DIY Rat Control: How to do a basic exclusion with Galvanized Hardware Cloth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Rodent control is 50% baiting and trapping and 50% "exclusion". In this video, Master Technician, Cardon Ellis, teaches the viewer how to seal rats OUT of their homes in a process called "exclusion."
⛔️ You just said Mice 1/4”, Rats 1/2” warning ⚠️ then proceeded to say “USE 1/4” Galvanized”. Which would allow Mice ! Why not just go 1/8” and be done ?
Well send thank you. We need more people like you that teach you the right way. Thanks
This is a very good video, simple to understand and practical. I am getting my mesh soon. It was useful to understand the behaviour of rats
I used cement to block a hole and of mixed broken glass in it... This held fine for some 12 years but now have same rat hole being used again... 2 things... Shows the persistence of the rodent, and 2nd the need for galvanized wire as shown... So I'm about to repeat this blockage using galvanized meshes as shown... Thom in Scotland.
Damn - the pipes are a mess!!!!!! I couldn't concentrate on anything else after I seen those. Thanks for the video.
Great video! I work for a pest control company and this info is very helpful to explain our exclusion services.. I always wondered what exactly exclusion was and why it cost so much.. I just do scheduling and was like "idk, ask ur tech when he comes they are more knowledgeable in that dept."
Only the most experienced field reps are allowed to throw mortar like a softball.
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I'm sorry, but once I got to 3:00, all I could see was Matt Foley livin' in a van down by the river. Thanks for the Chris Farley vibe! Nice!
Extremely helpful.
Luckily I had some spare hardware cloth from an old project. It's 1/2 inch, though....but I might be able to attach two layers to each other to effectively make it a 1/4 inch cloth. I'll try it tomorrow. Thanks!!!
1/2in hardware cloth is usually made out of a heavier gauge then the 1/4in variety and the individual wires would be overall more durable. 😊🌎✨
Thanks for helpful content! New homeowner here, doing my part to keep our home rodent clear. Would be super helpful to have your company contact info in the description. Cheers
If you have any questions and are not in the Chicagoland area, we'll still help you ;) and refer you to someone near you that can do this for you, or if you're a DIY kind of person, we'd be glad to consult you on how to do it. Let us know! micehunters.com
Thank you Unipest!!!!! No more rats making home base in m y tomato planters!
This is a great video! There's only one thing I'd add to this... We have seen where rats can and will chew through the 1/4" wire mesh. In this instance, we would install 1/4" inch to keep out mice and 1/2" (it's stronger) to keep out rats as well as larger animals. We would also cut away the insulation where it intersects the screen caulk around the utility to assure that mice cannot get around the mesh by chewing through the A/C insulation. Here's an example of how we'd do a deck exclusion with both 1/4" inch and 1/2" inch mesh: th-cam.com/video/7ax3L3uOUeU/w-d-xo.html
Also, this is VERY important! You are going to want to wear gloves when handling the wire mesh and cutting it (with snips), it will pierce your skin and fingers easily!
Thanks
A stapler may be fastest but won’t hold. Screws and washers are best.
Great background content on rat behavior. Thanks for this video.
I'm probably the ONLY person here watching this to figure out how to keep a rat IN. Last year, I was killing the little things in a trap.
This year, someone gave my kid 2 pet rats as gift and she is emotionally attached. (Secretly) they creep me out. She has cancer and they make her so happy, so here I am trying to figure out how to keep them from escaping the cage.
For good reason, there are no videos on how to keep a rat IN. So here I am using your lesson in reverse. Lol
Get yourself a large aquarium, at least 3 feet high. Rats can't climb smooth surfaces. Vertical sheet metal will do the same job, but be careful how it's joined, as they will exploit any weaknesses.
Great tutorial! Thanks for the info!
I like that unprotected romex 😂
The comments here are very helpful. Thanks community.
Really appreciate a cruelty free options. thanks for this.
TIN SNIPS vs CUT OFF WHEEL? hmm.. Also tip.. Use paint and a paint brush to outline the mesh.. its easier to see when you cut.. Ur welcome....
Aviation snips also work well… has spring back action so only need to squeeze to cut and not open manually each time again.
Yeah, uh, how do you find the mouse holes that aren't as freaking obvious as a huge vent with a gigantic gaping hole around it?
