SIP panels and mice, how to deal with rodents in a SIP house

Thanks to their design and technical features, houses made of insulated panels are very popular today. The high demand for this material raises a question among future owners: sip panels for construction and mice - is it true or a myth?

Construction is based on the frame-panel principle, which has the following characteristics:

• high strength;
• fast pace of construction;
• simple house kits;
• cost reduction;
• resistance to any climatic conditions.

Mice and vulture panels are an eternal dilemma

What danger do rodents pose to humans?

When settling in houses and apartments, small pests damage furniture, shoes, clothes, and household utensils.
The animals destroy food supplies located in easily accessible places. One individual eats up to 30% of its weight per day, about 2 kg per year. If there are a lot of mice in the house, the damage will be significant. The products and water they have tasted become unfit for consumption. In rooms where mice have infested, an unpleasant odor appears that is difficult to get rid of. Rodents damage finishing (they especially like to chew on insulation) and electrical wiring, causing short circuits that lead to fires. The animals are carriers of dangerous diseases - salmonellosis, leptospirosis, tularemia, hemorrhagic fever, bartonellosis, toxoplasmosis, yersinosis. In addition, rodents are parasitized by fleas and ticks, which can also become a source of infection. The carrier of the disease can be a cat that has eaten a mouse.

Pathogens can be transmitted to humans by:

• direct contact with a living or dead mouse;
• inhalation of particles of dried excrement and wool;
• consumption of foods eaten by rodents;
• contact of animal biological fluids with damaged human skin;
• bite.

Where do mice come from?

These uninvited guests can appear in apartment buildings from the basements, from the side of the garbage chute or trash bin located not far from the building itself. Old ventilation ducts or elevator shafts also facilitate the movement of these animals. If there are cracks in the houses or the building consists of load-bearing walls, ceilings and partitions with hollow internal spaces, then these are the places where such “residents” can still appear in the apartments.

Dampness and warmth are also favorite conditions for such small mammals. That is why these pests so often show their presence in a private home or in heated warehouses closer to winter. In the fall, it is better to check your house or corners in your apartment for holes, cracks or gaps through which animals can easily enter people's homes. Everything should be sealed, plastered with durable plaster and treated with repellent chemicals. In general, they will always look for where it is warmer and where there is food for them.

Myths about mice and vulture panels

House mice are the main type of rodent that lives in the house permanently. They are capable of chewing through any building material without exception. However, supporting those rumors that rodents gnaw and eat only vulture panels is absurd. People smile and say that a mouse will eat a house built using Canadian technology. Only in different parts of the world these houses are successfully equipped and used for housing by many people.

First, you need to check exactly how rodents got inside the house from the vulture panels . Perhaps the place of their entry was communication passages or the attic. So in this way they can get into the house from any material, the only difference is the degree of damage. For example, for a stone structure this is not a problem and it will not collapse.

From everything it follows that during the construction of a building it is necessary to adhere to the rules of sanitary standards and create such conditions so that mice do not consider a house made of this material suitable for existence.

Moreover, in vulture houses there are no passages and protrusions so necessary for the beginning of the life of rodents. Even if the animals get into the panels, they will not be able to find wood with which to start digging.

Reliability indicators

The main task of insulation is to preserve heat at the facility and protect building elements from external factors - precipitation and temperature fluctuations.
Therefore, low thermal conductivity comes first. This parameter determines the amount of heat that escapes outside. It should be as low as possible. Two more important parameters are vapor permeability and hygroscopicity. They are responsible for the moisture permeability of the insulation. If the insulator absorbs too much moisture, it will quickly lose its properties. Mineral and stone wool slabs suffer from increased sensitivity to this parameter.

Preservation of the original dimensions, fire and environmental safety are also important. The combination of all these qualities will maintain a comfortable microclimate for people for a long time.

As a rule, when installing insulation, a small air gap is created. It helps remove condensation and shift the dew point into the space between the house element and the insulating layer. Mice and other rodents strive to occupy this warm place - they eat the insulator and live in it. As a result, the parameters deteriorate.

Rodents tear insulating material to pieces. However, gradually the through holes begin to let in cold, moisture and comfort disappears. The mice leave to look for another place, and gradual destruction awaits the home, especially if the owners do not know about the damaged insulation.

Study

The answer to the question about thermal insulators that repel rodents is impossible without market research. In total, it contains two types of heat insulators - organic and artificial.

Organic insulators are made from recycled or natural materials. They contain a minimum of chemical additives - only substances that resist fire. The main examples are ecowool, reed, straw, etc.

There are many more inorganic or artificial heat insulators. And if natural ones are produced, as a rule, in bulk or in slabs, then this category has more formats: slab mineral or basalt wool and loose perlite. You can opt for solid aerated concrete. Next we will talk about reliability indicators in relation to rodents.

