Disinfection in Baldone

Who the service suits

We travel out to Baldone and carry out sanitary treatment of premises: mould removal, odour removal, ozone treatment, and treatment after flooding, a sewage incident or a long spell standing empty. The properties here are most often detached houses, older buildings with timber structures, rural properties outside the centre and small-scale commercial premises.

We have no premises and no staff in Baldone — we travel on request and agree a specific day. For a small town and rural properties that means one practical thing: we plan the work so that as much as possible is done in a single call-out, rather than driving out twice.

Older buildings and timber structures

In an older building the material behaves differently from concrete and plasterboard. Timber takes up moisture and gives it back slowly, so a problem there develops over a longer period and also dries out over a longer one. The consequence is that the visible patch is often smaller than the actual zone — the growth has gone under the finish, behind board cladding or under a skirting.

1Bottom log courses and the floor zoneThe closest point to the ground and usually the coolest. If the soil around the foundations stays damp for long periods, the problem starts exactly there — and that is exactly where it goes unnoticed, because a skirting or cladding covers it.

2Uneven heatingIf only part of the house is heated, the unheated rooms become a condensation zone. Warm air from the heated part reaches the cold room and settles on the walls.

3Stoves and chimney fluesIn older houses the draught often depends on a chimney flue. Brick it up or stop using it and you also lose the air exchange that kept the building dry for years.

In practice that changes the order of work. First we establish how far the problem has gone under the finish, and only then talk about scope and price. Sometimes the conclusion is that part of the finish has to come off before treatment makes any sense at all — we say so honestly, even when it means the work is postponed.

In an older building the visible patch is usually the smaller part of the problem. That is why an inspection here is not a formality.

Wooded and hilly surroundings

The area around Baldone is wooded and hilly, and historically this is a place of sulphur springs and damper ground. For a specific house that translates not into "there is mould here" but into a list of things worth checking.

How rainwater runs across the ground — away from the house or towards it. On a hillside water goes to the lowest point, and the foundations may be exactly there.
Whether damp lingers in the basement or cellar after rain and in spring.
Whether the façade on the shaded, tree-enclosed side dries out at all.
Whether a distinctive smell comes from the water and the drains or from the room — those are two completely different problems with different answers.

That last point matters more in Baldone than elsewhere: if the smell comes from the tap water or a drain, it is not a matter for premises disinfection, and we will say so straight away rather than after a call-out. If the smell is in the room and has soaked into materials, odour removal or ozone treatment helps.

What changes the price and the scope

On small-town and rural properties the price is set in practice not by the name of the town but by four things, and they can all be established in the first conversation.

1The affected areaWe charge mould treatment by the square metre, from €1.50/m², with a minimum from €80. That means a very small patch costs no less than a somewhat larger one — the minimum covers the call-out and the work.

2Whether finishes must come offIf the growth is under wallpaper, board cladding or a soft plasterboard surface, it will have to come off before treatment makes sense. How much has to be removed changes both the time and the area.

3Number of rooms and accessibilityFive small rooms take longer than one room of the same total size, and cluttered rooms have to be cleared before we start.

4DistanceWithin Riga travel is included in the price; outside Riga a surcharge applies by distance. On the edge of the Baldone area that is a real factor, so we state it before setting off, not on the invoice.

Why we start with an inspection

In older and rural buildings a description over the phone is almost never enough to name a scope. So here, more often than in a standard flat, we start with an inspection — mould inspection from €40.

Enquiry

Age of the building, construction, area and where exactly the patch or the smell is.

Inspection on site

Moisture readings, checking the finish behind the wall, the basement and foundation zone.

Description of scope and cause

We say how large an area has to be worked on and whether some of the finish must come off.

Treatment

We work to the agreed scope in one call-out where that is possible.

Advice

We set out what needs putting right in the building so the treatment lasts longer.

What we do not do: waterproofing, drainage, roof repair, insulation and installing ventilation. Those are building works. We also do not assess the condition of load-bearing structures — if an inspection shows the damage goes deeper than the finishes, we advise bringing in a structural specialist.

Call-outs to Baldone and around it

We cover the town of Baldone and the properties around it. On the periphery the building is scattered and approach conditions vary — road surface, snow in winter, narrow tracks. Say so when you enquire; it changes the planning. Nearby we also work here: Balozi and Iecava.

Prices

Flats: one-room from €55, two-room from €65, three-room from €75, four-room from €85. Private houses from €95. Commercial premises: up to 100 m² €1.20/m², 100–300 m² €0.90/m², 300–1000 m² €0.70/m². Mould: inspection from €40, treatment from €1.50/m², minimum from €80. Ozone treatment €1.20/m², minimum €60.

Within Riga travel is included in the price; outside Riga a surcharge applies by distance. All prices →

Frequently asked questions

The house is outside the Baldone centre, down a gravel road. Will you come?

Yes. Please give the precise address and the approach conditions when you enquire, especially in winter. Outside Riga there is a surcharge depending on distance, and we state it before setting off.

Can you name a price over the phone for an old timber house?

Usually not. In an older building the visible patch is often smaller than the actual zone under the finish, so the scope can only be established honestly on site. Mould inspection is from €40, and after it the price is specific.

The smell comes from the water, not from the room. Do you deal with that?

No. If the smell comes from the tap water or a drain, it is not a premises treatment matter, and we will say so straight away rather than after a call-out. We work with smells that have soaked into the materials and textiles of the rooms.