Insulating a well house

[Carrie]

Good morning everyone,

Hope this finds everyone healthy and looking forward to Christmas!

I need some ideas for insulating a well house. Several years ago, we used styrofoam board when we revamped our back well house. We now have a disgusting, smelly, mouse hotel with 5 inches of styrofoam crumbs on the floor. Truly gross! Is there any type of rodent proof/resistant insulation out there? This is a cinder block structure that has a hinged roof for access. Thanks in advance for your thoughts or ideas.

Carrie

 

[1982vett]

Nothing you do will work until you get rid of the rodent problem. Take care of that and then clean up what you have and re-insulate.

 

[grannysoo]

Throw in a few of those "just one bite" mouse candy bars or something like that. It will solve your rat problem.

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

We have 2 wells/well houses. One is concrete block structure.

First, eliminate (preventive maintenance) the rodents. We use the pelleted "Hawk" brand bait along the edges of the wall/floor which takes care of problem. Also, be sure there are no openings between roof and walls where they can get in. We keep bait out 24/7/365.

Second, at the same time you put out bait, remove all old insulation. Put new fiberglas insulation between rafters and then put the foil backed insulating board over rafters to "seal" any airspaces.

Third, you may also want to put a small electric heater inside the well house, set to come on when temperature gets down to 35 or 40 deg. F.

Good luck with you mouse/rat problem!