Special design of sip panels

Vulture products consist of two particle boards glued to the insulation with polystyrene foam. The filler is protected on both sides by fire-resistant wood plates, the thickness of which is up to 40 mm. This material is made from solid wood chips pre-impregnated with resin. This material can be compared to crushed glass.

Important: you should only work with such slabs using gloves so as not to injure your skin.

It follows from everything that when mice gnaw on such building material, they perform not only backbreaking work, but also very life-threatening ones.

As for creating a hole in the insulation, this is also nonsense, because mineral wool is more acceptable for mice.

What are the dangers of a mouse infestation?

So, let's see what difficulties ordinary house mice can create under the floor:

• Constant noise at night.
• Gnawed cables, wires and pipes made from certain materials.
• Insulation materials turned to dust.
• A specific and not very pleasant “mouse” smell in the house.
• Found mouse waste in the morning wherever possible.
• Danger of contracting rodent-borne diseases.

And also such unpleasant phenomena as a dead mouse under the floor, which is not easy to find and pull out.

Now imagine that in a year a female gives birth to up to 7 mice in each of 10 annual litters. Those. in 12 months there will already be 60-70 new rodents in your house! And each mouse matures within just three months, and also begins to reproduce. At the same time, mice are fast animals: they can reach speeds of up to 12 km/h, jump up to 75 cm in length, and up to 40 cm in height. Just don’t let this problem take its course - they will eat the house too.

Is OSB board harmful?

In the manufacture of OSB boards, glue based on formaldehyde resins is used. It binds wood chips together. Formaldehyde is a toxic substance. The more molecules of formaldehyde there are in the air, the more dangerous it is to be in the room. The degree of toxicity of OSB boards is determined by the maximum permissible concentration (MAC) of a harmful substance in milligrams per 1 cubic meter of air. This parameter is indicated in the hygiene certificate for the product. The maximum permissible concentration of formaldehyde should not exceed 0.003 mg/m³.

Advice: when purchasing SIP panels, ask the manufacturer for a sanitary certificate for OSB boards. Look at the certificate for the toxicity index of the OSB board. If the numbers are from 70 to 120%, then, according to the sanitary classification, this means that the material is non-toxic.

Minuses

The disadvantages of walls made of sandwich panels include:

• Short service life.
  In this parameter, even the highest quality sandwich panels are inferior to brick and wood. In order for it to last as long as possible, major repairs will have to be carried out at least once every 20 years. However, the short service life of the panels is offset by their affordable cost.
• The need to install forced ventilation. The panels themselves practically do not “breathe”. To avoid the accumulation of condensation and dampness of the walls, you need to take care of high-quality ventilation.
• A large number of counterfeits.
  There are a lot of underground workshops for the production of panels. They offer to purchase their products at an attractive price, assuring that their material meets the requirements of GOST. However, too low a cost should be alarming. Walls made from such low-quality panels will quickly become unusable. In addition, being in such rooms is simply dangerous, since toxic formaldehyde resins can be used in the manufacture of wood-based panels.
• The need for high-quality sealing and finishing. If the connections are not airtight, the house will freeze in winter. Lack of finishing has a negative impact on the life of the building.
• Architectural simplicity. Panels do not allow complex design ideas to be realized. Although the use of panoramic windows, decorative cornices and other modern building materials gives the house a quite presentable appearance.

Is polystyrene foam hazardous to health?

EPS - expanded polystyrene - polymer material. During polymerization, styrene molecules (monomer) are cross-linked into polymer chains. According to GOST 10003-90, according to the degree of impact on the human body, styrene belongs to the third hazard class - moderately hazardous substances. According to sanitary standards of the Russian Federation, polystyrene foam can be used as an insulating building material, because its toxic effect manifests itself only when the MPC is significantly exceeded.

In SIP panels, polystyrene foam is covered on both sides with OSB boards - vapor barriers. They prevent styrene from penetrating into the room. High-quality SIP panels have a sanitary certificate, which confirms the safety of the product.

Penoplex45

This type is widely used not only in private construction, but is also in demand in the construction of roads, runways and airfields, since its density of 45 kg/m3 is the highest. These panels provide reliable freeze and thaw protection, resulting in a smoother finish and reduced damage. Children's playgrounds and even parking lots should be created by constructing roofs on them designed for heavy traffic.

Manufacturers and dealers constantly talk about the safety of materials, but is this true? Is foam complex harmful to health?

Many argue about the environmental friendliness of this material and claim that it itself has fire-retardant properties and is subject to combustion. It is impossible to argue because many people cannot resist the fire of objects around us.

Whether it can ignite itself or contribute to a fire is another matter. The question is clear - no. But at the moment of ignition it produces a lot of corrosive smoke and releases toxic substances. However, it burns slowly, so it will take some time before it burns and the fire can be extinguished in time.

Another disadvantage that negatively affects the human body is the destruction of the material that occurs under unfavorable operating conditions. Penoplex not only loses its properties, but also oxidizes and begins to release toxins into the air. This happens when low-quality products are selected or installation rules are violated.

