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Timber Frame & Mice

  • 21-11-2010 12:05am
    #1
    LoTwan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 608 ✭✭✭


    My SO came home from work with the latest horror story which involved mice getting into a TF construction and eating the actual structure.

    I have Googled but can't find anything one way or another.

    Can anyone help me out?


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  • #2
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Must be a very bloody hungry mouse if he can eat the structure of a house.

    It goes without saying that any structure is suceptable to rodent ingress if it is not sealed up properly. If it is properly sealed there is no problem. Possibly the worst damage a rodent can do to any house is chew the alca/acor/poly pipework that is holding water or the electric cables. That's all anyone needs are sparks or water damage in the roof space.

    Make sure, which ever construction type you choose, that the structure is properly sealed.


  • #3
    archtech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭archtech


    As Poor Uncle Tom says, once properly done, you shouldn't have a problem, well no greater a problem than any other form of construction. There are horror stories regarding poorer construction in the past, however I have not heard of any recently about mice in timber construction of the last 10 years.


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