Attic & Crawl space renovation

Why is removing insulation infested with rodent feces so important?

Rodents soil our indoor environments with urine and feces. Studies have shown that these droppings are a major allergen for children with asthma. Rodents contaminate our food supplies with potentially harmful germs and bacteria like salmonellosis (bacterial food poisoning) when food is contaminated with infected feces and like the hanta virus

Hanta virus is a rarely contracted disease but it can be fatal even with treatment. The virus is found in the droppings and urine of deer mouse or white footed mouse. Be very careful when handling these droppings. to learn more click Hanta virus

In addition to the disease causing potential of rodents they also can be quite destructive. Rodents front teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetime. The rodent must continually gnaw on objects to wear down these teeth so they do not grow too long. This gnawing activity can cause damage to electrical lines, often this damage is hidden in an attic or crawl and creates a safety hazard, an estimated 5% of house fires in the united states are caused by rodent damage.

Other animals also infest insulation with their dropping creating known health hazards, areas underneath bat and bird roosts are often found to be breeding grounds for certain types of spores which can cause a serious infection called histoplasmosis, these spores are found in bat guano and bird droppings to learn more click on this link. histoplasmosis

Other animals like flying squirrels and raccoons will pick a location near a nesting area and create a latrine by constantly returning to the same spot to defecate, flying squirrels urinate frequently and the latrine will typically stain through underneath an eve or under siding and even a ceiling.

A raccoon will pick a spot nearby a resting place and use it daily, these would be dog size droppings and Besides being unsightly and filthy, raccoon feces carry a hazard known as raccoon roundworm eggs. To learn more click on this link baylisascaris

The people most at risk for any of these diseases are the workers called upon to remove the contaminated material, All our employee's are properly trained in known health hazards related to this work and how to protect themselves from those hazards.

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