Therefore, it is important to choose only those materials that are produced using this technology, follow the installation rules and not use incompatible connections. Only under these conditions will it serve its purpose without causing harm to a person. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h50x8vE6Fxc

A house made of SIP panels is protected from mice

It would seem that SIP houses are perfectly adapted for the life of mice. In fact, on the contrary, they lack two important elements: closed passages and small holes from which you can gnaw a hole. Even if the mouse gets inside the SIP panel, it will not be able to move freely in it and will not find a hole with a protruding piece of wood, starting from which it can gnaw out a passage.

Among my old clients there was not a single one who complained about rodents in SIP houses. This does not mean that mice or rats cannot live there. Poorly designed heating, water supply inlets, sewerage, ventilation ducts - all this can become a mouse kingdom, and then additional costs will be required. If you encounter rodents in a SIP house, please write to me.

Are mice afraid of cats and will a pet help exterminate pests?

Representatives of the cat family have hunted rodents for a long time. Will a pet help exterminate pests? Hunting instincts have been preserved in modern cats, and many of them continue to successfully fight rodents. However, often the pet turns out to be incapable of catching small animals and is even afraid of them. This is not surprising, because today's cats rarely see mice, and besides, domestic animals are usually well-fed, and therefore do not consider it necessary to hunt.

If you decide to get a cat for pest control, you need to take a responsible approach to choosing an animal. Cats living outside are constantly training their hunting skills, so you can adopt one straight from there.

There is no desire to have a pet - you can feed a street one, but the amount of food should be small - a well-fed animal will not engage in fishing. If you want to combine business with pleasure and buy a purebred kitten that would catch mice, you should take a closer look at breeds such as Bobtail, Maine Coon, Burmese, Siberian, Russian Blue or Siamese.

Precautionary measures

Communication inputs and outputs

Traditionally, rodents live in the ground. It is from there that they enter the house.

Drywall on frame

All instructions for finishing SIP houses say that gypsum boards are sewn without a frame directly onto flat walls made of SIP panels. There are many reasons for this. However, every second foreman-finisher “recommends” the owner to make drywall on the frame: “the walls will be smoother, and the wiring will be easier.” In fact, the “worker” is driven by illiteracy and the desire to earn more money.

Among all the disadvantages of frame cladding, there is one more: the appearance of uncontrolled space for rodents to move around. If your walls have already been sheathed on a frame, remove it as soon as possible!

Holes in walls and boxes

All openings in ceilings and between rooms must be foamed and treated with sealant. You need to be careful about all the boxes, have access to them and make jumpers in advance that do not allow any living creatures to move in them. Metal mesh with small mesh helps keep rodents out (in the foundation vents and at the bottom of the basement), and plastic mesh should be used on windows and the roof to keep insects out.

How to protect insulation

If you used edible insulation, then the best solution would be to use traditional means of control that simply destroy mice. These are various traps and poisons. The topic is so vast that it deserves a separate article.

Even the most ordinary cat works well. It is advisable that this is not a spoiled city cat, but a normal country cat. However, the smell of a cat alone forces rodents to look for a quieter place (if they are not affected by toxoplasma). You can even simply feed outdoor cats so that they regularly appear near your home.

Among the structural solutions, it should be noted that the insulation is reinforced with a metal mesh with a fine mesh or barbed wire on the outside of the insulating materials.

In those places that are guaranteed to cause increased interest of rodents (for example, if you store grain in the garage or basement), you should still use the materials that we have indicated in the list of reliable ones.

Do pests live in SIP panels?

Residents of apartments claim that pests can chew through concrete if they smell the delicacy. Therefore, people are concerned about the question of whether mice chew on vulture panels and whether they can make a hole in the insulation.

On a note!

Builders claim that a house mouse can get into modern homes through a sewer pipe or ventilation. The mammal will not be able to move in the panels themselves.

The insulation contained in the slabs may be attractive to pests, but if there are more accessible shelters nearby, the animals will prefer them. And getting to the insulation is not easy. In a high-quality product, it is securely covered with OSB boards, which in structure resemble glass.

Interesting!

Mice prefer to chew natural materials: wood or paper.

Mice cannot eat OSB boards. It is solid and has no protrusions or crevices. The mammal has nothing to begin with to build a move. If the animal manages to get inside the slab, it will not be able to move there and will not build a mouse tunnel.

What kind of insulation is not chewed by mice?

Using high-quality insulation materials for your home allows you to create a cozy atmosphere for a long time. This process often takes a lot of time and resources. However, over time, destruction of the protective layer may occur, the culprit of which will not be natural or physical factors, but banal rodents.

In this regard, you need to know which insulation is not chewed by mice or other small pests. By choosing the best option, it will be possible to avoid irreversible damage to the integrity of the structure. In the resulting cavities, small animals hide from the cold, at the same time they make a lot of moves, as a rule, turning everything into dust.

