Mouse proofing

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Hi

Just wondering if anyone has had mouse proofing done in their home and how much you paid?
Im based in the south east, and someone has quoted me £1220 but seems a lot.

Thank you

What have they said they will do, any gaps need to be blocked, food not left out, doors and windows shut, floorboards sealed, is this stuff you could do yourself. Do you know where the mice are getting inform.

I saw the mouse come out from where the integrated dishwasher is as the kickboard doesn't go all the way to allow the dishwasher to open. I think it's using the kitchen sink pipe area to go under the floorboard. I saw droppings all under the kickboards so it's roaming about under the cabinets.

They have said that they will:

we will focus on secondary points of access within the kitchen, such as sealing gaps within the sink cupboard, storage cupboards, & around plinths & white appliances. These areas are commonly exploited by mice as entry points.

As well as either the removal of specific kitchen units OR hatch installations within kitchen units to address primary ingress points at the wall level. By taking this additional step, we ensure that mice have even fewer opportunities to enter your kitchen, & other areas, offering a robust defense against infestations

We put wire wool around the pipes to the sink buts it's made no difference. There must be another access point

Bump

Peppermint oil can discourage them. Or get a cat. Can get sonic sounds for some animals not sure if that works for mice though. Ducttape can be a good barrier.

That does sound like a lot. I’d be inclined to have a go myself with some foam filler stuff like this.

https://amzn.to/49UczUk

I'd do it. I live in an Edinburgh tenement flat and occasional mice popping in are accepted as a fact of life. I'm phobic of mice and although we don't have an active infestation I see the odd dropping from time to time.

I'd pay any amount to have the place sealed up. I'd be so much more relaxed if I knew they just couldn't get in. It's not a service anyone here offers though.

Mice can get through a gap of 6mm so you need to seal every tiny little gap around pipes etc.

So we got this done recently. The contractor told me that it's a mug's game doing internal proofing (eg kitchen to loft, etc). He said just proof your house externally, very thoroughly, rather than restricting passage within the house. It's easier and more effective. Alongside proofing thoroughly externally, you poison the blazes out of them within the house.

Thank goodness our large infestation of several months finally died out when we did this.

In the end we got the survey and quote done - paid the contractor for his time surveying - and then my lovely FIL came and did the actual work, it took him two days (not all day). Not a single squeak of a mouse ever since.

They were mostly coming in via little holes in the garage walls.

I had mice in a big old house. I didn't want them in the roof or walls - once they're in they're in. So it was access from outside we concentrated on, which was mainly outing mesh grills on all the air vents I got off Amazon and screwed in place. No problem then. I did have an exterminator come round to lay poison and he advised us to do this. £70 for two visits and would have come a third time if still an issue.

To be honest there is probably not a house in the country which doesn't have mice at some time or another, whether people are aware of their prescence or not. They are opportunists, can exploit miniscule gaps and entry points and are, frankly, a fact of life!

'Mouse proofing' is not really possible to achieve, but if, phsycologically, it makes people feel better, hey...

Interesting responses thank you! We did not have a mouse problem at all until we did kitchen the kitchen refurb. So either they came in during that process and got comfy or there's an outside gap letting them in. I know for a fact the mouse jumps out from under the dishwasher into the floorboards but not sure what he goes after. Should I focus on sealing under the kickboards or still focus on the exterior?