How to stop chipmunks from digging holes near your foundation
Pests simply dig right back around barriers or rocks used to block them, and dumping water near your foundation causes structural risks. This makes it difficult to permanently get rid of them without damaging your home's perimeter.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Covering the hole with a rock
- 2Filling the hole with water
- 3Setting a trap
- 4Shoving a vinegar-soaked towel down the hole to deter them before filling with dirt and mulch
- 5Investigating lawn moisture levels and excess decaying organic matter or thatch
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/homeowners1 person · September 2026
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