Mouse

[JohnW2]

Mice can get through very small holes. 20 mm wire mesh is no barrier to them.

We're not talking about using wire mesh, per se, as a barrier, but rather of scrunching it up into a fairly tight ball/cylinder/whatever and then embedding it in expanding foam. Mice can't get through that, but rats occasionally do.

Kind Regards, John

 

[bernardgreen]

The mouse or its dependents should sue the installer, exposed live bus bar.

 

[canduit]

http://www.screwfix.com/p/arctic-products-steel-wool-450g-medium/67328
Apparently they struggle to chew through this stuff. Be careful when pulling anything like this apart as can cut yourself.

 

[Lectrician]

Mice can get through very small holes. 20 mm wire mesh is no barrier to them.

Scrunched up chicken wire in a ball isn't 20mm, and you would have essential several layers due to scrunching. I have also seen handfuls of broken glass added.

 

[Iggifer]

A thick grade wire wool works nicely too, not the really fine stuff, but something a bit more coarse. Easy to work with too

 

[Iggifer]

That's what is known as a live tail

I would beg to differ! Don't need an approved voltage tester to tell you that, that tail, is dead.

 

[stillp]

Scrunched up aluminium foil is also good at stopping them.

 

[JohnW2]

A thick grade wire wool works nicely too, not the really fine stuff, but something a bit more coarse. Easy to work with too

Yes, I've used that too - again, embedded in expanding PU foam. A lot of people say that fibreglass insulation also works, but my personal experiences do not really confirm that!

Kind Regards, John

 

[Iggifer]

Yes, I've used that too - again, embedded in expanding PU foam. A lot of people say that fibreglass insulation also works, but my personal experiences do not really confirm that!

Kind Regards, John

Yea gotta be in expanding foam or it's just going to get pushed out.

I've seen plenty of foam that's been chewed down to the wire wool and that's as far as they've got, it's the feel of the steel they don't like on their teeth apparently (hardly surprising it's nasty stuff)

I can't see fibreglass insulation working all that well, as nasty as it is it doesn't strike me as being rodent proof

 

[JohnW2]

I can't see fibreglass insulation working all that well, as nasty as it is it doesn't strike me as being rodent proof

That's my experience, but a good few sources suggest that they don't like getting their noses scratched/irritated, and therefore give up quite quickly.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Iggifer]

That's my experience, but a good few sources suggest that they don't like getting their noses scratched/irritated, and therefore give up quite quickly.

Kind Regards, John

I certainly don't like it up my nose!!