Could Animals Be Entering Through Your Crawl Space Vents?

Crawl space vents are easy to overlook. They sit low around the foundation of your home and often receive very little attention until there is a problem.

Unfortunately, a damaged crawl space vent screen can provide rodents and other animals with a direct path beneath your home.

What Is a Crawl Space Vent?

A crawl space vent is an opening in a home’s foundation that allows air to circulate beneath the home. These openings usually contain screens intended to help keep insects, rodents, and other animals outside.

When those screens become loose, damaged, or deteriorated, they may no longer provide enough protection.

How Do Crawl Space Vent Screens Become Damaged?

Vent screens are exposed to weather, animals, yard equipment, and work performed around the foundation of a home.

Common causes of damage include:

• Age and natural deterioration
• Rust and weather exposure
• Openings cut for cable or utility access
• Screens becoming bent, loose, or separated from the foundation

Homeowners may not notice this damage because crawl space vents are rarely checked closely.

Can Rodents Chew Through Standard Vent Screens?

Rodents are more likely to push through small openings, you’d be shocked at how small of a hole a mouse can squeeze through.

What Are Animal-Proof Vent Screens?

Animal-proof crawl space vent screens are durable barriers installed over foundation vent openings.

Bloom’s animal-proof screens are designed to resist chewing, pushing, and other common causes of animal entry. Each screen is professionally fitted and secured to help eliminate gaps and vulnerable edges.

The screens continue to allow the vent to provide airflow while adding stronger protection against animal entry.

What Makes Bloom’s Vent Screens Different?

Bloom Pest Control & Home Services offers an exclusive animal-proof crawl space vent screen system for homeowners in Oregon and Washington.

Our vent screens provide:

• Stronger construction than standard lightweight screening
• Professional fitting and installation
• Protection against common animal entry methods
• Long-term durability
• Bloom’s 10-Year Animal-Entry Guarantee

How Do You Know If Your Vent Screens Need Attention?

Your crawl space vent screens may need to be checked if:

• You hear scratching or movement beneath your home
• You have experienced rodent or animal activity
• A screen appears torn, rusted, bent, loose, or missing
• A cable or utility line runs through a vent opening
• You do not know when the screens were last inspected

You do not need to know where every vent is or how many your home has. Bloom can locate the vents, check their condition, and identify possible weak spots.

Protect a Commonly Overlooked Area of Your Home

Crawl space vents are small, but they can play a big role in protecting the space beneath your home.

Bloom’s animal-proof vent screens provide stronger, longer-lasting protection and are backed by our 10-Year Animal-Entry Guarantee.