say you are
using that expanding foam. If you are, you are wasting your time. If you are
using steel wool you are wasting your time. To fill the holes and gaps the
best thing to use is stainless steel mesh, if that is not available to you
then you can purchase a product called Stuff-it. Stuff-it is made out of
brass and works very well. It comes in a roll and you can cut it with common
household scissors. Use it and you will have much better success than you
will with that expanding foam.
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I wish you all the best
Tim W
PCOpug
I saw a mouse run straight up seven feet of relatively smooth cinder block
in the basement of a new building and all . The little rascal probably got
in through the opening large enough to drive a forklift in delivering
drywall or baking flour .
PrecisionMachinisT
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Mice have no problem whatsoever in scaling brick walls.
Suggest buy some D-Con or else get a cat..........
Cats wont stay in our shop and Im tired of them pissing on $5000.00 machine
tool controller cards--so there is ALWAYS d-con set out for them--cute lil
buggers or no, I cant afford to let them nest there.......
They eat that shit and then get real thirsty and later show up drowned,
floating in the coolant tanks or else in the toilet bowl.
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SVL
Dave Gower
"DK" <D...@NoSpam.com> wrote
>...how likely is it that mice will climb up 15 feet to find a hole to
>enter a house? I know they theoretically can climb bricks and rough
>surfaces, but is it likely that 6-8 mice a year happen to be climbing our
>house's chimney and find these gaps?
I've not only seen mice climbing bricks, but rough concrete walls, and
unfinished studs. I live in a farming area crawling with field mice and at
this time of year they're always looking for a warm place to spend the
winter. The only real answer is my small dog and my young male cat.
JerryMouse
> We get a few mice in our house every year, especially fall when the
> weather starts getting colder.
Field mice just trying to stay warm.
You've spent hours searching and fixing and still have the problem.
Time for expert assistance. Borrow a cat. It's ecologically sound, too.
See:
http://www.suite101.com/print_article.cfm/3282/73631
Note the number: 28,999.
Craig Riekena
>
>Has anyone else found that mice were scaling brick walls and getting into
>their house from high above the ground?
>
>-- DK
To add to what others have said, absolutely they can climb nearly any
wall which is not totally smooth. We have painted concrete block in
some of our rooms and they can climb that. Additionally, if there is
any sort of pipes along or near the walls they will squeeze right
along those!
Craig Riekena
Bell Labs
Kevin Lambert
caught one of our cat's. If here hear them moving around in crawl spaces
try putting glue board out for them. Fold it into a square if there are
cats, kids etc that will try to play with them. These are basically pieces
of cardboard with thick glue on them that smells of peanut butter.
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Try greasing the bricks.
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Michael Baugh
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ggg
How could I use this around a wall unit air conditioner? Thanks!
bu...@bugs.com
On 2-Nov-2004, goodg...@yahoo.com (ggg) wrote:
> How could I use this around a wall unit air conditioner? Thanks!
Very easy it will simply stuff in the areas where the mice would be going
in. It can be stuffed in using many different tools. I find a putty knife
works well in areas such as you are talking about. Around a wall unit air
conditioner.
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Viny
Yes. Two years ago I fought the battle by forcing tiny broken glass &cement
arouaround the eexternal tiny area. This was rear back of the house and down
the side. I could hear them moving between the wall from inside. Upstairs
smelled from the back carpetless bedroom. They were running beneath those
floorboards. They were unable to escape. No more running up from behind
plumbing in the kitchen. Two years of bliss. Then, last month was downstairs,
I thought I heard them running beneath floor boards. Then last night 14 May
2016 Could hear the sound outside on the wall. Next, to fit glass metal or 10m
steel sheet all around the external house. Don't help when estate up road
litter around their communism bins
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Maudie
Yes we have a night brick wall that separates us from a plant nursery and the
rats are scaling the brick wall and getting into my yard and every now and
then my house. They hop pretty far too. Ewww it's gross I need to know what to
place on the brick wall to stop this. And suggestions?
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