Rodent Entry Points

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  30 Year Old Problem A Jet-Out addition was built on this house approximately 3 decades ago, and was built over the front stoop. This was the primary entry point of decades of issues.
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  Active Entry Point This is the bottom side of a poorly sealed over-hang.
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  Active Entry Point of Mice, 3 Stories Up This would appear to be an entry point for bats given its height and location, but mouse droppings were located at the entry point. The brown stains below the entry spot are a "Grease Spot" where the rodents fur continually drags over a surface in one area
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  Chew Hole From Adjoining Garage Mice continue to sense and move towards warmer parts of your structure. In this case they made their way into the garage and then chewed into the house through a base board.
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  Chew Hole into House While slightly unusual, it does happen where mice are in a wall space and successfully chew into your living space.
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  Commercial Door Seal Damage This Commercial Structure has had mouse and snake issues near this front door.
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  Common Problem Cable Installers are Notorious for Drilling Oversized Holes to Make Pulling Wire Easier.
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  Damaged Overhead Door Gasket & Side Weather Seal This is a perfect example of mice finding a potential entry point and then chewing the rest of the way in.
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  Gable Vent Screen Compromised
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  Garage Door Gasket Chewed Through This is a very common spot for mice to chew through and gain easy access into your garage.
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  Have an Oak Tree? There is a very common correlation between properties that have acorn producing Oak Trees and rodent issues within those structures.
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  Heavily Traveled Piping & Wiring The top of this pipe & wiring is black from Rodent Grease or "Sebum" If you see this much darkening you can bet that rodents have been traveling this path for years.
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  Highly Active Entry Point This Entry Point Was Between the foundation and a basement window.
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  Highly Frequented Entry Point Notice the brown greasy spot on the top left corner of the window!? That's where mice have been entering for a very long time.
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  Hole Under Fireplace This hole was spotted on the backside of a fireplace and is most certainly an active entry point for mice.
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  Large Nest inside of J-Box Nesting material used here included- Pet Hair, Human Hair, Insulation, Dryer Lint, and Raccoon Hair
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  Look Closely Look closely and you can see scratch marks where mice are entering through these rudimentary fresh air openings.
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  Loose Panel Under an Overhang This home had been the focal point of many years of attempted blocking to stop mice. We found this primary entry point within an hour.
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  Mouse droppings in kitchen drawer. Magnified
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  Probable Entry Point Gaps like this one well hidden under a dryer vent are perfect spots for mice to get inside.
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  Rat Nest This nest was removed from under a dishwasher. Rats had taken steel wool from various parts of the home following a DIY attempt to exclude them and used it as a base for their nest.
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  Small Drip This is an unused lawn sprinkler line that has been shutoff but still drips. There is an entry point two feet to the right of this. Mice now have two of their three needs met. Water and Harborage.
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  Under Screened in Porch This was the sill plate under an add on 4 seasons porch. The sill plate had been compromised during construction and was never sealed off.
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  Underground Utilities Service Entrance When Electrical power is brought in from underground the conduit can separate over time. This is an easy entry point for mice.
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  Vertical Entry Point The cable entering this hole is known as bridging. Bridging allows rodents to grip onto a surface and make entry into an otherwise inaccessible hole. Notice the grease marks on the trim board.

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