Hazard to Health Clearouts
Sometimes a home has become out of control with hoarding and has become hazardous to the health of the occupants and those who enter the premises. Stale food, piles of rubbish, infestations from rodents are typical in a heavily hoarded home.
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At Clearout NI we specialise in dealing with a hazard to health clearout with care and respect. We try to make the process as least traumatic for the client as possible.
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The Importance of a Hazard to Health Clean-up
If you or a loved one believe the home is a hazard to health you need to act now. Why?
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Preventing Disease Transmission
Pathogens are transmitted through blood, body fluids, and infectious agents. A Hazard to Health Clean-up decontaminates and disinfects to prevent disease spread. Heavily hoarded homes often have human and animal excrement, both both pets and unwanted vermin.
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Protecting Emergency Service Workers
Heavily hoarded homes are prone to fires and the resident's having accidents, especially falls. The first people to respond to these incidents are emergency workers and it is essential to reduce the exposure of emergency workers to poisonous substances.
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Restoring a Safe Environment
Collapse of belongings, collapse of infrastructure, leaking pipes, broken ceilings, rotted floorboards etc are common within heavily hoarded homes. Fire, Flood and Accidents can damage a property with harmful elements. A Hazard to Health clean-up aims to remove the most dangerous materials so that tradespeople and social workers can enter the property to start renovations and support the occupants.
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Legal and Regulatory Compliance
The Environmental Health Agency has strict t health hazard removal standards. Breaking these guidelines can result in legal trouble. Professional health hazard clean-up follows these rules.
The Process of a Hazard to Health
Clean-up
1. Assessment
We start with an assessment of the property to ascertain the level of the situation. This assessment pinpoints dangers and contaminants. It also tries to identify what it may be possible to save in the property
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2. Evacuation
Occupants of the home often have to leave the home for the duration of the clean-up operations
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3. Removal of personal belongings and furniture
During these types of clean-ups most belongings have perished beyond salvageable. Water damage, human and animal urine, mould and other contaminates render the items hazardous to health.
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4. Removal and Disposal
Hazardous contaminants are carefully removed. Safety gear and specific equipment are needed to handle these substances. Legal disposal of hazardous waste.
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5. Cleaning and Decontamination
Decontamination is done using the right disinfectants and cleaners. To keep the place secure and eliminate infections, this procedure is essential. We use trade-rated, strong chemicals such as CHlor-clean which is used in hospital sanitation.
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6. Restoration
Depending on the damage, restoration may be needed. Repainting and structural repairs may be needed to restore the area. The appropriate tradespeople can be arranged for repairs where necessary.
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7. Return to the home
We support the client and their family with the return and reintegration to the home. We help source and replace items of furniture and kitchenware etc where necessary.
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What services are included in a Hazard to Health Clean-up?
We will do the following:
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Assessment
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Removal and safe storage of personal items from the home where possible
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Waste removal management eg skips
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Bagging up and removing of all rubbish
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Booking local council bulky waste collections
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Deep cleaning and disinfecting the home
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Garden strimming, hedge cutting and general tidying
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Gutter cleaning, moss cleaned off the roof etc and checking all drainage working properly
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Sourcing second-hand replacement items such as sofas, tables, chairs, cookers, microwaves etc
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Re-introduction of client to the home
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Recommended ongoing Therapeutic Cleaner visits every 2 weeks to keep on top of the home (optional)