Rodents around the home: loft, car, garage and garden
Each part of the home needs a slightly different approach. Pick the space you're dealing with.
Mice and rats don't use every part of a home equally. They favour warm, quiet, rarely disturbed places close to food: lofts, wall cavities, kitchen plinths, garages, sheds, under decking and even parked cars. Each of these spaces has its own entry points and its own fixes.
Lofts are reached through gaps at the eaves and roofline. Garages and sheds often have gaps under doors and store tempting seed and pet food. Cars attract mice because engine bays are warm and sheltered, and chewed wiring can be expensive. Gardens provide food and cover that bring rodents close to the house.
The same principles apply everywhere: remove food and nesting material, seal entry points with durable materials like wire wool and metal mesh, and place a deterrent where rodents travel. Because MintGuard needs no power, it can go in places plug-in repellers can't reach, such as lofts, sheds and cars.
Prevention matters most before winter. A weekend of checks in early autumn, covering air bricks, pipe gaps, door brush strips and stored food, can stop most problems before they start. Homes with pets need extra care to keep any product out of reach.
Choose the guide below that matches the space you're dealing with.
Guides
Signs of Rats in the Loft (and Mice): What to Do Next
Scratching at night, droppings, gnawed cables and flattened insulation: how to recognise rats or mice in your loft and what to do next in a UK home.
Mice in Your Car or Garage: How to Keep Them Out
Mice chewing car wiring and nesting in the garage is a costly winter problem. Signs to watch for and how to keep mice out of your car and garage.
How to Get Rid of Mice in Walls (Without Poison)
Hearing scratching inside your walls? How to find where mice are getting in and get them out of wall cavities in a UK home without using poison.
How to Get Rid of Mice in the Garden and Shed
Mice in the garden, shed, greenhouse or compost? How to make your UK garden less inviting and stop mice moving into the house this winter.
Rodent-Proof Your Home Before Winter: UK Checklist
A practical autumn checklist to rodent-proof your UK home before winter and stop rats and mice moving indoors when the cold weather arrives.
Pet-Friendly Ways to Deter Mice and Rats (UK Guide)
Have a dog or cat? How to deal with mice and rats without putting your pets at risk from poison or traps, with pet-friendly prevention for UK homes.