COVID-19 Disinfection for Llandudno homes and businesses

Llandudno is a small, steep village tucked between Little Lion's Head and the Karbonkelberg, with Victoria Road above and a sandy cove below. There are no shops here, so the pests we deal with come almost entirely from the mountain, the sea and the houses themselves.

Llandudno: what drives hygiene & disinfection here

Holiday rentals benefit from a disinfection between guests. It's also worth doing after any rodent activity has been cleared out of a house that stood empty.

Fynbos covers the slopes right up to the back walls, and the granite boulders hold heat and shelter all sorts of crawling life. The South-Easter funnels over the mountain in summer, while winter storms push salt spray and damp up from the beach. Sandy Bay and the coastal path lie just to the south.

Homes are large, individual houses built into the granite slopes, many on several levels with timber decks, glass and big overhangs. Holiday homes can stand empty for weeks, and that's when rodents and wasps move in undisturbed. Retaining walls and boulders built into gardens leave plenty of hollows for rats and scorpions.

From the technician

A common mistake is to fog first and wipe later. Dirt and grease shield viruses from disinfectant, so we clean the high-touch points before the fogger goes on.

What gives them away

1. Several people in the same office or household have fallen ill within a few days of each other.
2. You are about to reopen a space that was closed because of illness.
3. Normal cleaning has been done, but nobody has wiped door handles, light switches and lift buttons properly.
4. A client, landlord or head office has asked for proof that the premises were disinfected.
5. Shared equipment such as till points, keyboards, phones and kitchen counters is used by many hands every day.
6. A staff member, resident or regular visitor has tested positive or gone home sick with flu-like symptoms.

How the treatment works

We start with the boring part that matters most: wiping down high-touch surfaces by hand with a suitable disinfectant, because fogging alone does not scrub a greasy door handle. Then we fog the rooms with a ULV fogger, which puts out a fine mist that settles on surfaces, including the ones nobody thinks to wipe. We choose products that are suitable for the surfaces and the people who will use the space, and we tell you how long to keep the area closed before re-entry. Electronics are covered or wiped rather than soaked. Afterwards you get a short report listing the areas treated and the product used.

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Stopping a repeat visit

• Stop sharing headsets, pens and keyboards between shifts where you can avoid it.
• Know who to phone before you need it, so a positive case does not turn into a day of scrambling.
• Place hand sanitiser at entrances, the kitchen and the till, and keep it topped up.
• Keep people at home when they are sick. It does more than any amount of spraying.
• Open windows where you can. Cape Town's south-easter is good for something, and moving air dilutes airborne virus.

How much will it cost?

The cost depends mostly on floor area and how many separate rooms need fogging. Heavy furniture, lots of electronics or food preparation areas take more time because they need careful wiping and covering. After-hours or weekend work and repeat treatments during an ongoing outbreak also affect the quote, which is free.

A household with one sick person can do a decent job with gloves, a disinfectant and some discipline about door handles and the bathroom. For an office, a shop or a care facility, I would get it done professionally, partly for the thoroughness and partly because you get a written record that it was done properly.

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