COVID-19 Disinfection for Rondebosch East homes and businesses

Rondebosch East is a quiet residential suburb of family homes, tidy gardens and long-established households. Most of the work we do here is keeping well-kept houses free of the pests that drift in from the busier roads and open land around it.

Hygiene & disinfection in Rondebosch East: what we see

Mosques, madrassas, schools and community halls often book disinfection before busy periods and gatherings.

The suburb sits on flat ground on the western edge of the Cape Flats, with sandy soil and open spaces such as school fields nearby. The Black River corridor and the M5 run to the west. Winters bring heavy rain and some stormwater ponding, while summers are hot and windy.

Homes are mostly single-storey brick houses on decent-sized plots, many extended with second storeys, granny flats or garages over the years. Tiled roofs with timber trusses are the norm. Extensions often leave small gaps where new roof meets old, and that's where rats and mynas get in. Several mosques, schools and small businesses along the main roads have their own pest needs.

Worth knowing

Disinfection is not a substitute for ventilation. In a Cape Town winter it is tempting to keep everything closed, but fresh air does a lot of the work for you.

Tell-tale signs

1. A client, landlord or head office has asked for proof that the premises were disinfected.
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. Several people in the same office or household have fallen ill within a few days of each other.

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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Prevention that actually works

• Place hand sanitiser at entrances, the kitchen and the till, and keep it topped up.
• Stop sharing headsets, pens and keyboards between shifts where you can avoid it.
• Open windows where you can. Cape Town's south-easter is good for something, and moving air dilutes airborne virus.
• Put a daily wipe-down of handles, switches and shared phones on someone's task list, not just the cleaner's.
• Keep people at home when they are sick. It does more than any amount of spraying.

Pricing, honestly

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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