What home improvement work did you do today?

Wow you fucking nailed it for sure man!
I can can still do the floor except where the existing shelves and new are,pulling up the interlocking floor won't be hard but putting them back will be a bitch...
I will take ypur suggestion and do 3/4 of it this summer and do the Misses in the fall or winter.

Oh for ypur PVC stand pipe during the winter months the P trap can dry up/evaporate just put a tablespoon of veggie or olive oil in it that film will stop the water from evaporating.

 

Went to check this morning and they made new tunnels that started right where the wire mesh stopped. Very frustrating.

 

This may work for a bit or untill it rains

 

We just finished our 2nd winter with this setup, and it's worked like a champ w/o drying up, and the water hasn't gotten nasty yet either. Had to cobble a couple of adapters together to get the correct threading for that barb fitting, it's not pretty but the dehumidifier obscures it and it's in my shop area, so hardly anyone ever goes in there except me. The kids (for now) always ask before getting into tools and such because they know I'll find it in 5 seconds, it'll take them 5 hours.

Hard to tell, but there's about 4-6" of rise and fall in that hose over roughly 36" total length (that's probably about 16" long channel of water). It'd take a lot of evap to clear it out.

I can't remember if I asked for advice on how to handle this situation or not. I just know I was at a loss, so I went to the plumbing section of Big Orange (HD), and that there is what I came up with. Ran a straight hose on the first iteration and found out really quick ("WTF?! Why does it smell like HUMAN SHIT in here?!") a psuedo-Ptrap was needed.

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I feel like mice get used to that stuff. Wolf piss is the way to go. It scares EVERYTHING that is alive, away from where you are. It's the only way we can keep beavers from our pond after decades of different attempts. People think it's weird, but it WORKS.

@justcuz https://www.predatorpeestore.com/wolfpee-16-oz-scenttag-super-saver-combo_moreinfo.html It smells sorta strong, so you only wanna do some quick sprays, but for a rodent, that's all it should take. The smell also goes away like a normal dog piss after it dries up. And yes like Blufin says with the other stuff, will have to do a small reapplication after rain. But I don't think you will need much at all to solve this problem.

 

Looks like Bobcat urine is what they suggest for mice. They have a "pick your pest" page you can figure out what you should use.

https://www.predatorpeestore.com/mice-problems-bobcat-urine.html

I'm actually going to order some of the flakes for the mole and voles around our garden. The poison works but I'd prefer they just go live in the fucking woods. Got a couple pellets for the car too. They've mostly stayed out lately with the mesh defence in the engine bay, but can't hurt.

 

Huh. Who knew. I like to put alka-seltzer tabs into the holes where varmint tunneling activity is occurring.

 

Round 2. put wire mesh under the cement blocks

 

Funny as hell and I can identify!!

 

Unfortunately, they are survivors..

 

Dammit!! May have to put traps down.

 

Even if you put traps down, just like ants, rodents can smell where other rodents have been and tend to follow the trail. You'll probably end up with a few waves of death before the waves subside a little.

 

I lived in a house once that was just one big mouse nest. I'd trap a dozen, then another dozen. The stragglers were targets for my blowgun.....
Finally weeded them all out. Then moved.

 

Those with high ceilings, how are you guys painting up there?? Besides hiring. Got an airless sprayer and the wife wants a color change. Celings are about 25-30ft high.

I'm looking at renting scaffolding, if not availble, then buy and return

 

Not that you were asking me directly but a painters pole is what I've used for various high things. Not sure you want to rig a sprayer to the end of a pole....but....

 

Scaffold and roll it. Spray if it’s new and no flooring or furniture anywhere near. Spraying is fast and easy, but messy.

 

Scaffold and roll it is...

 

Interior? Long ass extension ladder. Gotta cut in the ceiling/wall. I've never sprayed indoors when a house has been occupied/furnished

 

Yeah, I'll have to clear out all the furniture.. Sprayer does make a huge mess to clean up afterwards...

 

Scaffolding or big ladders for cutting everything in. Roll everything you can from the floor with an extension pole. Everything above that line will have to be rolled from scaffolding or a ladder. We went on a string of moves around the Covid housing craze. And every move required the wife to color everything, every move. I've painted 3 house in 6 years. Not a fan of the process but I'd rather do it myself than pay what painters these days are asking for.