How to keep rodents out of your home

Although mice cannot live in sip panels, they are able to gnaw and make their way through uninsulated openings. Therefore, it is better to entrust the construction of a house to a professional team that will not leave any gaps for pests. If you decide to build yourself, then follow all the recommendations and consult with builders.

An illiterate or unscrupulous worker may advise flashing a house with plasterboard on a frame. But this creates free space between the walls that the owner cannot control.

On a note!

The instructions for the sip panel say that drywall should be sewn onto the wall without a frame.

You cannot leave loopholes for rodents. The slightest cracks in the ceilings must be sealed with sealant. If there are no holes, then the small creature simply will not be able to get into the house.

How to fill the voids between walls and drywall instead of insulation

Therefore, before proceeding with the installation of drywall, it is advisable to take care of what material to choose to eliminate the void between its sheets and the load-bearing base. How important is it to fill the free space with one or another finishing element? A serious discussion may flare up on this issue between competent specialists, but there is simply no consensus on this matter. If a void forms between the drywall and the wall, it is important to fill it with some suitable material. And here you can freely show your imagination aimed at creating a suitable interdimensional layer

Thanks to it, all this hollowness is eliminated and the strength of the finish itself is significantly increased. Therefore, these positive factors cannot be ignored, because they can be decisive for creating a positive internal microclimate inside the home! You can also think about equipping the entire wall base with plywood, and then attaching plasterboard sheets to it. The advantage of this method is the technical simplicity of installation, which is done using traditional dowels and nails.

But it is extremely important to hammer them in at even intervals around the entire perimeter. Of course, the most classic option is polystyrene foam, which is the most common insulation material.

But in practice, it is quite possible to do without it, the main thing in this case is to show your ingenuity!

The owner of a private house may encounter such a problem when mice run under the suspended ceiling, hide in the cavity between the walls and there is no way to get them out of there. Reason: the basement of the house (not finished); mice penetrated under the skin of the house and got inside through the outdoor unit of the air conditioner of the installed split system

Additional Precautions

If there is a risk of an animal getting into the house or in a room where there is a lot of food that is attractive to mice, then you should think about precautions.

On a note!

Builders claim that mice do not live in vulture panels; reviews from residents of such houses confirm the words of professionals. But rodents can still get into human homes.

The following remedies will help eliminate stray pests:

• place mouse traps-cages and glue-based traps for mice;
• spread out mouse poison or poisonous tablets;
• get a rat-catcher cat;
• turn on the ultrasonic repeller.

If there are small children or pets in the house, then it is better not to use chemicals. Mousetraps and glue traps should be hidden so that you do not get caught in them. The sticky substance does not dry for a long time and is difficult to remove from skin and clothing, and the trap can cause injury.

The answer to the question of whether mice eat vulture panels can only be negative. But a house built from these materials cannot protect one hundred percent from rodents. Therefore, it is worth taking additional protective measures.

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So does extruded polystyrene foam burn or not? How fireproof is it?

The Fire Defense Research Institute knows how polystyrene foam burns. Natalya Konstantinova heads the building materials sector and burns dozens of samples every day. Expanded polystyrene belongs to the group of flammable and highly toxic materials. The material burns and melts easily, falling drops continue to burn. When burned, it emits black smoke and soot, making it almost impossible to breathe in the laboratory despite the powerful exhaust hood. Only 2 grams of this material were burned. Extinguishing is practically useless, because the water only cools the outer skin, i.e. the panels themselves are driven between polystyrene foam. What are we seeing in this video?

On the academician’s desk is an Eco Pan sandwich panel. They also called it “Eco”, do they give such names on purpose? to distract us from the essence and distort the reality of things. Entire cottage communities are now being built from such panels. To see samples we went to the exhibition at VDNKh. Luxurious cottages attract with their beauty and affordability; a square meter of housing costs only about 8,000-9,000 rubles. And this is 3 sometimes 4 times cheaper than stone construction. It is clear that many people dream of living in their own home, and when such an opportunity arises, we do not try to obtain reliable information, but take the word of the manufacturer. But we looked at these houses with horror, as Academician Maltsev said: “These houses are a real gas chamber.” Although the main manager of the exhibition, Gennady Alferov, assures that this material has more advantages than disadvantages, and also that it is an absolutely harmless material. All building materials in our country must have 3 certificates: hygienic, fire and construction. As a rule, all products made of polystyrene foam, and these are hundreds of items, have all the necessary certificates. Which causes wild surprise and misunderstanding.

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How to deal with mice in walls

With the arrival of autumn, mice migrate from the fields to human homes, where it is warm, dry and there is something to eat. They often make nests for themselves or make passages in the walls, especially if the interior partition is hollow inside. We will try to find out how to get rid of mice in the walls in this article. First of all, it would not hurt to identify the source of trouble and eliminate it. To understand the location of harmful animals, there is a proven method: at night, sprinkle flour on the floor and, based on the tracks left by the animals, determine where they crawl out from, where they roam and where they return. Based on this data, they carry out extermination measures.

