When asked to comment about rodent droppings, the typical “person on the street” will say something to the effect of “gross.” And rodent droppings are gross. But they are so much more. rodent droppings present a serious and even deadly health risk. Moreover, this type of insidious waste dries fast and crumbles easily, allowing waste from rats, mice, and other varmints to become airborne. Aerosolized rodent feces can contain disease-causing pathogens, including the potentially deadly hantavirus which the potential for causing a nearly always lung condition. Call our veteran-led rodent cleanup services company.

Overview of How to Protect Your Legal Rights: What to Do When a Home Inspector Fails to Report Material Issues at a Property

One of the most exciting moments in the lives of many people is the purchase of their first home. Such was the case with Michael Stein, who closed on his first home not that long ago. Unfortunately, as also does happen with some regularity, after closing Michael discovered a material issue at his new home…

Worker Forced to Cleanup Bird and Rodent Droppings: Rights of Employee When Exposed to Rodent and Bird Droppings

A hardware store worker reported that his employer required him to clean bird and rodent droppings from paint cans in the storage area before being placed for sale in the shop. The worker’s employer only provided rubber gloves and no other personal protection equipment or PPE. The worker asks whether this was an appropriate course…

Your Rights When a Home Inspector Fails To Identify Material Problems at a Property

A person involved in the purchase of a home oftentimes engages the professional services of a home inspector to ensure that the premises are in sound condition. In nearly all cases, a home inspector does an admirable job and provides a reliable report to the homebuyer of the state of the premises. This includes identifying…

A Comprehensive Guide to Types of Insulation

Insulation has come a long way since its earliest know applications, in which Egyptians used mud and straw to keep the desert heat out of their homes. Nevertheless, people are still highly dependent on these cost-saving and comfort-inducing construction materials. The only difference is that there are now dozens of different kinds of weatherization materials. …

The Proper Way to Make a Fully Compliant Bait Stations

It can be alarming and disheartening to discover that your home or property has been overrun with rodents. Fortunately, you have many options when it comes to controlling rodent populations. One way you can battle a large rodent infestation is to place bait stations in or around your property. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation…

Rodenticides (Rat Baits) Explained

Rodenticides are poisons that are used to kill rodents. In the state of California, rodenticides must be placed in tamper-proof bait stations. Rodenticides may be classified as anticoagulants (those that cause internal bleeding) or non-anticoagulants.  Let’s go over the basic types of rodenticides. These toxic substances are some of the most extreme measures used against…

Setting Rat Traps

Are you coping with a rodent infestation?  Are you looking to place traps in or around your property to eliminate rats or mice?  It’s fairly easy to set Victor Rat Traps. These traps are inexpensive and effective rodent management systems. However, many people have apprehensions about settings these quick-snapping devices.  In this article, we show…

How to Legally Label a Rodent Bait Station in California

If you are a property owner or manager, you are probably going to need bait stations at some point. Rodents pose some serious health risks to exposed individuals. When you ignore these contaminants, you risk exposing yourself to several serious and even fatal diseases. Properly labeled bait stations enable you to quickly and efficiently eliminate…

Grim Discovery When Recent Homebuyer Discovers Long-Term Rodent Infestation in Residence

Few things are more exciting – thrilling – in life than buying and moving into a new home. On the other hand, few things in life are more disappointing – tragic, really – than discovering a serious or even dangerous flaw at the property after closing the deal and moving in. The story of Matthew…

Animal Infestation Cleanup: Squirrel Infestation Cleaning

If you are a home, business, or rental property owner, you may face the prospect of having to address an animal infestation of some type, as well as animal infestation cleanup. Indeed, odds are strong that you’ll face such a situation at some point in time. In Southern California, the most common types of infestations…

Animal Infestation Cleanup: Rodent Infestation Cleaning

In Southern California, as is the case across the expanse of the United States, the most commonplace type of residential, business, or rental property infestation is that involving rodents, specifically rats and mice. There are three considerations associated with this specific type of animal infestation: Removal or eradication of rodents Rodent infestation cleanup Future rodent…

Reasons Why Raccoons Want to Call Your Attic Home

Raccoons are highly adaptable mammals. As a consequence, they have extended their habitat range over the course of the past 100 years. This includes raccoons that have become successful urban and suburban dwellers as cities and surrounding metropolitan have grown. As a consequence, raccoons have become fairly common dwellers in the residences of people in…

The Benefits of Professional Crawlspace Cleanup Services

Perhaps no other area in your home is more off your radar than your crawlspace. If that is a fair assessment of the status of affairs at your home, you are far from alone. People across Southern California and from coast-to-coast in the United States really do need to pay greater attention to their crawlspaces…

Do Squirrels Chew on Electrical Wires?

