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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it was not uncommon for people to die from indoor air pollution and toxins, namely from carbon monoxide poisoning. Today we are aware such drastic dangers, but as this video demonstrates, we’re still allowing ourselves to be exposed to dangerous inhalants over time.
Radon, for example, is a naturally-occurring gas that leaches up from ground soil into many homes. It’s the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, and most people are exposed in their own homes over a period of years. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way: Radon detectors can highlight the problem so it can be eliminated.
Daso Cleaning & Water Damage Restoration performs a number of different services that can help improve the air quality in your home, including mold remediation, asbestos and lead abatement. For more information, call us today at (718) 893-0252.
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If you’d like to learn more about the benefits of using a professional cleaning team to deal with serious problems like hoarding and mold remediation, check out these articles and websites and call Daso Cleaning & Water Damage Restoration at (718) 893-0252:
- This article discusses the dangers of having squirrels in your home and why you should get your air ducts cleaned—dangers that include the possibility of fire—and how you can humanely trap the animals.
- The Mayo Clinic has a great overview about compulsive hoarding.
- The New York Times has an excerpt from Dirty Secret, a memoir by the adult child of a compulsive hoarder.
- Compulsive hoarders don’t just hoard things—they may also hoard animals. Read this article from The Columbus Dispatch to learn about a pair of compulsive hoarders who collected at least 21 cats before they were stopped.
- For more information about the clean-up process involved in taking care of the home of a compulsive hoarder, check out this article from The Orange County Register.
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People don’t generally think about their air ducts unless something goes wrong with them. But getting your air ducts cleaned on a routine basis is incredibly important for your health. Here are three reasons why:
Avoid Allergens
Because the air ducts in a house circulate air throughout the entire home, the air that they’re moving picks up particulates in each room it visits. Inevitably, some of these particulates are left behind in the air ducts—and eventually, it causes a thick, furry layer of dust to accumulate all throughout the duct system. Allowing this layer to form is extremely bad for the health of those living in the home, as it means allergy-causing particulates and dust will continue cycling through the house, irritating the eyes, noses, and throats of everyone in the building. In addition, rodents can infiltrate the ducts and leave behind their urine and feces, which are also human allergens.
Prevent Infestations
Air ducts are the perfect environment for rodents: They’re climate-controlled, they’re dark, and—if you are not having them cleaned regularly—they can remain undisturbed for years on end. But if you have your air ducts cleaned on a routine basis, the company that is performing the job will notice if there are signs of a rodent infestation and inform you of the problem. They’ll be able to remove any of the contaminants left behind, and even if the company doesn’t perform pest control themselves, you’ll at least know that you have a problem and will be aware that you need to hire an exterminator.
Prevent Home Fires
As discussed above, rodents can all too easily make air ducts their home. And unfortunately, rodents will chew through the electrical wiring that they gain access to elsewhere in the house because of the air ducts. A rodent chewing through wiring is the root cause of a truly alarming number of home fires, so it’s vital that you get your air ducts cleaned on a regular basis to make sure rodents are not nesting there.
If you want to keep your air ducts dust- and rodent-free, you should contact Daso Cleaning & Water Restoration. Daso Cleaning & Water Restoration performs air duct cleaning, mold and bed bug remediation, asbestos and lead abatement, and water and fire damage cleanup. For more information, call us at (718) 893-0252 today.
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Because of the rise of reality programming, Americans are becoming more and more aware of the mental illness known as compulsive hoarding. Shows like Hoarding and Hoarding: Buried Alive have given people who do not suffer from this illness a certain amount of insight into the problem, but just what exactly is hoarding and how do you clear a home full of hoarded objects?
Compulsive Hoarding
Compulsive hoarding is a condition that causes the patient to form an unhealthy attachment to objects and to gather large numbers of unnecessary belongings. Some compulsive hoarders actually have an obsessive compulsive disorder and are expressing it through their need to hoard, but compulsive hoarding is also a condition in its own right.
Whatever the cause of the issue may be, the symptoms are the same: Patients begin collecting useless items and cannot summon the emotional wherewithal to discard them. Unlike people who actually collect certain items, there’s no logic to the things that compulsive hoarders choose to keep, and they also neglect to organize them. The homes of compulsive hoarders are therefore crammed from top to bottom with belongings.
Cleaning the Home of a Compulsive Hoarder
As with many mental illnesses, compulsive hoarding cannot be treated unless the patient is receptive to that treatment. Cleaning the house won’t “cure” a compulsive hoarder; instead, cleaning the house is one of the last steps a compulsive hoarder has to take towards mental health.
Cleaning the home of a compulsive hoarder, however, often requires professional intervention. First, the cleaning company will have to get rid of the unsanitary trash items; furniture is also often removed for cleaning and so that the cleaning crew can evaluate the full scope of the issue. All other items are taken out of the home to be sorted later, and then the cleaning crew sanitizes the house and hauls away non-functional appliances if necessary. The owner and members of the cleaning crew also sort through the owner’s belongings; anything that the owner truly wants to keep is cleaned and returned to the house, while the rest is either thrown away or given to charity.
If you or someone you love suffers from compulsive hoarding and is ready to take the enormous step of having the home cleaned, you should get in touch with Daso Cleaning & Water Damage Restoration. Daso Cleaning & Water Damage Restoration handles all sorts of tough cleaning jobs, including cleaning the homes of compulsive hoarders, as well as performing water and fire damage cleanup, mold and bed bug remediation, and asbestos and lead abatement. For more information, call us at (718) 893-0252 today.
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As this video discusses, bed bugs have been part of human life for virtually the entirety of our history as a species, and although heavy-duty pesticides all but eradicated bed bugs in the United States after the 1940s, the bugs have recently made a comeback because the environmental and human consequences of using those insecticides were so catastrophic that their use had to be discontinued.
As the speakers in this video point out, it’s a good thing that those insecticides are no longer used, but because bed bugs are impervious to any of the pesticides sold to non-professionals, it’s impossible for a regular person to get rid of them without professional intervention. Therefore, if you think you might have a bed bug infestation, you need to contact a bed bug remediation company.
If you’re looking for a great bed bug remediation company, contact Daso Cleaning & Water Damage Restoration. Daso is a bed bug and mold remediation company that also performs fire cleanup and asbestos and lead abatement. For more information, call us at (718) 893-0252 today.
