Are You Interested in Keeping Mice Out of Your Home?

When mice enter a home, they are often seen or heard inside the attic. When inside the attic, mice tunnel, nest, and store food inside the insulation. If a home has ever had mice, it is almost always visible when looking inside the attic. Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to know whether the evidence of mice is old or new. Pest-proof insulation is meant to deter any new mice from living inside the attic. But mice will always be attracted to living inside attics. They are dark, quiet, and warm. It does not matter what insulation you have. If mice have a way to get inside the home, they will find their way into the attic.

Pest control companies that sell pest-proof insulation bring up respiratory diseases such as Hantavirus. This disease is carried and transmitted by mice. According to the CDC, there have only been 2 documented cases in Minnesota between 1993 and 2022. The pest control industry is scaring customers that this virus and other airborne diseases are inside mouse infested attic insulation. If there were a serious problem with diseases being transmitted, 100s of millions of people would be affected, as most homes have or had mice living in their attics. Mice also crawl through the insulation inside the basement and other walls to get into the attic. However, these companies are not offering a service to remove and replace all the insulation. Also, the only way a homeowner would come in contact with any airborne diseases would be if they moved through the insulation, forcing the particles airborne, then breathed them in. Unfortunately, even without mice, inhaling insulation is extremely toxic and unhealthy. Yet no one is getting sick from living in a home with insulation. The air inside attics is constantly being ventilated outside. This proves the service is untrustworthy and a complete scam!

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

These are only a few examples of entry points mice use to enter homes. Once inside, mice are capable of moving around the entire structure. The most common areas to find mice are inside unfinished rooms or attics. Unfinished rooms have exposed foundation walls, pipes, and electrical wires that mice use to navigate around the inside. These plumping lines also lead to kitchens, which are another common place to find mice. Sometimes the pipes are used as entry points because they are not properly sealed on the exterior of the home.

The most effective solution for keeping mice out of the home is to seal all the entry points from the outside. The entry points need to be sealed with construction-grade materials to keep mice from chewing through them. Unfortunately, in Minnesota, cement cracks and settles due to the drastic changes in temperatures, so the materials used need to be able to withstand these changes as well. After sealing a home, it takes 30 days to catch any mice living inside.

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