The second option also needs to be completed. Carefully check all the walls in the apartment or house to detect holes through which rodents enter the room. These entrances and exits can be either of construction origin (unsealed cracks, holes under baseboards or on the surface left after repairs) or biological, that is, made by household pests.

Prevention of occurrence

When there are first attacks on vegetables, the presence of tunnels and nests for mice, urgent measures must be taken to get rid of them. The sooner you start, the easier it will be to get rid of them. But you can also be prudent about the possible appearance of rodents and take preventive measures. They need to be carried out until mid-autumn, before the cellar is filled with vegetables and preparations. They will prevent rodents from appearing in the basement.

In this video we will look at how to rid a cellar of mice:

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Preventive methods of dealing with future rodents:

1. Equip the door with a metal covering. A thin sheet is enough.
2. Cover all ventilation openings with fine metal mesh. Don't forget that a small mouse can fit through a hole the diameter of a felt-tip pen.
3. Pack all products in airtight containers. Cover them tightly with the lid.

The effectiveness of these methods depends on the quality of the load-bearing walls in the room. If they are brick or concrete, everything will work fine.

The right insulation

To be sure that your insulation will not harbor mice, you need to select materials that are as resistant to their sharp teeth as possible. Here, for example, are materials that are difficult for rats to chew through:

• Foam glass;
• Foam ceramics;
• Foam and aerated concrete.

Theoretically, rodents can make holes in them, but they will not build their nests in such materials. However, even the most determined mouse will not damage the foam glass.

On the other hand, these materials are not full-fledged insulation materials. These are rather construction materials with high insulation parameters.

Mice control will be more effective when using loose insulation materials, such as expanded clay. First, it is too hard for their teeth. Secondly, its flowability makes it inconvenient for mice. Rare rodents will break through the layer of expanded clay, and even those will not stay in it for long, since it does not create good conditions for arranging a nest.

In addition, a good insulation against mice is:

• Cellulose insulation and ecowool. It would seem that the materials are quite suitable for rodents, but they do not touch them due to special treatment. For example, such materials are often impregnated with borax, which is poisonous to mice.
• Materials based on flax fiber. Flax contains the natural component lignin, which perfectly repels small pests. And all this without compromising environmental safety.

Methods of disposal

Elimination measures depend on the ways mice penetrate inside the walls. Follow the following tips.

All discovered holes and burrows must be carefully filled with a mixture of concrete and glass - this composition will be too tough for mice. First, poison, blackroot grass, tansy (or other poisonous plants that rodents are afraid of) or rags soaked in a solution of ammonia, vinegar, mothballs, and peppermint extract are placed in the hole.

Particular attention is paid to utility lines, through which mice can also easily get inside the wall. All ventilation ducts are covered with a fine-grained metal mesh, the outlets of sewer and water pipes are sealed and sealed so that no hole can squeeze through the existing gap.

True, the methods described above, although effective, have their own side effect: the walled up animals will sooner or later die of hunger, and their corpses will begin to emit a rather specific aroma.

Therefore, you should choose a poison with a mummifying effect (for example, mortorate, “rat death, etc.), in this case the flesh does not decompose, but dries out. But before repair work, it is better to lure the mice out of the nest and destroy them using any available method, or even better, in several ways at once.

Various tricks are used for these purposes:

• mechanical traps with bait;
• sticky backings, again with an attractive treat in the center;
• ultrasonic repellers;
• unpleasant odors for rodents;
• anti-mouse herbs (black root, tansy, wild rosemary);
• rat poison;
• They don’t forget about cats, mice don’t like being around them;
• electronic live traps.

It is clear that it is necessary to lay out and install “enticement boxes” not throughout the house, but where the animal gang most often appears: near burrows, next to food supplies. When working, do not forget about their own safety and the safety of their household, especially protect pets and children from traps and poisonous baits, so as not to cause trouble in the form of poisoning or serious injuries.

Method 5 scaring

There are two methods to scare away mice:

• or using the achievements of modern science and technology, for example, an ultrasonic repeller;
• or through unpleasant odors.

The ultrasound device emits a buzzing sound that is unpleasant for the mouse ear and the baby leaves its home, but an uncomfortable place to live. The unit also has its disadvantages:

• he only drives away the little people for a while - as soon as the unit stops working, the whole big-eared brethren comes back;
• there is an effect of getting used to the same sound, so the sound frequency needs to be changed (some devices have a similar option built-in);
• the device must operate for at least three weeks before rodents begin to escape from the cellar;
• In hypersensitive people, especially children, “musical trills” can cause headaches and anxiety.

