I would suspect that your dryer vent tube might be perforated. On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:52 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> May have figured out where the little f---ers are getting in. The dryer > vent is missing one of the flaps that are supposed to close when the dryer > isn't running. It's only a few inches above ground level. And I have caught > several of them in traps set the laundry room. > > I picked up a new vent at Lowes, will install it tomorrow. > > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2021, at 1:50 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > > > Our house up north has terrible mouse issues, it's got a million little > holes I need to fix, replacing the enclosed porch floor being job 1 next > year. > > > > For this year I put a package of "Grandpa Gus" anti-mouse stuff in > there. Each pouch is supposed to protect 50 square feet. The house got 9 > pouches and I put one in the garage on the Farmall Super M. Dang mice ate > the seat cover this year. Didn't bother it for 20 years and then this year > they just gotta eat it... > > > > The grooming machines get pieces of cloth soaked in peppermint oil. It > doesn't 100% repel them but helps a ton. We used to have terrible trouble > with mice, now they're just an annoyance, a few poops here and there but no > nests. > > > > -Curt > > > > On Thursday, December 2, 2021, 12:31:11 PM EST, Allan Streib via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Living in the country I fight an endless battle against mice invading > the house. I am not sure where they get in but there must be an opening > somewhere that I haven't discovered. I heard one the other night and set > some traps, but caught nothing. > > > > Today the refrigerator was making a noise so I pulled it out to > investigate. Seems like the condensor fan motor might have a bad bearing or > at least a vibration. A couple of years ago we painted the kitchen, and I > had come up one outlet cover short when it came to putting them all back > on. So, I left the cover off the outlet behind the fridge, intending to > pick up a new one, but then forgot about it. > > > > Hanging out of the outlet box was the mouse. Must have climbed the > refrigerator power cord and stuck his head into the box, contacted the hot > terminal, and zappo. Didn't trip the breaker though, as the fridge is still > running. Wasn't sure of the shock risk so pulled the corpse out with > electrician's pliers. I then gave it the usual final rites (threw it into > the woods). > > > > Who knows how long it would have been hanging there if the fridge hadn't > started getting noisy. > > > > Allan > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
