The following terms and definitions can help you better communicate with your local attic cleaning service and crawl space decontamination service.
attic
A space immediately below the roof of a home is known as an attic. Not usually a room meant to be used as living space, attics can be used for storage and are often the location of insulation, wiring, piping, and roof access.
Also known as: attic space, house attic, storage attic
attic inspection services
Attic inspection services are provided by certified, licensed, insured crawl space and attic cleaning companies. Attic inspections can be physical and/or video inspections and can identify problems with moisture, damage, pests, rodents, rodent or pest activity, debris, rubbish, air flow, energy efficiency, or other issues that need to be addressed for a cleaner attic and healthier air quality in the home.
Also known as: attic inspections, annual attic inspection services
attic decontamination services
When toxic or potentially dangerous substances like mold, rodent waste, and pest debris are present in attics, decontamination and deep cleaning can prevent them from attracting more rodents or being spread throughout your home and causing allergies or other reactions. Local crawl space and attic decontamination services can help.
Also known as: attic cleaning, attic sterilization, attic sanitation, attic sanitization services
attic solutions
Most people only use their attics for storage, if that. But moisture, pests, odors, heat, debris, insulation degradation, and other problems can create the need for attic solutions that keep attics clean, healthy, and useable. Attic solutions from local attic cleaning services can also keep air within the home clean by virtue of prevention of the transfer of unhealthy air from the attic to the home.
Also known as: attic decontamination, attic cleaning, attic encapsulation, attic dehumidification services
attic vacuum services
Attic vacuums are generally used to remove old or degrading attic insulation. These attic vacuums can remove loose fill attic insulation, pests, pest and rodent waste, debris and rubbish. Good attic cleaning companies can provide attic vacuum services.
Also known as: attic vacuum, insulation removal, rodent waste vacuuming, attic rubbish vacuuming services
crawl space
Low or shallow, unfinished areas found under the first floor of a home or under a roof are known as crawl spaces. Most are too small for an average adult to stand in, hence the term crawl space. These areas often allow access to plumbing and electrical systems and may be used for storage. Crawl spaces can become contaminated by rodents, pests, mold, debris and rubbish, or other material and should be regularly inspected and cleaned for safety and health reasons.
Also known as: crawl space, crawlway
crawl space decontamination
If toxic or harmful items like mold, rodent waste, and pest debris are present in crawl spaces, decontamination can prevent them from attracting more rodents or being spread throughout your home and causing allergies or other reactions. Local crawl space and attic decontamination services can help.
Also known as: crawl space cleaning, crawl space sterilization, crawl space sanitation, sanitization services for crawl spaces
crawl space inspections
It may be clear what’s wrong with your attic, or it may require an attic or crawl space inspection by a certified, licensed, insured crawl space and attic cleaning company. Attic inspections and crawl space inspections can be physical and video inspections and can look for moisture, damage, pests, rodents, rodent or pest activity, debris, rubbish, air flow, energy efficiency, or other problems.
Also known as: inspection of crawl space, annual crawl space inspection services
crawl space remediation
When crawl spaces become infested with pests, rodent waste, debris, mold, and other damaging materials, local crawl space remediation and restoration services can help. This includes removal of toxic and harmful materials, pest waste, rubbish, and other debris. Most can also restore the crawl space to a healthier environment, which leads to a healthier home.
Also known as: crawl space restoration, pest decontamination, rodent decontamination, mold decontamination in crawl space
crawl space solutions
Crawl space solutions offered by good crawl space cleaning companies can include crawl space encapsulation, crawl space repair, humidity and water removal, energy efficiency, pest removal, rodent prevention, moisture barriers, vapor barriers, and more.
Also known as: crawl space encapsulation, crawl space water removal, crawl space dehumidifiers, crawl space rodent prevention, vapor barrier for crawl space
crawl space water removal
Like with attics, crawl spaces can experience water and moisture problems. This can create mold, dry rot, mildew, and structural problems if it’s left untreated for too long. Good crawl space cleaning services can provide water removal and moisture treatments in crawl spaces, as well as moisture barriers, crawl space vapor barriers, and dehumidifying and venting solutions.
Also known as: crawl space moisture removal, moisture removal from crawl space, water removal from crawl space
drying wet attic
Wetness and moisture can cause mold, mildew, structural damage, and other problems. That’s also true in attics. Rain water that seeps into the attic, moisture that can’t get out of the attic, and standing water or steam and moisture can create unhealthy air that spawns mold spores, damages structures, and degrade surfaces. Good attic cleaning companies offer moisture removal and water drying services in attics, as well as installing permanent attic moisture drying systems and attic moisture solutions like vapor and moisture barriers.
Also known as: removal of moisture in attic, attic drying, attic moisture removal, attic water removal, attic dehumidifying services
odor removal
Rodent waste, mold and other contaminants can make crawl spaces and attics smell musty or worse. And that odor can invade your home via ventilation systems and air transfer, and the presence of rodent urine can act as a welcome sign to other rodents. Good attic and crawl space cleaning companies can provide odor removal for crawl spaces and odor treatments for attics. This may include waste removal and decontamination of insulation and surfaces.
Also known as: attic odor removal, attic odor abatement, crawl space odor removal, crawl space odor elimination, rodent odor removal, pest odor decontamination
pest decontamination services
Pests like spiders, ants, termites, and rodents like mice, rats, squirrels, and raccoons create messes including urine, feces, nests, structure destruction, and other problems. And not only do they create messes that are both physical and odor-related, their waste can signal to other pests and rodents that your crawl space or attic is a good place to live. So it’s important that any local crawl space or attic cleaning service you hire not only clean the visible debris but also provide pest and rodent decontamination services that also remove urine and scents that can continue to contaminate homes.
Also known as: attic pest decontamination services, crawl space pest decontamination services, rodent waste decontamination, rodent urine sanitizing, attic sanitizing, crawl space sanitizing
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