Among the aromas that are unpleasant to the mouse's sense of smell, the best are:

• black root herbs, tansy, peppermint, wild rosemary;
• the smell of burnt rubber, mothballs, vinegar, burnt wool or fluff;
• some spices (cinnamon, coriander, cilantro).

By the way, sulfur has proven itself to be an excellent deterrent odor. This product is ideal for non-residential premises.

After setting the mixture on fire, the mice run without looking back, while most of the fugitives die from suffocation and sulfur dioxide poisoning.

The product must be used carefully and in compliance with safety rules:

• carry out work with gloves;
• the room is processed only by two people: one does it, the other observes the process from outside, and if there are signs of poisoning, the “disinfector” provides first aid and calls a doctor;
• processing is carried out without children and pets nearby;
• do not set fire to a checker on a wooden floor, so as not to start a fire;
• One day after treatment, be sure to ventilate the basement.

Ways to control rodents

If during the construction of a frame house measures were not taken to protect against rodents, it is worth taking care to destroy mice in other ways. There are several ways to deal with mice. Choose what suits you best or apply comprehensive protection.

Traditional methods of rodent control

Frame house without rodents: prevention and solution to the problem

• Line the perimeter under the floor with broken glass, lay burnt wood, its smell repels rodents

• Sprinkle red pepper along the outside walls of the house.

• Add substances to the insulation that repel rodents with their smell - wormwood, mint, pine branches, slag, ash

• Soak rags with Vishnevsky ointment and place them in rodent holes or fill them with water. Alternatively, you can throw a firecracker into the hole, but in this case, take care of safety

• Mice don’t like the smell of burning wool, use this knowledge to repel them

• Create noise disturbance by placing tin bottles on the bars or burying glass bottles in the ground.

Biological protection

Frame house without rodents: prevention and solution to the problem

A natural defense against mice is to have a cat. Rodents will leave the room in which the hunter cat lives. Remember that not all cats are capable of catching mice; decorative breeds will look at a mouse with horror or not pay any attention to it. Therefore, take an ordinary yard cat into your home, of course, if you or your household members are not allergic to wool.

Mice will run away just from the smell of the cat's litter box, but in this case, won't you run away from the house along with the rodents?

Traps and mousetraps

Frame house without rodents: prevention and solution to the problem

Traps and mousetraps can be bought at the store. This could be a traditional mousetrap. A mousetrap that does not kill rodents, the simplest models of which cost no more than 50 rubles. Manufacturers of electronic options guarantee one hundred percent absence of mice in the house. The effectiveness of glue traps depends on the price, so the more expensive the better. Remember that if the rodents are not killed but released, there will be no effect. If you are releasing them for humane reasons, then do it as far from home as possible.

Place traps and mousetraps along walls and rodent habitats. Pests usually move along the same route.

You can make a trap yourself.

Trap 1

. Apply anti-rodent glue to a sheet of cardboard or plywood and secure the platform. Place the bait in the center. The mouse, trying to free itself, will stick to the surface even more.

Trap 2

. Pour water into a bucket, pour straw on top, add a spoonful of butter and seeds. Place an improvised ladder in the shape of a stick next to the bucket. The mouse will fall into the water and will not be able to get out. You can improve the design by nailing two planks in a cross, one larger than the diameter of the container, the other slightly smaller. At the end of a small plank, the bait will attract a rodent and it will fall into the water, the structure will return to its place. Thus, several mice fall into the trap.

Trap 3

. Pour unrefined sunflower oil into a glass beer bottle and secure it at an angle of 30 degrees. Pests, once inside, will not be able to get out.

Poisoned baits

Frame house without rodents: prevention and solution to the problem

The industry offers a large number of chemicals for killing rodents. But, be careful if children and pets live in the house. Access to toxic substances must be strictly limited.

If there are small children in the house, it is not recommended to use chemicals. Consider alternative methods of rodent control.

High-quality anti-rodent preparations are sold in the form of briquettes, granules, and grain baits. Before using poisonous baits, read the instructions and follow the directions. The disadvantage of this method is that the mouse may die inside the partition of the house; a terrible smell will penetrate the house after the corpse begins to decompose. Moreover, no “mummifying” types of bait will prevent this. Some baits contain substances that cause suffocation. In this case, the pests will strive to get out into the air as quickly as possible.

Ultrasonic repellers

Frame house without rodents: prevention and solution to the problem

Ultrasonic repellers can be effective in controlling mice. Customer reviews are contradictory. Before buying such a device, study what they say about this or that device. There are ultrasonic generators of both domestic and foreign production on sale. The results of repellers are not immediately noticeable; to protect your home you will need several devices. Among the disadvantages, it is worth noting the frequent replacement of batteries and protection of the device from an aggressive external environment, in particular from rain. Taking drastic measures will allow you not to fight pests every year, but will get rid of rodents forever. Install the mesh, change the insulating material, seal the cracks and crevices. And remember that it is easier to prevent a rodent infestation than to get rid of them later.