😂 Exactly! This video wasn’t helpful in MANY ways. The guy literally doesn’t show you how to do ANYTHING yourself, he just wants your business. 😂
Thanks for video. Very good.
Excellent
Great video!
You’re the man! Awesome info
What gauge is the hardware cloth you use? I know it is 1/4" holes but what is the thickness of the wire? That a mouse can't chew through.
It looks like all 1/4" is 23-gauge and 1/2" is available in 23-ga or 19-ga, I think I'll do 2 layers of the 1/4".
@ronsmith7527 I fixed it a long time ago. I used a single layer of 1/4 23ga. The mice kept finding new holes. But never went through a closed area.
Hang Evictor Strobe Lights above their nesting area. In 3 days, rats will leave, taking babies with them. After 30 days, close the opening in a professional manner.
The1roofer1 ... shoot me an email and we will talk :)
Appreciate the tip about Evicter Strove Lights. First I’ve heard of this.
Omg! Whoever installed those pipes should be fired
I had my house fumigated. The gas company left the grill open when they turned the gas back on. Thanks for wasting my $5000 gas company!
Gas company didn’t offer to pay for the fumigation?
what happens if you have live mice in house and then you a full exclusion, how would those mice leave if you " locked" them in ?
They would then die in your home or find another way out. We've seen mice chew their way out of a home and then... they have a new way back in.
Thanks! Can birds, rodents, critters, etc. pluck out the cover from outside (as you didn't seem to tie it in somehow)?
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Thanks man !
Much appreciated !
Wulfy
Thank you!
Wish you were near
Is their anything cheaper? I need to cover my rabbit's cages ?
Thank you!!
What about the mice dropping down from my bottom coupbord
Good vid. I have rats that have dug under the foundation and popped up in the crawl space. I’ve cleared all foliage away from exterior perimeter and can find no entry holes. Any ideas?
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Okay sounds good - Galvanized hardware cloth (chicken wire) great ! Any particular gauge - since the master technician/ narrator failed to include this crucial detail - I'll assume the chicken wire should be a thick gauge - as rats attempt to gnaw/ bite through the wiring it will probably cause extreme pain due the sharp pointy ends created kinda' like coarse steel wool mesh wire tips, ouch !
Hardware cloth is NOT chicken wire which by the way has been renamed poultry netting.
Please replay video. He clearly said quarter inch galvanized steel, and or mesh copper together. He also mentioned the size of holes which allowed mice and rats to enter.
@@ggshandsomeboy5103 I landed on - Everbilt 1/4 in. x 2 ft. x 25 ft. 23-Gauge Galvanized Steel Hardware Cloth - this material solved my problems with severe rat traffic - (my entire backyard is concrete platform surrounded by wood fencing- my nieghbors on either side have dirt yards- anyway I attached the mesh in a 'U' formation with a good portion under the fence - all around the entire baseboards - also doubled the mesh alley side of fence - The rats to date haven't chewed any of it - My experiment with the 1\4 inch 23 gauge mesh turned out to be the perfect rat traffic problem solver - no more rat poop piles or sightings -
@@noblevictor3570 This is great news. I'm very glad to hear you had fantastic results. Rats keep tunneling under my pier and beam against the foundation. I can't figure out how to backfill w/o the dirt falling into the hole instead of stacking up against the foundation. But, the galvanized hardware will resolve all of my problems, especially after I tamp down the surrounding soil. Thank you for sharing your success.
@@ggshandsomeboy5103 😂🤣 So many stupid people. It’s no wonder this country is going to hell. This video was his way of getting your business and IT WORKED!
What about spray foam before putting the gavalnized cloth on? I have tried steel wool with the expanding foam they got through. I have tried copper mesh, they got through. I tried caulking they got through. Now, I'm trying this to keep the mice out.
Spray foam is not for outdoors. Otherwise roofers would you spray foam on your roof. I would imagine spray foam will crack in the sun and only used for areas not exposed to the elements. I am using fix it all which turns into a concrete substance to patch a outdoor hole with steel wool type 3. I would assume galvanized cloth you can use some sort of stainless steel screw and use a wall anchor. That way when it rains your screw will not rust and using a wall anchor is the right way to go.
