Prevention of Rodent Ingress/Damage

[davidc]

Is a timber clad & timber frame wall build up any more likely to suffer from a rodent problem than a wall build up that incorporates a leaf of block work ?

[Jeremy Harris]

2 minutes ago, davidc said:

Is a timber clad & timber frame wall build up any more likely to suffer from a rodent problem than a wall build up that incorporates a leaf of block work ?

 

 

As long as it's properly sealed up, no, should be no worse.  If rodents can get in then that suggests poor airtightness, so any construction method that gives good airtightness should keep out rodents.  In the main, rodents only try to get into places that are warmer than outside in cold weather, so they are unlikely to cause a problem in any ventilated space under something like external cladding.  Anyway, insect barriers have to be installed top and bottom of external ventilated cavities behind cladding, and if these are made from metal mesh or similar they would also act as a rodent barrier.

[davidc]

Thanks @JSHarris , I didn't know about the cavity insect barrier. Yet another row in my check list spreadsheet !