How to get rid of rats in the house using poison

One of the main advantages of the so-called rat poisons is the ability to quickly exterminate a large number of rodents with their help. After being laid out in the house, such preparations work completely autonomously, and only as the animals eat the poison, its quantity must be periodically replenished with new portions.

An example of how this usually works in practice: say, if five rats live in a house and they all feast on such a poisonous bait in one night, then they will all die at about the same time. In a week or two, the house will be rid of rodents.

However, it should be borne in mind that not all rat poisons are equally effective - the most effective drugs today contain blood anticoagulants (substances that cause extensive hemorrhages in internal organs and subsequent death in rats) as active ingredients.

Among such substances are flocumafen, brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum and some others. Of the drugs based on them, the following are quite popular today (with good reason):

1. Storm;
2. Nutcracker;
3. Rat Death #1 and #2;
4. Efa;
5. Ratindane.

And some others.

These rodent poisons are inexpensive, sold in many stores and really allow you to get rid of rats and mice even in a large private home. The principle of their action is based on the fact that after eating poison, the animal’s blood clotting mechanism is disrupted and, as a result, multiple internal bleeding develops.

Poisons are placed where rodents are likely to find them. Periodically, the presence of poison is checked, and new portions are placed in place of the eaten bait.

Rat poisons can only be used where they cannot be found by pets, children, or anyone other than rats and mice. In particular, it is unacceptable to use such drugs on the street, where birds or stray animals can become poisoned.

The danger to pets who may eat a dying or already dead poisoned rat should also be taken into account.

In order to increase the safety of use, poisons, like traps, can be used in bait stations. However, although domestic animals will not find the actual poison, they may well be able to detect a poisoned rat.

Summary: it makes sense to use poison where there are a lot of rats, and at the same time, it will be possible to find the corpses of animals after death without much effort - in stone houses and basements with strong, good finishing, in rooms where soft insulation is not used in the walls. However, if there is a risk that a cat or dog will find a poisoned rodent, it is better to avoid using poisons.

Most Frequently Asked Questions

What types of foundations can be used for such houses?
Is it possible to use a ready-made foundation? Is there seasonality in the construction of such houses or can they be built all year round? p>No matter how strong a brick house is, it is fragile to deflection, no matter how you look at it. If one corner shrinks, the crack will run along the entire wall all the way to the roof. But houses made from SIP panels have a fibrous wooden structure in their nature. And lateral displacements may not affect the house at all. Strength against a direct impact on a wall...

One wood screw screwed into 12 mm thick OSB (the inner lining of our sip panels) can withstand 120 kg perpendicular to the applied load. Based on this, the kitchen set will hang even with cast iron cookware.

The technology for placing heavy objects on SIP walls is as follows:….

SIP panel 1250x3000x124 mm can withstand 200 kg of load per 1 sq.m. surfaces with a deflection of no more than 12 mm. SIP panel 1250x3000x224 mm can withstand 375 kg of load per 1 sq.m. surfaces with a deflection of no more than 5 mm.

In houses made of SIP panels, due to their low weight, there is no shrinkage of the house. Houses made from SIP panels are not deformed. Over time, the walls remain the same perfectly smooth and even.

Compared to houses built from timber, brick, gas silicate, cinder blocks, which require annual shrinkage before finishing work begins, additional leveling of walls and additional insulation.

This means that you can move into our house immediately after construction is completed.

Also, the house can be built on any soil, as it has a relatively low weight compared to brick and concrete houses. SIP panel housing construction is the main type of low-rise construction in Scandinavia, Germany, Canada and the USA.

This type of technology is suitable for a wide range of climatic zones and geological conditions (-40 + 40 C). Such buildings can be installed in permafrost zones and seismically hazardous areas.

Properties

You will not find a single mention on the Internet that mice have ruined a house made of SIP panels. Although in the West this technology has been used for more than half a century. Yes, mice can really chew foam. Therefore, when using it in an ordinary frame house, where it is the only thermal insulation layer, there really are such risks.

In the SIP panel it is separated from the mouse by a 12 mm OSB layer. To get into it, the mouse needs to chew through this OSB. But it turns out that when an OSB board breaks down, hard and sharp slivers are formed, which mice do not like at all.

If we imagine, at least hypothetically, that a mouse managed to gnaw through the OSB, then it turns out that there is nothing for the mouse to breathe in the foam - it is sealed hermetically and air can only enter through the hole that it gnawed.

Finishing and design

The technology of a house made of SIP panels makes it possible, without significant financial investments, to give the cottage the outside and inside any (even the most sophisticated) architectural form, to realize the most daring ideas of an architect and designer. The cladding of a house can be done in such a way that it will not differ in appearance from the finishing of a building built of brick or concrete.

