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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the
loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger |
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:56:48 +0000, Roger Moss "rwm2 [at]
rwmoss.gotadsl.co.uk" wibbled: I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger Can you get something to spray on? I'm thinking something that's like Bitrex to mice, eg tastes foul? They'll eat glass wool too - though it kills them quicker and out of all the products it will last the best WRT hairy destructors. -- Tim Watts Managers, politicians and environmentalists: Nature's carbon buffer. |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
On Jan 19, 1:56*pm, Roger Moss "rwm2 [at] rwmoss.gotadsl.co.uk"
wrote: I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger Mice come in holes so fix the mortar joints, they nest in anything. Mice dont dig holes to enter your house. |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
The only insulation that I can think of that mice won't destroy is
vermiculite. It's a granular mineral, very light in weight. Mostly it's used to back fill chimneys after installing stainless steel liners (completely fireproof, and helps the chimney warm quickly, particularly if the liner is a very loose fit in the chimney). For your application, I think you'd be limited to building an oversize box around the tanks and filling the space between. Alternatively consider boxing in with either plasterboard or cement board (more expensive, much tougher). If the boxing in is carefully done, any insulation should be ok. |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
On 19 Jan, 19:56, Roger Moss "rwm2 [at] rwmoss.gotadsl.co.uk" wrote:
Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Can't help you on the mice - I assume you already have cats. I'm interested in whether anyone knows the difference between the Phenolic and PU varieties of Kingspan, in terms of qualities and usage. I used Phenolic for my roof insualtion, as it was what Seconds * Co had at the time. Cheers Richard |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
I'v fitted catflaps,
the neighbours cats come and go, I can go on holiday without having to feed the cats, there is very little sign of mice and rats any more. [g] |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:56:48 +0000
Roger Moss "rwm2 [at] rwmoss.gotadsl.co.uk" wrote: I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger Sorry I don't know the answer to your question - I used Quinn-therm. I solved my plague of mice with a three pronged approach: 1) Old fashioned mouse traps - to kill those already in residence. 2) Re-pointing wherever I found even the smallest possible gap in the lower 300mm of the whole periphery. 3) After the rush to die from (1) died down, poison traps (from B&Q) as a long term preventative against those mice who paraglide in, or climb the drainpipes. So far so good. However to remind me to check every now and then, I have the piece of polyplumb pipe with the mouse-tooth-sized-hole in it on my desk. R. |
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TheOldFellow wrote:
So far so good. However to remind me to check every now and then, I have the piece of polyplumb pipe with the mouse-tooth-sized-hole in it on my desk. R. I've got one of them too (just to remind me). Was inside a dry-lined wall, behind a basin, behind boxing-in, dripping outside the concrete floor so no sign of water. Eventually I heard it drip. |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-8, Roger Moss wrote:
I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger Rodent proofing.. Spray Rataway Fragrance from Rataway.com and save the home and the insulation |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
On Tuesday, 19 January 2010 19:56:48 UTC, Roger Moss wrote:
I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger None of them. But mineral wool definitely encourages them. |
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Rockwool, Kingspan, Celotex - which is most mouse-proof?
On 28/10/2017 04:13, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-8, Roger Moss wrote: I want to insulate the loft rafters in a remote stone cottage so the loft water tanks & piping don't freeze in winter. There is no way of keeping mice out - they can get into walls (2 ft stone) below ground level and come up inside them. I know mice just love eating foam pipe insulation and would prefer some foam they don't like. Kingspan have phenolic insulation (K7) and urethane insulation (TP10). Is one more mouse-proof than the other? Is Celotex better? Or should I just use fibreglass batts? Thanks Roger Rodent proofing.. Spray Rataway Fragrance from prataway.com and save the home and the insulation ....and of course you can supply to the UK -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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