Mouse frame protection

One of the most common methods of low-rise housing construction in the developed countries of Europe and America is frame technology. The use of energy-efficient, lightweight, safe and durable materials allows you to build a cozy and practical mansion of frame-panel type in the shortest possible time, regardless of the season. Convenient and original in configuration, the frame could be called perfect in all respects, if not for one nuance - the mouse in the frame house.

Mice can live in the underground, heaters, which are used to protect the structure from negative weather influences. In order to prevent the penetration of mice and other pests into the home, it is necessary to take care of this even at the stage of forming the foundation of the future home.

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Especially popular among developers is the SIP-method (Canada), thanks to which low-rise new buildings are characterized by high rates of heat and sound insulation, vapor permeability and fire safety. Such structures can be built and operated in places with a temperature background of -60 to + 60 ° C. They are not afraid of any natural disasters, they can serve their masters for about 100 years.

Causes of rodents in the structure

Mice can enter a house in which a tree is used as a frame, for many reasons. Most often, human housing attracts them by the presence of food. Here they can find a reliable refuge from the winter cold. In frame houses house mice penetrate quite easily, due to the fact that it is almost impossible to avoid cracks in the floor, as well as at the joints of the structure.

Another factor is the wall crate used in the decoration process. The resulting voids are filled with insulation. If it is improperly installed or refers to cheap goods, then it may well become a reliable refuge for mice. To prevent rodents from choosing a frame house, it is necessary to use insulation that do not gnaw mice.

Important!

The hungry rodents are attracted by the smell of food, to which they are ready to wade through any obstacles. Store food in secure packaging. If the mice understand that there is nothing to eat in the house, then they will leave it.

Nearby trash bins can attract pests to the frame house. In order to protect households from rodents, it is necessary to take the territory for various household waste away from the cottage.

Frame house protection

To prevent rodents from settling in the new building, you should carefully consider how to protect the house from mice during construction. As preventive measures against pests, you can use the following methods:

1. It is recommended to use ecowool as a floor insulation on the ground floor. It will protect the house from the appearance of fungus, mold, various insects. The material consists of 80% recycled cellulose, and 20% is a mixture of boric acid and borax. Composition - an excellent wood preservative and will protect the mansion from mice and other pests.
2. To process building materials with a solution of borax or lime.
3. Fight the mice in the house it is possible with the help of ash, tobacco dust, wormwood or peppermint, the smell of which rodents cannot stand, and also fill the interior partitions with slag.
4. Pile or strip foundation, if the soil characterization allows, to be replaced with a reinforced concrete slab, which mice will not be able to gnaw and will not penetrate into the frame house. The use of monolithic structures will be a reliable protection for the home.
5. Using a special fine-mesh metal mesh, which will protect the building from rodents.

All these tricks will protect the structure from the mouse scourge.

The use of metal mesh

Future owners of frame cottages are interested in how to sheathe a wooden house so that the mice can not penetrate the wall and enter the room. The foundation to be laid is recommended to be protected by profiled metal sheets of structural steel. Their thickness should not be less than 1.5 mm. Mice will slip over the cover, will not be able to damage it and get inside the building.

In addition, a metal mesh is used at the construction stage or after the construction of the structure to ensure its safety. It has a number of positive properties:

• ease of use;
• maximum protection against various rodents;
• environmental safety;
• accessibility to consumers;
• ability to maintain its characteristics over a wide temperature range.

To ensure effective protection, you must choose the right material. The thickness of the wire from which the mesh is made must be at least 2 mm, and the parameters of the cells should be no more than 5x5 mm, otherwise the mice will gnaw it or simply crawl into the existing holes.

The net from mice is laid on the rough floor, in this case the insulation is spread directly on it. Or it is sheathed on the base of the house, since mice can be found under the floor inside the space that is formed as a result of building the house on stilts. The height of the protective coating placed under the plinth of the cap must be at least a meter. Before carrying out insulation and home decoration, it is advisable to beat all corners of the structure with galvanized wire.

You can protect from mice a built frame house. To do this, bury the mesh fence along the foundation to a depth of at least 0.8 m, and if there are rodent holes, then the laying of the protective structure should be deeper than the mouse passages.

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To achieve maximum results, this design is installed around the perimeter of the entire yard. Additionally, you can make a small ditch and fill it with gravel with the addition of mint and wormwood seeds. This will stop the movement of rodents in the territory of the household.

The effectiveness of this method of protecting a frame house from mice is evidenced by the numerous reviews of the owners of such cottages, posted on the site.

Floor

Houses on screw piles, as well as other frame constructions, need effective protection of the floor, which is the most likely place for mice to enter the house. When arranging it, you should use both a metal mesh and other means. Expanded clay will become an effective method of protecting flooring:

• when laying the rough floor it is scattered on the ground with a layer of at least 0.3 m;
• the material is covered with a film of polyethylene, on top of which OSP-3 plates are placed in two rows;
• then the final layer of expanded clay is laid, crowning the design of the "black" floor, completely protected from mice.

The reliability of this "expanded clay castle" is enhanced by impregnation of boric acid and synthetic wax, which is applied to the plates.

Heaters

As a protection against mice and rats, an appropriate insulation can act. Quite often, to insulate the frame house from the inside, owners use cheap thermal insulation material - polystyrene.Mice can nibble it and settle freely in the room. Experts strongly recommend that you do not save and use an expensive, eco-friendly version of the insulation that effectively protects against rodents. Ecological material will scare away not only rodents, but also create an antiseptic environment that excludes the appearance of mold and other negative phenomena. This insulation has good heat and sound insulation characteristics.

Rodent Control Methods

To get rid of mice in a frame house, there are various methods of struggle. People successfully use proven techniques over the years, as rodents have never been welcome guests in homes or apartments.

People's councils

Long-standing methods of fighting rodents are used by builders in the process of erecting a frame house, as well as in the operation of the building. The most commonly used techniques are:

• ash, tobacco dust, pine branches, mint, wormwood, dry burdock, slag and other additives are added to the insulation;
• burnt logs are laid under the floor, as their smell repels mice;
• the perimeter of the subfloor is covered with broken glass;
• along the walls inside and outside pour hot red pepper powder.

There are other folk remedies used in the fight against mice.

Mechanical methods

If mice are wound up in the constructed frame house, then you can resort to using mouse trapall kinds of homemade traps or poison for mice. However, these methods will have a positive result only if the owners, at least close up the existing cracks and holes in the house. Using chemicals, you need to remember about precautions, because they are not safe for children and pets. Therefore, the poison should be laid out in places inaccessible to them.

There is another drawback of this technique - the mouse can eat the bait and die directly in the partition of the frame house. After that, a disgusting smell will be present in the room for a long time. In order to avoid such incidents, it is necessary to use drugs that cause choking. The rodent will seek fresh air, which means it will leave the room.

Ultrasonic Repellers

Electronic devices - reliable and effective protection of the frame house from mice. They are equipped with a special control system that ensures the smooth operation of the device and the accuracy of exposure to pests. To protect the entire territory of the cottage, it is recommended to purchase several repellers. They should be placed near each wall and in the corners of the frame house. The included devices, due to ultrasonic radiation, will create a zone of discomfort for mice and other pests, forcing them to leave the building.

"Biological weapons

The main enemy of mice is the cat. If the house has a fluffy pet, then 100% protection against mice is guaranteed. The most common outbred the cat will deal with mice in a short amount of time.

Penetration into the frame house of mice can be avoided and prevented if you carefully consider the technology of construction.