Almost any material can be used as exterior finishing: facing brick, finishing stone, plaster, wooden lining, siding, etc. You can combine finishing materials. For example: brick and block house, plaster and stone panels, etc.

The same is true with interior finishing: there are no restrictions on the use of interior finishing materials in a house made from SIP panels.

Ways to control rodents on the ceiling

How to get rid of mice under a suspended ceiling in order to get by with minimal losses, and most importantly, not to spoil the ceiling covering.

You can use mouse poison, which is available in every hardware store. Next, dismantle the lamps on the ceiling and scatter the contents. Just scatter, you cannot use gels, adhesives, etc. compositions, because this will spoil the tension material and visible stains may appear. The problem is that the mouse will not die near the hole; it will take some time before it dies, which means it will die in any area. If the ceiling area is small, then you can use some tricks to get a dead rodent. Well, if the canvas is large, then it will be difficult to remove the body, but it is impossible to leave it. Therefore, before deciding to use poison, it is necessary to consider the consequences of the possibility of disposing of the rodent.

Ultrasonic repellers

Modern technologies make it possible to use ultrasonic repellers to combat rodents. It is worth installing them in problem areas, turning them on for a certain time, and the mice will escape through the holes that came. This will not solve the problem completely, because sooner or later the rodents may return. Work can be carried out on wooden floors after eliminating mice using ultrasound. To do this, above the floors, be it the second floor or the attic, you need to calculate all the holes and seal them.

Traditional methods of controlling rodents in the ceiling

If you don’t want to risk using poison, but there is no ultrasound, then you can use traditional methods of fighting rodents in the ceiling. One of these is installing a mousetrap in the hole under the lamp.

Care must be taken to ensure that the blade is not damaged when installing and closing the mechanism. The second method is a built slide from a hole with bait. A rodent, going down to food, rolls down, where it will be much easier to catch it

You can attach a mousetrap below, then the mouse will not have time to run around in search of salvation

A rodent, going down to food, will roll down, where it will be much easier to catch it. You can attach a mousetrap below, then the mouse will not have time to run around in search of salvation.

Services of specialized teams

To protect yourself from inventing ways to kill mice on the ceiling, you can get the services of specialized teams who will professionally approach the solution to the problem. In addition, the risk of damage to the canvas will be minimized, because independently removing rodents can expose you to making mistakes. As you know, the material that makes up a suspended ceiling is very sensitive to tension. If you unsuccessfully catch the edge in the area where the lamps are attached, the ceiling surface will instantly split along its entire length.

What not to choose

Thus, natural insulation and polystyrene provide the greatest pleasure to rodents. Insulation based on mineral and basalt wool will not stop them either. All these insulation materials are soft, so they are quite easy to “deal with.” Given the significant sound insulation, it will be difficult to immediately hear the presence of mice.

The only way to protect the space between the wall and the insulation is to use solid insulation. However, aerated concrete and the company have one significant drawback - they can only be used at the construction stage of a building. And on top of that, they conduct heat well, so they are rarely used.

Another solution to the problem is inflatable insulators led by penoizol. Mice don't eat them at all. However, due to the insignificant amount of work, the cost of insulation can increase several times compared to alternatives. But its advantage is that it can be insulated both during construction and during the operation stage of the building.

If you can't afford solid insulation, take steps to rodent-proof your insulation. When insulating with materials made from natural raw materials, give preference to balls, which are immediately concreted. Concrete will protect the foam or straw from mice's teeth.

Give preference to a strip foundation - it will be difficult for rodents to overcome. And under the floor of the first floor, place any loose insulation and broken glass

It is important to adhere to the technology of laying the heat insulator. Gross violations of work stages will lead to the appearance of gaps, which mice will certainly take advantage of

If problems arise during operation, additional measures will have to be taken. There are several main ways to control rodents:

• laying ecowool in the floors - it consists of 80% wood cellulose and 20% borax, becoming an antiseptic, mice do not eat it;
• spray the blocks with a solution of lime and borax;
• adding slag, tobacco dust, ash, mint, wormwood and pine branches to the insulation;
• the use of metal mesh in places where rodents can enter, for example, in the floor;
• using a monolithic reinforced concrete slab as a foundation.

When planning construction, it is worth wrapping the building with a metal grid (cells 5 by 5 mm). But sometimes rodents chew through a mesh with a wire thickness of 1.5 mm.

When the mice are already infested

When the mice have already started, you can do the following. The first method is to use an “expanded clay” castle by firing low-melting clay. A 30 cm layer of expanded clay is laid on the ground, which is covered on top with plastic film and two layers of OSB-3. Laminate is laid on top of these layers. This method is very effective. Also, a 10 cm layer of expanded clay is placed between the main and subfloor.

Acoustic devices will also be effective, especially those imitating the sounds of animals and birds of prey that feed on mice. And if none of the above helps, get a cat and mouse trap.

Now you know which insulator mice cannot chew on - penoizol. All other materials have protective measures.