Residential
Rats and mice treat your home like sa helter, pantry, and highway all at once. DETOUR® gives homeowners a non-lethal, food-grade way to protect their homes without poison in the house.
ONE HOUSE, A DOZEN WAYS IN
Rats and mice don’t need an open door. Every home offers dozens of entry points: pipe penetrations, roof tile, foundation vents, dryer ducts, etc..
The usual answer is snap traps and bait stations, which only answer some of the problem. They do nothing about the next ones coming in, and put poison within reach of pets and kids. DETOUR® works on the entry points instead to keep them out and stay out.1
Attic & Roofline Entry
The attic is a perfect home for rats and mice. Rodents reach it through soffit and eave gaps, unscreened gable vents, and the fascia junctions where roof meets wall.
Once in, they shred insulation for nesting, foul it with droppings, and gnaw wiring runs through the rafters.
Treat the roofline entry points, not the attic floor. Run a bead of DETOUR® Rat Repellent Gel along soffit gaps, eave junctions, and the frame of every gable and roof vent.
For wiring run across rafters and junction boxes in the attic, the DETOUR® Wire Protection Gel adds a durable film over exposed cable.
Place RatTrax® tunnels along attic runways to confirm whether traffic is active before and after you treat.
Inspect from the outside first, most roofline gaps are visible from the ground and show grease-stained rub marks at active entries. Treat those before sealing, so any rodents already inside leave rather than getting trapped in the wall.
Tile Roofs, Stack Vents & Ridge Gaps
Barrel and S-tile roofs leave continuous open voids under the tiles at the eaves and ridge. To a rodent, that’s a ready-made tunnel system running the length of the house.
Plumbing stack vents add another way down into wall cavities. Rats colonize the under-tile space, then work inward toward the attic through gaps a homeowner never sees from the ground.
Treat the open tile ends at the eave line and the ridge, plus the base of every plumbing stack vent where it penetrates the roof deck. Treat the outer and inner ridge of stack vents as well.
DETOUR® Rat Repellent gel applied at these openings makes the under-tile void inhospitable without blocking the roof’s designed ventilation and drainage — important on a tile system you don’t want to seal shut.
Tile work is height and footing risk walking a tile roof cracks tiles and is genuinely dangerous. For a two-story or steep pitch, this is the section to hand to a licensed pest or roofing pro rather than DIY from a ladder.
Kitchen, Pantry & Appliances
The kitchen is the destination. Rodents follow the food, and they get there through the gaps where plumbing and gas lines penetrate the cabinet base — then live in the warm dead space behind the refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher.
Beyond the obvious contamination of food and surfaces, they chew appliance wiring and water lines, and leave droppings in a food-prep area as a health concern.1
Treat the pipe penetrations and baseboard runways. Apply DETOUR® Rat Repellent gel where water supply lines, drain pipes, and gas lines pass through the back and floor of cabinets.
Treat the gaps around and behind built-in appliances where they meet the wall with DETOUR® Rat Repellent Gel Trays. Keep applications on structural surfaces, away from food-contact areas and dishware.
Because the components are food-grade, it belongs in a kitchen in a way that bait and rodenticide can’t.
Pull the drawers below the sink and look up and back with a flashlight — the penetration is usually hidden above the drawer box, not on the visible cabinet floor.
Crawlspace, Foundation & Drainage
The crawlspace is the ground-floor way in. Rodents enter through unscreened or torn foundation vents, gaps at the weep screed, and through drainage they treat as a tunnel: French drain outlets, downspout terminations, and open pipe ends around the perimeter.
From the crawlspace they reach ductwork, subfloor wiring, and every pipe penetration up into the house. It’s the least-inspected part of the home and often the busiest.
Treat the perimeter entry points with DETOUR® Rat Repellent Gel: foundation vent frames, the weep screed gap, sill-plate junctions, and the utility penetrations where pipes and conduit pass through the foundation.
At drainage outlets, treat the surrounding structure and pipe collar rather than the drain opening itself, so you deter travel without impeding flow.
DETOUR® Rat Repellent Gel Trays hold coverage on crawlspace soil and along interior foundation walls where there’s no clean surface to adhere to.
Foundation vents, sill-plate gaps, and drainage outlets — the ground-level routes into the crawlspace.
Garage & Storage Areas
The garage bridges outside and inside. Rodents slip under the worn rubber seal at the bottom of the roll-up door or minor gaps in the foundation
From there the shared wall into the house is one pipe penetration away. Garages are also where stored goods, holiday decorations, and paper get quietly shredded into nesting material.
Start at the garage door threshold, the most common entry. Treat the frame and side jambs, and replace a worn bottom seal so the treated gap is also a tight one.
Treat wall penetrations along the shared house wall, and the base of shelving and storage against exterior walls.
Gel trays tucked behind and beneath storage shelving extend coverage without treating your stored belongings.
Use DETOUR® Rat Trax® to confirm their entry points and runways into the home.
A worn garage door seal is the number-one residential entry point. Target this as the number one entry.
Sheds, Garden & Outdoor Structures
Detached sheds, potting benches, and outdoor storage sit undisturbed for weeks, ideal for a rodent population to establish away from household traffic. They nest in stored cushions, mower housings, and bags of soil and fertilizer.
Left alone, the shed becomes a breeding reservoir that continually re-supplies pressure on the house itself, no matter how well you’ve sealed the main structure.
Treat the shed like a small building: door frame, floor-to-wall junctions, and any gap where the walls meet the base or roof. Run a bead of DETOUR® Rat Repellent Gel along those seams.
For stored mowers and powered equipment, the DETOUR® Wire Protection Gel coats exposed wiring with a protective film through the off-season.
Store soil, seed, and fertilizer in sealed containers, and keep the shed on the same annual treatment pass as the house so it never becomes the weak link.
Store soil, seed, and fertilizer in sealed containers, and keep the shed on the same annual treatment pass as the house so it never becomes the weak link.