Burrtec USA is prepping for a big month when its U.S.-based sales and marketing teams – and corporate teams from Japan – will be manning the company’s trade show booth at PestWorld 2024 in Denver!

PestWorld is the annual trade show and conference for professionals working in the pest control industry. It is hosted by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), a non-profit organization designed to help protect public health, food, and property from pests.

Companies of all types – manufacturing, tools, apparel, and more – will be at PestWorld 2024, which takes place Oct. 22-25 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver.

Burrtec will be launching its new Ratshut, a rodent-proof weather strip designed to prevent rodents from entering through openings at the top and sides of garage doors. It 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.

The National Urban Rat Summit was held last week in New York and several conclusions resulted from the meeting.

New York’s “Rat Czar” Kathleen Corradi, NYC’s Director of Rodent Mitigation, wants to bring experts together to combat the rat problem in America’s largest city.

Mayor Eric Adams described the issue as a “war on rats” that he has witnessed firsthand and has championed moving the city from trash bags to plastic garbage cans.

Two separate university researchers from Canada gave presentations about issues that are caused by rats and mice – disease, mental health issues, health issues relating to dust and dirt brought in by rodents.

But in the end the one issue that remained at the forefront of prevention – stopping rats and mice from entering under doorways. Because mice and rats can squeeze into openings the size of a quarter or sometimes less, prevention is critical.

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.

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.

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Burrtec, the leading manufacturer of door sweep products designed to protect homes and business from rodents, dust, and dirt, has launched its new Instagram account!

 

The account is dedicated to providing consumers and professionals with visual examples showing how important it is to use a door sweep product to prevent mice and rats from entering in the openings under doorways.

 

Visit and follow our new Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/burrtecusa

 

Burrtec will be regularly posting videos and photos showcasing how door sweep products are strong tools for stopping rodents. Mice and rats can enter under a doorway through a hole the size of a quarter or less.

Burrtec manufactures door sweeps that can prevent mice and rats from entering a home, office, or warehouse facility. Its new garage door product is being released later this year, to protect the sides of garage doors from rodent entry.

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.

Think of the last time your home or business was attacked by a deer or a bear? Odds are, it never happened. But if it had, the damage caused would’ve probably been covered by homeowners or renters’ insurance.

According to Progressive Insurance, “damage caused by mice and rat infestations is generally not covered by your home insurance policy. Like squirrels, these small critters tend to take up residence and gradually grow in numbers over a long period of time, so your insurer considers the damage preventable and expects you to take necessary steps to eliminate infestations before they cause damage to your home.”

That says a lot! So, the most likely animals to cause damage to your dwelling – mice or rats or even squirrels – will also cause you to pay for these issues out of pocket. What this really boils down to is one thing: prevention is everything.

Dr. Bobby Corrigan is a true expert when it comes to rodent control – he’s published more than 160 articles and is in the Pest Management Hall of Fame. He says protecting doors is the key.

“Doors of course come in different shapes and sizes we’ll have double doors in commercial accounts and in office buildings and hotels and even if we correctly seal them, we don’t often seal between the doors, that thing called the astragal gap. And because of that rodents come in sometimes just at will.

“For the PMPs they have to if they’re a reputable company proceed down the path of Integrated Pest Management (IPM),” he says. “And the reason IPM is the kindergarten level of pest control is because it combines all the good things. First you inspect to see, can you build them out? So, you’re doing inspections so that you can see are all the doors correctly sealed, do they have something as a pest excluder device. Check the all the doors, check the holes, check the penetrations. I always advise them if they’re not sealed you should offer to seal them. Do it for them, it’s a great service. So that’s the thing, keeping rodents out.”

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.

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.

When you think about rodents you typically don’t think about season. Mice are certainly present in spring, summer, and fall – and in winter they spend considerable time indoors, as well. But in pest control the “rodent season” refers to the time when mice and rats are trying to find indoor shelter, i.e. most of winter.

During winter, mice will find entry points into a home or business to gain shelter, typically in wall voids, attics, or crawl spaces. Rats will find their spots too, sometimes in attics, chimneys, walls, and other locations.

Each mouse can have up to 60 babies per year and rats up to 24, according to Victor Pest Control. This means an infestation can be a problem that cannot be resolved. Even if they don’t gain entry into a home, rodents will forage and create a stockpile of food near their shelter under wood, in a shed, etc.

One of the most common forms of pest control that is overlooked at times is exclusion. Mice and rats can squeeze into a home, restaurant, commercial facility through the smallest hole under or on the side of a doorway.

To prevent infestations, door sweeps are necessary tools and they 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.