Do those of you who have roll-up doors on your garage or shed get a lot of mice or bugs inside?

[Studly]

I have a new shed I built and just installed a 6x7' roll-up door. I'm kind of worried about mice and bugs getting in there through the wavy gaps on the side and the larger gap on top (I did install it correctly). I guess I'm more worried about mice than bugs, since they can cause more damage to things I store in there.

Looked it up and they say the best way to seal those gaps on a roll-up door is with brush seals around the top and sides of the door, but that adds a lot of expense (seems like good ones would be well over $100 for the three sides). Thought I'd check with those of you who have roll up doors on your garage or shed ... are the brush seals necessary and if so, where is the best place to buy good ones at a decent price?

 

[TobeyA]

I have the brush seals, and don't have much of a problem with mice and bugs. I actually haven't seen evidence of mice in the 5 years since it was built. But I can't offer a comparison as I installed the seals shortly after it was built.

 

[WildBill]

I got mine from here, I haven't had mice or bug issues since installed about 3 years ago. They cost about $100 per door then.

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[jkuro]

If you don't mind the smell: Moth Balls

 

[KentheMailman]

Barn cats work for me.

 

[racecougar]

I'd steer toward peppermint oil or Irish Spring soap over moth balls for toxicity reasons.

 

[BobnCO]

I saw one fat mouse bolt into my garage when the door was open, like she had been timing her assault on my compound!

 

[OccupantRJ]

I saw one fat mouse bolt into my garage when the door was open, like she had been timing her assault on my compound!

Now she is timing her assault on what is in there!

 

[reader2580]

I have a roll-up door on my garage. I doubt the brush seals are going to stop a mouse if they smell anything in there that attracts them. I always assume any building with roll-up or sectional garage doors is going to have mice in it.

I worked with a group that had a storage building full of winter gear with a lot of it being wool pants, wool boot liners, and wool mitten liners. The building had one or two garage doors. They constantly battled mice in the off season. Mice would get into the plastic storage containers the clothing was stored in. One off season they tried duct tape to seal the containers. No mice, but the clothing got moldy instead. I am not sure if they ever figured out how to seal out the mice.

 

[MFortie]

I have brush seals on the bottoms of my three rollups. Still have mice inside.

Heck, I even found a gopher snake under the brush seal on one of my rollups a couple weeks ago. Little guy maybe 15” long. I moved him out into the scrub brush so he can go to work hunting vermin.

 

[tarmy]

I have a total of 6 roll ups. No nothin’ gets in I don’t want. Get a good seal and get down on your knees and look for gaps/holes neat the edges ou under the trim that does go to the concrete. Fill up with caulk. I spray the perimeter with bug spray once every couple months…no issues.

 

[adsinnott1]

Brush seals top and sides. Rubber threshold seal on bottom. I don't have any issues outside of normal residential garage bugs

 

[Mike65]

No mice, just some water when it rains hard.

 

[Codyboy]

I had brush seals installed on sides and top.
The door came with a vestibule rubber seal on the bottom.
It wont stop the normal bugs getting in but not sure about mice.
The metal door and metal trim is pretty slick and I don't see that they could climb it.
And other than that huge 3 inch gap across the top I don't thinglk they could squeeze between the corrugated metal and the rail which is a channel and its pretty snug to the door.

 

[Superbowl]

The real question is what is around you and how long are you going to leave the door open?

I live on two acres and often have the door open all day on Saturday and Sunday when I am working outside. I have had about every type of critter in there over the 35 years I have owned the house. Everything from birds to snakes to mice to squirrels, etc. Last week I caught sight of a first time critter, a skink.

Mice are easy, I just keep bait constantly in a corner. The rest I just shoo out.