Fully grown mice can squeeze through holes the size of a dime. An aging or poorly sealed garage door is more than big enough.
Nobody wants mice in their home. But they can find plenty of ways in because they’re so small. The garage door might be the most generous entrance point of all. Every garage door has, at the bottom, the largest moving seal on the building. The bottom gasket will crack and warp as it ages. Even if the gasket manages to hold, the concrete floor beneath it might heave and settle unevenly.
Garage doors count as entry points even when only open for a minute. A mouse sheltering in the landscaping by the driveway covers that distance in a blink while you're carrying in groceries. And Massachusetts weather doesn’t help, since every cold snap sends mice hunting for a warm place to stay. It doesn’t help that garages tend to be full of things like stored bird seed and pet food which rodents can eat.
To seal your garage and reduce the odds of rodents getting in, you need to do a couple of things. The first is to add a fresh bottom gasket sized to the floor’s contours. The second is to add a door sweep on the house entry door and to seal gaps where pipes and wires pass through shared walls. It’s also wise to store food in chew-proof containers and keep clutter off the floor.
If you think mice are getting into your home through the garage, Mosquito Squad of Leominster can help. Mosquito Squad can find the ways rodents get in and block them. Then they’ll remove existing rodents with traps and bait. After the initial problem is fixed, they’ll follow up with annual inspections, with monthly rodent protection available through Complete Home & Yard coverage.
