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Quick cleanup after 1: someone's fly tipped rubbis

Quick cleanup after 1: someone's fly tipped rubbish, and 2: the local little angels got bored!
Doesn't take long, and with a good wash down after, its pretty much back to how it was (apart from the grass!)

Sometimes, it's best just to rip it out and bin it

Sometimes, it's best just to rip it out and bin it!

Just a quick post to show what we can actually fin

Just a quick post to show what we can actually find in houses. Very difficult to just shovel out, it needs to be hand picked, due to the compaction of the rubbish from the weight, people walking over it, and the general decomposition. When the rubbish is finally bagged, it can take between 4 and 5 times the space it was before due to the expansion when its pulled out.

Pictures of the cleaning process/finished works fr

Pictures of the cleaning process/finished works from previous post. In total we removed just under 17 tonnes of rubbish. 6.5 tonnes was in just one room, made up mainly of used incontinence pads, and approximately 3-400 open 2 litre bottles of urine, taking 4.5 days to clear that one room. Certainly a challenge!
The client was sure that the bathroom and kitchen weren't salvageable. The kitchen was completely cleaned in 1 day, saving the client approximately £4000. The bathroom will be replaced though, as the dated sanitary ware was due for changing. As such, we removed the toilets as they were filthy...why walk when you can ride!
In total its taken 12 days to clear the property with 2 technicians in attendance, and a further 4 days to clean and sanitise the property ready for trades to enter.

Recent project we're working on, chipping away a c

Recent project we're working on, chipping away a couple days a week amongst other jobs. Currently we're up to 12 tonnes of rubbish, 4.5 from just one room (and still emptying).

The recent pandemic has opened up a can of worms f

The recent pandemic has opened up a can of worms for us. The pictures are all of separate properties we've dealt with just other the past month. There's hoarders, hoarders with burst pipes, thousands of used incontinence pads, unattended deaths, suicides and so on. We've found that, people who were flying below the radar for years, have suddenly popped up due to extra problems.

Often on job evaluations, the client will ask 'can

Often on job evaluations, the client will ask 'can you just clean it up and make it look good?'

The following pictures show that a knowledge of how fluids move and react to surfaces affects the job process.

This was a recent unattended death, with approximately 4 weeks decomposition before the body was found. Although the photos aren't a fantastic example of 'fluid travel', they do highlight that what you think should be done to remediate the scene by what you see on the surface, isn't always the proper process to complete the works safely and hygienically. In this particular case, as with most traumas on carpet, the fluids look minimal on the surface but spread out as they go through the layers of carpet and eventually hit the floor surface. We've had cases of contaimination on the surface being approximately 2 or 3 Square inches, but as its travelled through the layer of underlay and hit the floor surface, its covered approximately 2 or 3 Square feet!

We've had body fluids end up in all sorts of places you wouldn't expect. Whether its cases like this where it only looks a small area on the surface, and spreads out as it goes through the layers. Or the fluids travelling through floor boards into partition walls that need removing in floors below. Or in unusual places after suicides/drug use.

These jobs require our full attention. So radio off, no-one on site but technicians, and 'check, check, double check!'.

Yet another fire damage property. Sadly the scene

Yet another fire damage property.

Sadly the scene of a serious assault/murder. The tenant was badly beaten, and 2 fires set within the property in an attempt to 'hide' evidence.

A significant amount of items were cleared before we could restore the property back to a condition that the trades could enter. In major fires, the items that are within usually burn heavily, can melt, and 'stick' to surfaces and other items. Especially when near to the major part of the fire, most items require a lot of extra handling and manipulation to extract them from the property.

This particular property also needed specialist deodorising to eliminate the smell of the fire, but also the odours left from the tenants injuries

Recent property clearance in a stunning part of th

Recent property clearance in a stunning part of the west coast, in preparation for a full restoration.

The 'round trip' for this property was approximately 200 miles, with 3 days worth of work to clear the property, empty the rubbish from the sheds and garden, and demolish and remove all rotten outbuildings.

The particular challenge with this proeprty was the location, but also the deterioration of the property. The roof/dormer windows had rotten through. So if you look carefully at the upper rooms (rooms in the eaves of the roof), you can see green areas, which is heavy damp areas, covered in self seeded ferns and algae. This meant the floors were rotten, causing a significiant access problem. Bracing, boarding and PPE to reduce risk was implemented throughout.

We never use skips, as we find the costs are inevitably just as expensive, if not more so, than the use of our own trailers, when you take into consideration the delivery and pickup costs of the skip, the need for permits after 24 hours if its on a public area, and the temptation of others dumping items in them too. And we do the work to move the rubbish, not you!

Recent fire damage restoration, to enable other tr

Recent fire damage restoration, to enable other trades to have a starting point to get it back to a liveable condition.

The tenant had a lot of cardboard, paper etc accumulated in the bedroom, and a laptop charger over heated, causing a significant fire.
The bedroom was decimated, and the remainder of the flat had heavy smoke damage, including the communal stairwell.

Full clearance of all items (except a couple of salvageable bits of furniture, and personal items), then a full restoration of all surface areas, walls, ceilings, floors, fixtures and fittings.

Today, we'll be mostly dealing with wannabe electr

Today, we'll be mostly dealing with wannabe electricians!

The rule of thumb when we enter a property: presume nothing, check everything!

