Best way to store furniture to keep mice out?

Arc weld · Jun 14, 2015

I'm planning on putting up a pole shed in a month or 2. I have some furniture that I need to store in it and was wondering the best way to keep mice from getting into the furniture? I was thinking of maybe getting some pallet racking or building some steel shelving to get it up higher where mice can't climb or having a separate closed off room that had no cracks for mice to get in. I figured somebody on here must have had a similar storage requirement?

jaotguy · Jun 14, 2015

mice can climb , squeeze in thru a hole the size of a dime ...gnaw thru wire mesh ....

socks filled with cloves , tucked into the furniture and drawers will slow them down ..... but it is a hopeless cause.

sixdogs · Jun 14, 2015

Not hopeless. Buy some "car bags" used to store hot rods for the winter. ---carbag.com--These come in pretty big sizes and come with a desiccant package. Put furniture in, zip shut and it works. Now, I've never done furniture like this but I've done a number of cars with zero problems and they are full of upholstery. Just a thought.

Wagtail · Jun 14, 2015

jaotguy said:
mice can climb , squeeze in thru a hole the size of a dime ...gnaw thru wire mesh ....

socks filled with cloves , tucked into the furniture and drawers will slow them down ..... but it is a hopeless cause.

Yep x2. Spreading bait around will keep'em down too... but you have to remember to replace the bait eventually.

FTG-05 · Jun 14, 2015

Do what I did: Subcontract it out to professionals.

fishheadbob · Jun 15, 2015

I like the subcontractors. Mothballs tend to slow them down too.

Diamondpilot · Jun 15, 2015

I've tried it all but the only thing that worked was cats.

Chris

newbury · Jun 15, 2015

Copperheads also seem to work.

Deere Dude · Jun 15, 2015

Keep the doors shut on the shed, set up plenty of traps. The poison I have used they just seem to move it around but never eat it.
I tried a 5 gallon bucket 3/4 full of water with a ramp for the mice. Then throw a handful of sunflower seeds in the water and on the ramp. The dumber mice will jump right in and can't get out. Do this they will be depleted in numbers fairly quickly.