As mice do everything possible to find a warm shelter when the temperatures keep dropping, there are signs that can help you know if you’re getting some unwanted guests.

 

By paying attention to your home or facility in these easy ways, you can help keep mice (as well as rats) from entering and disturbing you.

 

Openings – check your openings to see if there are small spaces where mice can squeeze through. It only takes a small hole next to a pipe or between siding to give them a way in.

 

Doors – inspect your doors for the same things, openings! Small cracks or breaks in the bottom of a door will allow a rodent to sneak right in and start the infestation.

 

Cleaning – is your home or facility clean? If not, you probably are attracting (and hosting) mice!

 

Gnaw Marks – look for bite marks on different surfaces, from plastic to wiring to insulation and more. They have a great power to gnaw through everything but stainless steel (even poorly cured concrete).

 

To be proactive, use Burrtec USA’s premium door sweep products. Burrtec’s new Ratshut product is designed to protect garage doors and has a stainless-steel spine, while the company also has a version of Ratshut designed for regular doors.

 

These are essential tools for maintenance and facility managers, pest control professionals, and garage door installers. In addition, Burrtec’s door sweeps can protect from rodent infestations, as well as stop dust, dirt, and pollen.

 

Burrtec USA is a leading manufacturer of door sweep solutions, providing quality exclusion products to PMPs and building material suppliers. It is the North American division of Burrtec Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest pest control producers. To learn more about Burrtec, visit our U.S. website.

The one thing humans have in common with rodents is how we react to the cold temperatures of winter. We all seek out the three necessities – shelter, food, and water.

Temperatures have been dropping below freezing for weeks in much of the U.S., with the wind-chill temps dropping below zero routinely.

Doorways can prevent rodents from crawling underneath them and inside a home or commercial structure. Door sweeps are critical tools for stopping both the spread of disease and the development of a widespread rodent infestation.

Energy loss is great around and under doors too – so the use of premium door sweeps like Burrtec’s new Ratshut product designed to protect garage doors. Burrtec also has a version of Ratshut designed as a new sweep product for doors.

These are essential tools for maintenance and facility managers, pest control professionals, and garage door installers. In addition, Burrtec’s door sweeps can protect from rodent infestations, as well as stop dust, dirt and pollen.

Burrtec USA is a leading manufacturer of door sweep solutions, providing quality exclusion products to PMPs and building material suppliers. It is the North American division of Burrtec Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest pest control producers. To learn more about Burrtec, visit our U.S. website.

It’s that time of the year again! Despite the fact that much of the U.S. has experienced a heat wave at some point in November or December already, the fact is that the cold “bone-chilling” weather is ahead of us in cold weather states.

This means more than cold weather, as rats and mice are now seeking shelter, food sources and water indoors to get through snow and below-freezing temperatures.

Openings in structures can act as open doorways to rats and mice – inviting them into a home or building without anyone knowing it. Small holes around plumbing and utility penetrations are big entry points and need to be filled, either with caulk or by taking the do-it-yourself solution of plugging with steel wool.

Doors are another major issue for protecting from rodents. Because rodents have sharp teeth and can chew through many surfaces include plastic, aluminum, wood, and even poorly cured concrete.

So as it gets colder, door sweeps are necessary for protection because rats can squeeze into a home, restaurant, commercial facility through the smallest hole. Burrtec’s newest product innovation is Ratshut. This features a unique fishbone stainless-steel plate structure and will prevent rats and mice from entering a home or commercial building. The product is also available for garage doors.

Burrtec USA is a leading manufacturer of door sweep solutions, providing quality exclusion products to PMPs and building material suppliers. It is the North American division of Burrtec Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest pest control producers. To learn more about Burrtec, visit our U.S. website.