Gadgetory

we've been hiking for about 30 minutes now there's snow that's probably about two two-and-a-half feet deep we have to use this thing called snowshoes which kind of disperse our weight across the snow and make a little bit easier to walk right now we're heading up to the grandpa Gerry's cabin which is my grandpa this is Jerry's daughter right here who just so happens to be my mom and we're going to go check on the cabin because remember about six months ago back when it was warmer and not snowing outside I came here and we mouthed roosted because the mice had been taking over for the last 20 years and we kind of wanted our cabin back let's go check it out anything the last summer we took four days and completely sealed up the cabin from any mice entry possible and so now we're going to go in because it's winter and mice like warm things just like anybody else and we're going to see if they've reclaimed any territory so one thing that they done since I was here last they put a new flooring so this is some kind of vinyl flooring that they laid down remember when I was here in that last video we just had the cement we ripped up all the carpet and then put the carpet outside and I think the final stuff is working out pretty well it looks really good with cabinets so this is that bathroom this is where I had the cutout of the drywall so they painted over that and it looks like they added some texturing - we got the baseboard I don't think I touched the base border at all when I pulled that piece of drywall out to check for the mine and then over here inside of the bathroom this is where we had the biggest problem and we didn't actually seal this up yet because we put the concrete we filled up that hole that led to the outside and then we pulled out some of the ceiling we pulled out the shower we left that out because this was like the worst spot we were going to sealed up until we were sure all the mice were gone we have some of our leftover construction supplies and I don't see any sign of mice droppings yet mouse droppings whatever you call them and here's a mousetrap we left inside of the house to see if there's any more mice coming in with peanut butter my specially like peanut butter side note and there is ZERO mice in the track so this mouse trap works by the mice going inside of that little hole right there and they can walk up that ramp but then as soon as they're inside they can squeeze themselves out this side of the hole where the RAM kind of goes down like that they squeeze themselves through get the bait and they just can't get back out again and so if you remember in the last mousetrap this thing was just full of dead mice which means I think we were successful that four days of renovation got rid of all the mice were victorious reclaimed our territory and they're not coming back they repainted all this over here we had to pull out some of the wall because we found a hole from the outside coming in and so right here looks like we've got to touch up that plug a little bit but this is all been repainted inside of the closet looks good and we have the fireplace here and this is where we had a bunch of leaks coming out of the ceiling there is kind of like a running down the back and you have to watch that other video to kind of understand some of what I'm talking about but we took down all the drywall up here and all the way down the backside of it all the way down around the base and it looks like there's no more leaks at the top of there which is good I'll have to fly my drone around the roof of the cabin and see if that black stuff is still solid I can get my drone pretty close to a 10 it's in 4k so we can zoom in pretty far I'll put that footage here and we can check the actual black waterproofing stuff around that base so this is that ladder I watched my grandpa build back when I was a little kid it's got little hand holds here that you can climb up this is the attic with that carpet I showed you outside on the fence in the last video the attic area we're probably going to throw away these mattresses they were back in here when the mice were over running the cabin so one fun little trick if you have chocolate covered cookies these are actually called 10/10 and you bite off either side at the end use it as a straw and then the whole cookie is soggy so good I think the flooring option is actually a really good choice is we got a little bit of carpet here it is just like the carpet squares and then the vinyl flooring is more of like a plastic instead of an actual piece of wood so it's going to last a lot longer we can sweep it and plus the snow gets on it it's not going to be damaged very easily like normal wood wood wood wood remember one of the main entry points for the mice was underneath this wood pile like they're getting in under that shower and you can still see at the base of the house here we have that wire grate and we have the sealant that we have sticking it to the concrete and one of the other big entry points is right here on this corner and it looks like we're still solid no holes it looks like my fan mail to get in anywhere I think we're successful so if you're wondering why the heck we were using snowshoes that whole time because when you're walking in the snow without them you go up to your knees and that's not very easy to walk in just you can make it so much easier so I think operation saves the cabin was a complete success super stoked about it to go back and watch another video we were finding mice in the walls and the ceiling mice dropping everywhere it was insane so I'm super glad that we were able to take back the cabin and now it's safe and sanitary for everyone to use and by everyone I mean my family so thanks for watching this follow-up video it's definitely good to know that all our hard work paid off I think Jerry would be pleased with the jerry-rigging that we've done with this cabin hit that thumbs up if you enjoyed this and if you want to see more projects like this in the future thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around you