A transition zone between town and country along the A7 corridor — one municipal address can mean a completely different kind of property.
Mould removal, odour removal, premises disinfection and ozone treatment — in detached and terraced houses, flats in newer developments and commercial units. We travel from Riga along the A7; we have no presence in Kekava.
In Kekava the most important practical question is not about method but about where exactly the property is. A terraced house in the centre, a detached house in a village and a rural property at the edge of the municipality are three different jobs, with different access, a different water supply arrangement and a different distance surcharge.
A private house has no shared ventilation riser and no property manager — everything is in one pair of hands, which is both easier and harder. Easier because one person decides. Harder because the house is on several levels and damp in one place tends to come from another.
More on this property type: private house disinfection, mould in the basement.
In a house it is nearly always worth looking at the basement and the roof space, even if the problem was reported on the living floor.
One more place worth looking at around Kekava: a garage or an outbuilding attached to the house. Those often have no heating and no ventilation, but they do share a wall with the living part, and damp crosses over from that side.
Off the mains networks, many houses have their own well or borehole and a septic tank or a local treatment plant. That changes how a smell problem is diagnosed, because the source may be entirely outside the house.
If it turns out the source is a septic tank vent or a dried-out gully trap, treatment is not needed. We say so even when it means there is no work in it for us. We do not do plumbing work, drainage or waterproofing.
In Kekava, residential developments built in the last few years stand alongside considerably older village stock. The causes in them are almost opposites, and separating the two is the main thing we do at an inspection.
In a new house it is more often about construction moisture and ventilation: concrete and screed give off water long after the building goes up, the windows are very tight, and if the mechanical ventilation has not been commissioned or has been switched off, the vapour has nowhere to go.
In an older house it is more often about the structure and water from outside: foundations without waterproofing, roof downpipes that end at the wall, and a sub-floor whose ventilation hatches have grown over. In the first case the answer starts with airing; in the second, with the path the water takes.
A practical example. A two-storey house with a basement: the smell is noticeable in the ground-floor hallway, but there is no sign of anything in the hallway itself. The inspection finds a band of damp along one basement wall, and the smell rises up through the stairwell and the floor structure. Treating the hallway would have been work in the wrong place.
In a house the smell nearly always comes from the lowest point — the basement, the sub-floor or the plant room.
That is exactly why in a house we inspect the whole building, not only the room we were called about. It does not change the price, but it often changes the scope — sometimes upward, sometimes downward. And if it turns out that treatment is not needed at all, we say that too.
Around Kekava many houses have their heating in their own hands — logs, pellets, a heat pump or gas — which means it is often set by cost rather than by what the rooms need. In a less-heated room kept cooler than the rest through winter, condensation settles first, and that is exactly where the patch appears in spring.
In summer the same house looks dry. If the patch goes in summer and comes back in winter, it is condensation, and then the answer starts with the airing regime and more even heating rather than with treatment. If the patch stays the same all year and worsens after rain, water is coming from outside. We ask you to settle that distinction when you enquire, because it changes what we are coming to do.
If the roof leaks, a pipe drips or the treatment plant is not working, a roofer or a plumber comes first. If the foundations have no waterproofing and water keeps coming into the basement, a builder is needed. If timber has gone soft rather than merely grown over, a structural specialist is needed — we do not assess the condition of load-bearing structures. Treatment removes what has grown, but it does not replace the repair that removes the cause.
Along the A7 and the bypass corridor Kekava has commercial development, production and retail sites. The conditions of the work there are different from a house.
Area, type of premises and what will remain on site during treatment.
On commercial premises we work outside business hours or at weekends — agreed in advance.
On site we assess the materials, the ventilation and the access. Inspection from €40.
We choose the method by the property, not by habit; over a large area the price is by the square metre.
Contract, invoice and handover record; we tell you when the space is usable.
On property types separately: production facility, warehouse, inspection. For companies we prepare a contract, an invoice and a handover record.
One-room flat from €55, two-room from €65, three-room from €75, four-room from €85, private house 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.
We cover both Kekava itself and the surrounding villages and rural areas. Within Riga travel is included in the price; outside Riga a surcharge applies by distance, so for a rural address it will be higher than for one in the centre. Nearest pages: Riga and Olaine. All prices →
We travel to the surrounding villages and rural addresses as well. The price for the work is the same; what differs is the distance surcharge outside Riga, which is higher for a more distant address. We give the exact figure once we have the address.
First the septic tank or treatment plant vent should be checked, along with whether a trap has dried out. If that is the cause, treatment is not needed and we say so. Disinfection is the right call once the smell has already soaked into the finishes and furniture.
Depending on the method and the area — from a few hours to half a day, plus airing. We give the exact figure before the work so it can be planned around; outside Riga that matters all the more, because coming back later the same day is usually not practical.
Describe the situation — we will tell you whether treatment is needed at all, and which one.
Fill in the form — we will call you on the number you provide, ask a few clarifying questions and propose a solution.
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