@@kendalgee5808 I'm talking about inside sealing mouse holes.
@@tracy4788 I'm surprised he uses foam for the inside. To me it looks really sloppy. I guess that will work indoors, foam, and then put the mesh grading over it, and then foam. Fix it all is a real hassle to mix with water in a tray, and then apply it and put mesh grading over it or a steel wool type three. Because it dries out quickly, turns to concrete, and you have to hold it out of the tray. I suppose foam indoors would be the most practical and easiest method. But then you might have to worry about silver fish eating it perhaps. I just solve my silverfish problem in my bathroom do you have to seal up the cracks.
I would say if you want a final solution. Get a hot glue gun, glue the mesh grading onto the surface, prepare some fix it all ( in a tray with spatula / must know how to mix its tricky / will cure rock hard quickly, rinse tray outside with hose when done quickly ) Spread a 1 inch layer of fix it all over the mesh. If you want you can put two layers of mesh. And if you really want to be sure use type of 3 steel wool. There is no way they are going to chew through that especially because it will hurt their teeth.
Also hurts the rodents’ gums.
Why are you wearing a tie? Hat is way too small for head. Thank you for posting
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Can rats chew through that steel mesh, given enough time?
Not stainless steel
metallitech ... generally no
I know I have rodents in my walls...could be rats and/or chipmunks (I've seen both in my back yard). I'm pretty sure they are getting in where the thick AC wiring enters through the aluminum siding. There is a large gap there where the putty is no longer covering the opening. I can probably cover the hole with galvanized hardware cloth but I don't want to trap the varmints INSIDE the house. How do I get them out first?
Set some sticky traps or snap ones. Whatever is left behind when u close it up will be caught. No one lives rent free in ur home. Handle it hehe
@@FANCYHUH1982 But then you run the risk of catching something and having it die inside/underneath and stink up the place. Best to get them out first, then seal up the holes.
@@monicaruby8888 How do you get rid of them first, if you leave the holes open?
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Hard hat....a collard shirt and tie...........hrmmmmm
Doesn't look like someone installed those pipes. Looks like they simply took a shortcut through the shaft instead.
Why can’t all pest companies be like you?
Where are you located
Why don't you show how to do it
Rats hate Redwood too
That hat looks tiny on your head. 🤣
I was thinking the hat made his head look big.
At home with safety helmet on cite without
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How do i attach to brick wall
I would use a masonry bit to drill into the brick. Attach with screws threaded through an appropriate size washer
Am I the only one that noticed this is some seriously sloppy exclusion work. No way would I leave a customer with that type of work. It’s just not professional
Agree. Would be more professional looking with some type of trim on perimeter or edges. Especially if was in front yard. Or cover work with decorative screen paneling.
Its not like they can chew through that to seriously
Lost me when you used air quotes.
Why do Americans call this galvanised cloth? In the UK, the exact same product is called weld mesh. It's just wire, welded together, which is then galvanised. There is no cloth involved.
Because it’s woven… like… cloth..
Hardware cloth.
Galvanized with zinc.
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Why do Brits say “take a decision” when clearly a person MAKES a decision??
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This wasn’t helpful. He didn’t show how to attach the galvanized cloth. He talks and nothing else. Doesn’t even tell you that Chipmunk’s will build a nest in your downspout and live there, blocking your drainage.
Make a video in the office, wear a hard hat, on site visit, take it off.
Should this guy be reprimanded by the exterminator community for saying poop instead of droppings?
Yes... reprimanded harshly.
Umm no, because you are to use words that people can understand, like the nurse doesn't say give me ur arm ,im going to put the sphygmomanometer on it 🤭
People are so weird & rude.
That’s looks bad ahaha I know there a way to look better like a vent ahahaa
Like your info but trying to get an audience to follow by wearing a hard hat is making me not take you serious. Btw staples don't work unless they have the preapplied glue. Instead use 1/2 x 3/16 hex head fastners and liquidnails. 1/4 hardware cloth is a given but combine all 3 and your good. The only thing this guy is right about is the markings, routes and break times. Other than that I'd like to see a video of him crawling through an attic on exclusion duty.
Thank for the detailed description.
Showing how is usually more effective than just talking about it…
Fool speaking only
Can you use it to seal up corners of a wood garage door?