Overhead doors and critters.

[Ashgrove]

The lower seals of our shop doors have been damaged by small mammals. They chew thru the corner nearest to wooded habitat. We have farm cats but there is only so much they can do, they do love to deposit their nightly catch on our back porch.
I need to replace the seals, wondered if anyone has experience with the Xcluder products? Concern I have with the Xcluder seal is the rodents will still damage the rubber before the steel wool stops them.
Ideas welcomed,

 

[geneg]

The lower seals of our shop doors have been damaged by small mammals. They chew thru the corner nearest to wooded habitat. We have farm cats but there is only so much they can do, they do love to deposit their nightly catch on our back porch.
I need to replace the seals, wondered if anyone has experience with the Xcluder products? Concern I have with the Xcluder seal is the rodents will still damage the rubber before the steel wool stops them.
Ideas welcomed,

I've had the same issue. They chew thru the ends of new seals soon after installation. My solution has been to slip a 12" long piece of heater hose in each end of the seal & set a "jaws" trap perpendicular to the wall at each end of the door. Of course- this on a detached shop oh door. She probably wouldn't want to see the traps at the house.

 

[Rusty Wrench]

Same issue. I am smack in the middle of putting the Xcluder bottom seal and EDPM side seals. I expect they'll chew thru the sides seals eventually. I'm not anticipating the bottom strip will keep them out. But I am hoping it'll keep air infiltration down. I think they used the original rubber bottom seal as a snack tray.