In both these properties recently, the power was on when we entered, so the potential for elecyric shock was extremely high. The first picture is a metal framed electric heater. The second picture is a kettle 'plugged' in. It had a 2nd plug plugged in over the bare cables, with its 2" cut cord camouflaged with with cable in the picture. When we removed it, this is what we found.

Although we came away unscathed with these particular examples, we have come across fire damaged properties where a plug in air freshener has caught alight, and the only evidence left that they were the culprit were the pins left in the socket. All the rest had dissolved in the heat.

Plug-in air fresheners, fluff clogged tumble dryers, hair straighteners, unattended candles are some of the worst offenders. Surprisingly kettles too. Make sure they're turned off when not in use If the base of the kettle is getting hot when plugged in, but with cold water in it, then throw it away!

Another sewage remediation today. The soil stack f

Another sewage remediation today. The soil stack from the upstairs flat had become disconnected at a joint in the ceiling of the ground floor flat, so raw sewage from the bathroom upstairs was vacating the system, running down the pipework and into the solum.

Surprisingly, there wasn't a strong smell, hence why it had gone on for so long!

Luckily the sub-floor was concrete, and was poured between the dwarf walls, over plastic sheeting. So the contamination was well contained in a strip of the house approximately 2 metres wide, and the length of the house, through the lounge and bathroom.

All sediment is removed, a full decontamination of any pollutants, drying, and then disinfection.

All in, a much easier job than our last post, due to the solid floors rather than soil.

Apologies for no 'before' photos

Sewage remediation after it was discovered the kit

Sewage remediation after it was discovered the kitchen sink drain pipe has been disconnected for some time. All the water from the sink was pouring into the solum. Food waste, fat, soap etc.

Although there was plastic sheeting over a large area of the solum, much of the waste had spilled over the edge, so a large amount of contaminated soil had to be dug out (approx. 3.5 tonnes) and removed from the property, covering the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. The area was then disinfected, and made ready for the owners to re-sheet and seal with a sand covering.

Visited a house today outside of work, and was rem

Visited a house today outside of work, and was remarkable the transformation that has been made. This property was cleared and cleaned in 2014, and the new owners then took possession and transformed it into a beautiful home.

Certainly not the worst we've done by any means, but still a challenge with a total of 10-12 tonnes removed (if memory serves correctly!). The previous owner loved her cats! The 'candy floss' hanging from the ceiling of the conservatory in the first picture was cat hair, where the cats would sleep in the roof space.

The previous owner had lived there for most of her life till she went into care shortly before the property was sold. Sadly we can get into the rhythm of grabbing items and taking them for recycling, but forgetting that this was someones accumulation of 70/80 years of their life. It's a nice reminder for us when we look over photos from years ago to always be sensitive to the feelings of the owner when we work on future properties. If we can find any personal items, they're always put aside for the owner to pick what they want from.

This particular property had very little salvagable items, but by request of the owner, we saved the organ, cleaned it up, had it serviced, and then delivered it to the care home communal area where she carried on playing for the enjoyment of other residents!

Not business this time, but the owner of Stanyer c

Not business this time, but the owner of Stanyer cleaning Services is doing a 66 mile bike ride round Loch Ness, Scotland in April 2020. If you fancy some brownie points, then Visit www.justgiving.com/STUART-STANYER
and drop some coins in!

A usual day at the office! Waste disposal makes u

A usual day at the office!

Waste disposal makes up a large proportion of our work. We choose to work with companies who maximise their recycling facilities, and as such, we estimate that only 5-10% of our waste goes to landfill. Any fabrics, plastics, metals, wood, organic matter etc, is recycled.
Today, we've been disposing of kitchen appliances we've accumulated in storage! Fridges and TV's are the most expensive to recycle because of the chemicals and gases in them. But that doesn't mean we skimp on costs. We choose companies that both recycle, and dispose in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

Recent fire damage restoration after an arson atta

Recent fire damage restoration after an arson attack. Our remit was to clear the property, and clean the property to a point where the decorators could come in and return the property to a letable standard. The kitchen is restored first, with all units cleaned and deodourised. All walls, ceilings, floors, fixtures and fittings throughout the property are then cleaned.

Smoke damage invariably gets everywhere, so every effort is made to get into, behind or underneath everything. Removing fixtures and fittings like radiators, covers of fans etc is the usual practice, otherwise the odour of smoke will leach back out after all works are completed.

It's not just a case of cleaning and wiping off soot. 20 years of experience has taught us the right chemicals and mixtures, the right application techniques and the correct methods/routines to come up with the best possible outcome.

In this case, the only thing that may need replaced was the bath. Because of the heat of the fire, the enamel warms up and absorbs the soot, and once cooled isn't removable.

Once we're complete, the painters will use an oil based stain block over all painted surfaces to seal in any stains, before an application of the usual emulsion paint.

Completion of the property. Although the property

Completion of the property. Although the property was in a poor condition due to the extensive damage done by poor maintenance, quantity and quality of rubbish, and rodent infestations, the property was left clear and hygienic for the owner to start returning the property to a habitable condition.

After clearance of same property

After clearance of same property

Recent clearance locally that has been ranked no.2

Recent clearance locally that has been ranked no.2 in the worst ones we've completed. I've split this into 3 posts...beginning, during, finished. In total, we removed over 15 tonnes of rubbish from a 2 bed bungalow. We faced extensive rotting rubbish, rat infestations, dead snakes, loaded firearms, mould, and challenging levels of dirt. A total of 12 man days were needed to clear and clean this property to a level that was clear and sanitary.

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