can mice get in through weep vents

Can Mice Get In Through Weep Vents?

A weep vent is a gap left by bricklayers to allow the walls of the house to breathe. This prevents a brick house from getting stuffy, however, they are also entranceways for any number of small pests. Cockroaches and other insects find it easy to pass through but with a little squeeze, a mouse can get through it as well. Weep vents have been a long-standing tradition in brick houses since their invention in England. They are necessary and cannot be blocked. However, they can be sealed in other ways using a weep vent sealer. This is a strong steel piece of metal with vents cut into it. It can be bent and stuck into the weep vent to prevent insects and mice from using it for egress. Any trained technician can do this for a very cheap price but you can also buy these from home hardware and do it yourself.

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If you have tall grass and gardens or shrubs up against your house it will make it much easier for mice to hide while they enter your home. They can spend as much time as they need wiggling through the weep vent gap and then will infest the walls of the house and chew entryways to access the kitchen and other areas of the home. House mice are relatively simple in the way they function. They prefer to enter a home at ground level and then will slowly work their way up the house as they breed and grow in population. They will create pathways in your house behind furniture and other objects to allow them to travel, hidden in plain sight. This can be very dangerous as mice carry many bacteria and viruses like the Hantavirus which is a dangerous respiratory illness and can give your food poisoning or even a staph infection if they defecate on your food. So make sure all your food is sealed uptight.

If the infestation is minor you can try resolving it with preventative measures and domestic products like snap traps, poison and other types of traps both humane and harmful. The most effective method is to set up dozens of snap traps and to replace them every time a mouse has been caught so they are not scared off by the smell of a dead mouse. If this sounds like too much work you can call a trained and professional rodent technician. They will be able to find the hidden areas the mice use to travel and intercept them with tamper-proof bait stations containing commercial-grade rodenticide. The exclusion of entryways like weep vents will complete the treatment and protect you from mice infestation in the long term.

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