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I say peanut butter, borax, and a touch of honey. Will kill about any pest that eats it from what I understand.

It's my building and I would rather spend more now in the construction stage than have to fix stuff latter or have larger issues. About 20 years ago when I first moved to this property there was a mouse issue. Took about 5 years to get them "under control". Once a week I put out a few...

I finished the outside plaster this morning. I stopped by the plaster supply house and saw they had a heaver mesh for commercial walls. I grabbed what I needed to do all the inside walls 5' up on the walls. I have never had any bug issues in my honey houses or any other ICF building that I...

Were currently in a smaller set up that was build very similar, but clean up works best by chilling the room, then start washing with cold water, and then moving over to hot for sanitize. Never had any issues with paint chipping, but did have to paint ever 2 to 5 years to keep the inspectors...

I'm using Gigacrate right on the foam blocks. The mesh cuts down cracking and makes a stronger layer with less of a chance of impact damage. Yes I'm thinking about wall damage over time. I will end up getting yearly inspections so I will need sealed walls that are smooth and cleanable. I...

I'm in the US and just noticed this forum is mostly of people from the other side of the pond. I'm sure there will be different thoughts on everything.

Last week I finished the plaster reinforcement mesh layer on the out side of some ICF walls. I just put the base coat on the inside walls of the ICF walls. Code says I need 4 coats and to hit an over all thickness. I was planning on doing a single layer of fiberglass mesh on all the inside...

I did plaster years ago and have gotten back into to finish a few buildings on my property.