Across Southern California and much of the United States, squirrels of different types can be found. More often than not people see squirrels scampering across lawns or hopping about on trees. However, squirrels also are apt to take up residence in people’s homes, particularly in attics. If there is a prospect of squirrels entering into…

Vital Strategies to Properly Rodent Proof Your Attic

Rodents are industrious creatures. Rats and mice are highly adept at getting inside and taking up residence in a home. Attics are particularly appealing nesting spaces for rodents of different types. White it’s all well and good to have an effective way to eliminate rodents if you end up with an infestation in your attic,…

Making the Most of Your Space: Avoiding Storage Mistakes in Your Attic

If you are like most homeowners (and renters), you want to make the most of the space available in your residence. This very well may include taking advantage of your attic as a storage space in your home. Taking full advantage of your attic as a storage space is a good plan of action. However,…

Home Sales and Rodent Dropping Cleanup: What You Need to Know

Multiple parties are involved in the residential real estate sales process. These include: Seller Buyer Agent Broker Title company Mortgage lender Property inspector Appraiser Home stager Whilst each of these participants plays a different, rather unique but interrelated role in the process, there is a number of important issues that all of these parties need…

Real Estate Agents: Guiding Home Sellers Through Rodent Dropping Cleanup

As a real estate agent, you undoubtedly are committed to providing a full spectrum of professional services to your clients who depend on you to sell your home in a timely manner and for an appropriate price. As a real estate agent, you are called upon by your clients with some regularity to help them…

Real Estate Brokers and Rodent Issues at a Property: How You Should Advise Your Client About Rodent Droppings Cleanup

Real estate brokers have significant responsibilities and obligations when it comes to assisting their clients to make their way through the residential real estate market. Real estate brokers need to be at the top of their game when it comes to making sure that their clients are well informed about a myriad of issues associated…

Rodent Dropping Cleanup Before Listing a Residence

If you’re contemplating putting your home on the market, or if you are a Realtor working with a client preparing a residence for sale, you likely have been considering what needs to be done to properly stage the property. Home staging is summarized as a process designed to highlight the positive attributes of your home…

Four Signs You Need an Attic Cleanup

You must not overlook the care and maintenance. Some people do and they do so to their detriment. Part of properly caring for your attic is to appropriately clean the space. While a number of reasons exist for attic cleanup, four more commonplace situations necessitating attic cleaning are: Odors coming from attic Rodent infestation in…

Attic Maintenance: Keeping Your Home Safe and in Optimal Condition

If you are like a considerable segment of the population in California and across the United States, you probably are not paying enough attention to your attic. The reality is that you keep your home safe and in an optimal condition by regularly inspecting your attic and undertaking appropriate maintenance. There are a number of…

What to Look for in an Attic and Crawl Space Cleanup Service Los Angeles

A good number of people in the greater Los Angeles area have taken to engaging a so-called “jack of all trades” to tend to a variety of different needs at their homes. For example, these area residents hire a handywoman or handyman to tend to everything from painting to essential home repairs to yard work.…

Overview of Attic Decontamination

Lying in wait over your head in your home very well may be a dangerous mix of viruses, bacteria, mold, mildew, fungi, and other harmful substances. These potentially hazardous pathogens can be festering in your attic – but also end up being discharged throughout your home through the ventilation and HVAC systems. If you discover…

How to Get Rodents out of My Garage?

Rodent infestation of garages is a widespread problem in Southern California and across the United States. If you’ve found yourself facing the problem of a mouse or rat infestation n your garage, you may wonder what strategies are most effective when it comes to eliminating these varmints. There are different techniques you can use to…

Shielding Your Garage From Mice and Rats: A Proactive Approach to Protecting Against Rodent Infestation

Many residents of Southern California, and communities across the country, experience problems with rodents in their garages. Although there are strategies to eliminate mice and rats from garages after an infestation occurs, the ideal course is to avoid a rodent “invasion” in the first instance. There are a number of key steps you need to…

How to Seal Garage Doors and Windows to Keep Rodents Out

Rodents are drawn to buildings to obtain shelter, food, water, and safety from predators. As a consequence, garages prove to be prime locations where rodent infestations are prone to occur. While it’s one thing to know how to eradicate rodents that take up residence in your garage, the ideal course of action is to be…

Rodent Exclusion: How to Seal Rats and Mice Out of Your Home

A rodent infestation in your home can have catastrophic consequences. Mice and rats can do untold damage to your property. By way of example, a full 25 percent of all residential fires stem from rodents attacking electrical systems and exposing wires and starting blazes that many times consume a home. Rodents and their droppings also…

Rodent Infestation Facts: Identification and Control of These Potentially Dangerous Vermin

Over 20 million households in the United States seek professional assistance every year to eradicate rodents that have infested the premises. Odds are that at some juncture in time you will face the prospect of a mouse or rat infestation in your residence. For that reason, it is important to arm yourself with some basic,…