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NorCal Bambi · 03-08-2010, 10:21 PM

Those are some interesting holes. The spray foam will probably keep out the bees and bugs. However mice will eventually eat there way through. A yearly check might be a good idea.
Here is a somewhat scary story. Several years ago I had a double wide home in a vacation area. There was a constant mouse problem. They would find a slight hole around a water pipe or elect wire. They would eat their way around the opening until they had created a whole big enough to get in. I tried about everything to keep them out. Cats, steel wool, metal plates, poison, They kept getting in. The final solution was to pore a 2" layer of cement on the top of every wall sill . This was a large undertaking. It did keep the mice out. We can't put concrete in our trailers. However I think we can work at preventing it with plugging the holes and having a maintenance program.
Don

wlj1943 · 03-09-2010, 11:54 AM

Here is one source for aluminum wool: Aluminum Wool
Stainless steel wool (actually a pot scrubber) is what I used to keep the mud wasps out of the battery boxes on the Excella, and I used the commercially available stainless steel screens for the furnace and water heater. This has worked well.
Mice can get into the smallest openings, most often via underneath the unit. Vulkum works well in my experience.
WLJ

NorCal Bambi · 03-09-2010, 12:05 PM

Here is a question. How about using a little Vulkum to help hold the Wool in place so the critters can't pull it out?

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Originally Posted by wlj1943

Here is one source for aluminum wool: Aluminum Wool
Stainless steel wool (actually a pot scrubber) is what I used to keep the mud wasps out of the battery boxes on the Excella, and I used the commercially available stainless steel screens for the furnace and water heater. This has worked well.
Mice can get into the smallest openings, most often via underneath the unit. Vulkum works well in my experience.
WLJ

Wabbiteer · 03-09-2010, 01:58 PM

Vulkem is a fine glue as long as you know it will take days to firm up, If you feel lucky a trick is to use expanding spray foam to encapsulate the metal mesh scrubbers but you need to have an adult present (no horsing around, no the (insert location here) could not use a dab) ... The foam-mesh has been a good repair on open frame beams at the hitch...

wlj1943 · 03-10-2010, 09:45 AM

Hi Norcal,
That is exactly what I did.
WLJ

NorCal Bambi · 03-10-2010, 10:22 AM

Thanks WLJ, Your input will help others who are trying to fight the critters.
Don

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Originally Posted by wlj1943

Hi Norcal,
That is exactly what I did.
WLJ

david686 · 05-01-2010, 06:44 PM

You guys may think you have troubles, just replace your mice with one opossum. I had one build a home in the insolation under the bottom of my house trailer. Two weeks of cleaning, replacement of the insolation and a lot of moth balls did the trick, so far. Moth balls smells a lot better than what the opossum left.

NorCal Bambi · 05-02-2010, 07:50 AM

David, that sounds real bad. Hope it gets better.

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You guys may think you have troubles, just replace your mice with one opossum. I had one build a home in the insolation under the bottom of my house trailer. Two weeks of cleaning, replacement of the insolation and a lot of moth balls did the trick, so far. Moth balls smells a lot better than what the opossum left.

david686 · 05-28-2010, 01:32 PM

It has now been over one month since I cleaned out the opossum. I have not any additional troubles with the oppossum or mice. I did put out a lot of moth balls and several of the things that you can hang inside your toilet bowl. I have also put moth balls in my AS storage areas and on the gound under the trailer. I also plan on putting some inside the trailer in all of the holes in the floor. Yes, I know that they do smell but I think that to seal up all openings around the AS will not be good for air circulation to reduce moisture buildup and rust. As for me, I will take a little smell in order to do away with the un-wanted guest and rust/corrosion. After all I do live in SE Louisiana where we have a lot of it all.

ROBERTSUNRUS · 05-28-2010, 01:59 PM

Hi, I saw these gaps in the frame extensions, [out riggers] in front of and behind the wheels. This is in the wheel well area and too large to use the foam sealer on. So I bought two builder's plates, cut them in half, and pop riveted them in place. I saw these when I was doing my other mouse proofing, but I was unable to get to them. I waited until I was ready to do my brake and wheel bearing inspections. It's much easier to reach with the wheels off. I hope I have all bases [mouse holes] covered.

ole-red · 12-28-2011, 02:15 PM

I read the posting from Norcal regarding the mud wasp....I was told and shown by a friend of mine who I bought my first bambi from, that they don't like yellow paint....He had paint strips about every four feet running up and down his interior walls of his unfinished garage....The vent piping on top of the bambi had been painted with the yellow paint, and he swore by it....He said they wouldn't come near it...Now if that works, a person could put strips on the bottom of the belly pan which couldn't be seen and should keep them from building their mud nests....

masseyfarm · 12-28-2011, 06:26 PM

Something like this might work??

Dave

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I read the posting from Norcal regarding the mud wasp....I was told and shown by a friend of mine who I bought my first bambi from, that they don't like yellow paint....He had paint strips about every four feet running up and down his interior walls of his unfinished garage....The vent piping on top of the bambi had been painted with the yellow paint, and he swore by it....He said they wouldn't come near it...Now if that works, a person could put strips on the bottom of the belly pan which couldn't be seen and should keep them from building their mud nests....

dznf0g · 12-29-2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ROBERTSUNRUS

Hi, I saw these gaps in the frame extensions, [out riggers] in front of and behind the wheels. This is in the wheel well area and too large to use the foam sealer on. So I bought two builder's plates, cut them in half, and pop riveted them in place. I saw these when I was doing my other mouse proofing, but I was unable to get to them. I waited until I was ready to do my brake and wheel bearing inspections. It's much easier to reach with the wheels off. I hope I have all bases [mouse holes] covered.

I noticed those obvious critter and water entry points also. I filled with sealer.

palmtreegirl · 08-26-2012, 05:50 AM

This is a great thread! I'm going to invest in some of the aluminum wool and when I get my new (used) 2007 Safari, mouse-proofing is one of the first things I'm going to do.

ROBERTSUNRUS, I'm going to go your route (expanding foam, etc.) Is it still working?

I used one of those electric Ultra-sonic rodent evader things. I got it at Sharper Image to use in my house and I found that it worked well. When I noticed mouse evidence in the trailer, I put it out there and I think it was working - as long as it was running - if I turned it off or if the electric went off - they were back in a flash.

My new trailer will be as mouse proofed as possible.

ROBERTSUNRUS · 08-26-2012, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by palmtreegirl

ROBERTSUNRUS, I'm going to go your route (expanding foam, etc.) Is it still working?

I used one of those electric Ultra-sonic rodent evader things.
My new trailer will be as mouse proofed as possible.

Hi, so far so good; no mice. I also have one or two of those Ultra-Sonic devices in my trailer.