Garages have typically been left alone by the pest control industry, and even by many garage door companies until recently. As the focus of keeping mice and rats away from a home continues to focus more on exclusion – i.e. prevention – protecting the garage became critical.

 

 

 

 

Typical two-car garages are 16-feet wide and 7-8 feet high, so the Ratshut Weatherproofing Strip from Burrtec USA comes in the ideal length – 16 feet! (Also comes in smaller length) This lightweight, powerful product allows door professionals to protect the sides and top of every garage that needs it for less than $300 at cost – offering a lot of space price-wise for upselling.

 

In a way, exclusion using Burrtec has become a new service and revenue stream for door professionals, and for pest control professionals that are performing garage work.

 

As it continues to warm up, energy loss is a protection too. While in winter it’s about keeping the heat inside the garage, during spring and summer the focus is keeping it from getting too hot. Ratshut provides a barrier around all edges of the garage door.

 

Ratshut by Burrtec is a stainless-steel spine-backed product and an essential tool for maintenance and facility managers, pest control professionals, and garage door installers. 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.

Exclusion is based on the fact that rodents need to be prevented from entering a home or structure through holes in siding or openings under doorways. But many PMPs forget that rats and mice can enter through plumbing and sewer penetrations!

 

 

 

Protects Sewer Pipes

Sewer Assassin works like a bait station before rodents enter, by dropping rodenticide (as needed) into the cleanouts of plumbing systems. It can be used both vertically for ground cleanouts and horizontally for those in the wall.

 

A cleanout is a pipe or pipe(s) with a cap that connects a home or facility’s drain line to the sewer to provide access for problems or blockages.

 

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A unique solution, Sewer Assassin should be monitored once installed until activity on the baits lessens. PMPs can gain monthly service charges by including this as an add-on service for both residential and commercial customers! To order the Sewer Assassin, visit the company’s website.

 

For homes and garages, prevention is a big part of exclusion, which is a cornerstone of pest control’s IPM (Integrated Pest Management) program. The focus of IPM is to assess and then control pests and rodents by using fewer chemicals if possible.

 

To protect the garage from allowing rodents into a home, Ratshut Weatherstrip by Burrtec is a stainless-steel spine-backed product and an essential tool for maintenance and facility managers, pest control professionals, and garage door installers. Burrtec’s Ratshut weatherstrip protects garages from rodent infestations, as well as stop dust, dirt, and pollen.

 

Sewer Assassin is a Mesa, Arizona-based company that provides pest control solutions and is a manufacturer of the product bearing the company’s name. For more, visit www.sewerassassin.com.

 

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.

Steel wool, a bundle of steel filaments that is commonly used for cleaning, may be one of pest control’s oldest tools in the box for preventing rodents.

The product has been made under many brands, most notably S.O.S. steel wool pads, has been around since the 1800s and continues to be a mainstream cleaning product.

 

However, in pest control the product is used as a quick but 100 percent effective fix to stop rodents from entering a home or building through an opening. Typically over time, utility and other penetrations jiggle and eventually create openings next to them. The steel wool is shoved in the opening because mice and rats cannot chew through it.

 

Prevention is a big part of exclusion, which is a cornerstone of pest control’s IPM (Integrated Pest Management) program. The focus of IPM is to assess and then control pests and rodents by using fewer chemicals if possible.

 

For mice, the other area to prevent them from entering a home is under a doorway. Burrtec’s door sweeps are known as premium solutions, and they prevent mice and rats from entering.

 

Another entry to the home is through the garage. Ratshut by Burrtec is a stainless-steel spine-backed product and an essential tool for maintenance and facility managers, pest control professionals, and garage door installers. 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.

Smart Garage Door Service has been around for almost 25 years installing doors in order to protect garages from the outside world. One of its main suggestions to consumers – use a weatherstrip to keep rodents out of the garage.

 

Garages are one of the many areas of the home where pest control hasn’t always been a priority. Other than spraying the exterior during a perimeter treatment, garages are typically left alone by pest professionals.

 

Smart Garage has a suggested protocol for customers on its website and among them is to upgrade your garage protection by using a door sweep. The sweeps will prevent the mice and rats from sneaking under openings and into the garage.

 

The pest control industry’s newest garage door product was released in October by Burrtec USA. The company launched its new Ratshut, a rodent-proof weather strip designed to prevent rodents from entering through openings at the top and sides of garage doors.

 

Ratshut comes with a slick white design with a stainless-steel plate inside the plastic exterior. It is durable yet flexible plastic and installs quickly. The company has become popular in pest control for its other products – door sweeps. These solutions stop rodents and dust, dirt, and pollen from entering underneath common doorways!

 

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

Burrtec USA’s sales and marketing pros will be on hand in Atlanta for the IDA’s (International Door Association) spring trade show this week!

While Burrtec has been growing significantly by developing door sweep products that prevent rats and mice from entering homes and businesses by eliminating openings under doors.

 

But the company shifted gears and in the fall the company launched its new Ratshut, a rodent-proof weather strip designed to prevent rodents from entering through openings at the top and sides of garage doors.

 

Burrtec will be meeting with garage door decision makers as the Ratshut product continues to grow to new installation companies and distributors in the garage industry.

 

To prevent infestations, door sweeps are necessary tools, and they stop dust, dirt, and pollen. Mice and rats can squeeze into a home, restaurant, commercial facility through the smallest hole under or on the side of a doorway.

 

Exclusion is critical to preventing rodents from not just homes but commercial facilities too. Door edges get bent from being propped open and even the size of a quarter is big enough to allow a rodent to squeeze in.

 

That’s why Ratshut is such an innovative new product for the door industry. The product is durable yet flexible plastic and installs quickly.

 

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