How Mice Enter Homes

Mice enter homes through various means, including these mentioned below

The most common entry points are weep holes, cracks and spaces around doors and windows, improperly screened areas in eaves and attics, cracks in foundations, soil access areas in plumbing penetrations, and so on. Proper seals and screenings are a chemical free way to help control unwanted guests to your home.

Brick constructed homes contain weep holes which are the most common method for mice, rats, roaches, snakes, spiders, scorpions and lizards etc. to enter the home. Weep holes in brick are best described as welcome stations or tons of tiny doors for unwanted guests to just come on in.

During the construction phase of brick-veneer structures, gaps called weep holes are purposely built into the lower layer of bricks in order to allow the wall to drain and ventilate. The unfortunate draw back of weep holes is that they allow pests free access to the interior of your walls.

Many home owners don’t realize this and rely on some forms of Electronic Pest Control and other Mice Repellent including, mice extermination, mouse traps and mice poison. This doesn’t have lasting affect.


Facts About Mice

Why Killing Mice With Traps And Poisions Alone Won't Solve Your Problem

Mice have two characteristics going for them that we don’t know about or underestimate.


  1. When you trap and poison mice they automatically reproduce faster and faster.
  2. 2. You’d think new mice wouldn’t be able to find the same entrances of their prior friends. Interestingly they leave a trail of hormonal scent so the pathway is as noticeable to them as the roads you and I drive on everyday are to us.

It is amazing how mice enter homes, look for any gap a mouse can crawl through. These are usually found along your walls where pipes exit or enter from the exterior of the home.

Where flashing or soffit meet your wall.

Where doors don’t close properly. Gaps around windows.

Or other gaps in brick that are not intended to be there.

Your roof is another area of concern for mice prevention. Check venting and look for ways mice can get onto your roof such as bushes, wires, pipes etc.

Some Honest Reviews of Rid-O-MIce Weep Hole Covers

Testimonials

  • ROBERT P
    I thought it would be useful to you to know that, about 6-7 years ago, I had purchased from you several SS weep-hole barriers to prevent further mice intrusions into our brick-walled house. As you may remember, this was my last-resort method to do this, as I had recurrent problems each year with mice entering into the attic area principally, and some other areas within the house walls. I could not figure out where the entry points were, and it was a complete enigma to me even after consulting with several pest-control specialists. Points-of-entry via brick-wall weep holes had never even crossed my mind, and , had never even been suggested by those specialists. Until I saw your Web site!! It was like "AHAAAA" That's it!!!! In a nutshell: after installing the R-O-M barriers in all of the weep holes around the house, the mice-intrusion problem disappeared within days of their installation!! This problem has NEVER RECURRED SINCE!! Really effective & durable, and really, really worth it considering the lasting peace-of-mind it gives my wife & I!! Thanks again for your fine product!
    ROBERT P
    Québec City Area
  • Dave S
    It seems like a couple of times each year I was battling with the odd mouse. I set traps along the outside walls and had to resort to poison where I noticed their beautiful brown pellets usually in the furnace room but also under our dishwasher. That seemed to work temporarily. A friend of mine in the pest control business told me about Rid-O-Mice so I asked him to come by and take care of it. Haven't had any issues since.
    Dave S
    Chicago
  • Wes Grands
    We had elongated weep holes... meaning the weepholes extended above and below the actual brick. We were able to purchase some spare stainless inserts and cut them to fill in the gaps created by the abnormal height of the weep holes. Not all were like this but some were and it worked perfect!! See Wes's blog post with pictures here - Elongated Weep Holes
    Wes Grands
    Pensicola
  • F. PERRY
    Last year we bought a 30 year old home and our home inspector pointed out the house had signs of mice. Just the thought of that didn't appeal to us but everything else about the house was right for us. Fortunately our home inspector gave us great information on how we could prevent the mice from getting in. That is when we met Rid-O-Mice who helped us protect our largest investment.
    F. PERRY
    Pittsburg
Ready To Protect Your Home In A Way That Ensures Mice Can’t Pass Through Your Weep Holes While Ensuring Proper Wall Ventilation As Intended By The Building Codes.
 

Be sure to visit our various educational and learning pages that help you identify mouse problems in your house, how to seal up your home, prevent mice and achieve peace of mind and home security.


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