Day 15, rest day
Mice moved into the laundry room from the dryer vent hole that has been a recurring problem. I thought I'd fixed it before but somehow they managed to break the defenses that I'd laid out and get in.
Today we basically tore down the laundry room and cleaned it and scared most of the mice back out the hole. At least one disappeared during this work, so it's unclear if it's still in the house or not.
It was a ton of work, we moved all the stuff out of the laundry room. We moved the dryer itself out onto the back porch and I removed the back panel and cleaned out the machine and made sure no mice were living in there any longer. Then re-fortified that vent hole so REALLY this time, no damn mice can get in through there. This time I used a combination of steel wool and pest resistant foam fill to stop up the gap where they're entering. I think this will finally do the trick.
Mice are filthy as fuck, it's so gross having to clean up after their filth.
We've tried our hardest not to use lethal traps, but they're a persistent problem. It's been at least two years of very bad mouse problems in the house.
There were some tense, grumpy moments during the process, but I think we did okay and kept from really getting super negative.
Today we basically tore down the laundry room and cleaned it and scared most of the mice back out the hole. At least one disappeared during this work, so it's unclear if it's still in the house or not.
It was a ton of work, we moved all the stuff out of the laundry room. We moved the dryer itself out onto the back porch and I removed the back panel and cleaned out the machine and made sure no mice were living in there any longer. Then re-fortified that vent hole so REALLY this time, no damn mice can get in through there. This time I used a combination of steel wool and pest resistant foam fill to stop up the gap where they're entering. I think this will finally do the trick.
Mice are filthy as fuck, it's so gross having to clean up after their filth.
We've tried our hardest not to use lethal traps, but they're a persistent problem. It's been at least two years of very bad mouse problems in the house.
There were some tense, grumpy moments during the process, but I think we did okay and kept from really getting super negative.