Here the constraint is usually not the method but the working window — and how gently one is allowed to work with historic finishes.
In the Riga Centre we come out to offices, hotel and catering premises, retail units, the ancillary spaces of public buildings, and to flats in art nouveau and pre-war masonry houses. We carry out mould removal, odour removal, ozone treatment and disinfection after flooding, a sewage failure or long vacancy.
We have no premises and no permanent staff in the district — we travel out on request and agree a specific day and hour. In Riga travel is included in the price, and we do not promise an arrival time to the hour.
In the Centre the schedule is often the harder part, not the treatment.
In art nouveau and pre-war houses the finishes are often original: moulded plaster, timber panelling, paintwork, decorative ceilings. We are not restorers of historic interiors and we do not pretend to be. What we do is adapt the method and the products to the particular surface, and agree the approach with the owner or the building manager before we start.
The physics in a thick masonry building is distinctive. The wall absorbs moisture for a long time and gives it back slowly, so after a leak the drying is measured in weeks, not days. Treat too early and the result does not hold, and the work has to be repeated. So sometimes the best thing we can say is "wait and dry it".
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In a hotel, an office or a shop the method of treatment is the same as in a flat. Only the timing differs. After fogging or ozone treatment the space has to stay empty for a while and then be aired, so we plan the work at night, early in the morning, or on a day when the space is not in use.
Property descriptions: office, restaurant and café, ozone treatment, odours.
In a commercial property the time window is usually short, so preparation is not a formality — how much we get through in one night depends on it. The biggest difference comes from how clear the walls and the surfaces we are treating are.
In a restaurant or café the space has to be aired and the work surfaces wiped down before opening, so the window has to be longer than the treatment itself. A hotel room is usually easier to clear than a kitchen or a store, where the fittings are fixed. In an office the commonest hold-up is documents and equipment left on the desks.
Tell us how many hours of window we have — the scope follows from that, not the other way round.
If a property has both an office part and a store or kitchen part, we inspect them separately. They usually have a different cause and a different preparation time, and treating both in one evening is not always possible.
In the Centre, driving up and parking are a real planning factor. At some addresses you can only stop briefly, entry to the inner courtyard is by code or through a gate, and in an old building there is often no lift. The equipment then has to be carried up the stairs. It does not affect the price; it does affect the time.
So it is worth saying in your enquiry the floor, whether there is a lift, how you get into the courtyard and who will meet us. Those three lines usually save more time than anything else.
The street side and the courtyard side of the same address dry at different rates — so we inspect them separately.
The courtyard side in the Centre is a question of its own. In a dense block the inner courtyard gets little direct sun, the air there moves weakly, and after rain the façade dries noticeably more slowly than on the street side. If your premises are in a courtyard block or have windows onto the courtyard, say so — we inspect them differently from a street-side space.
If the property also has a cellar or basement space, we inspect it separately from the upper floors. In an old building's cellar the temperature is low all year round, and a smell from there reaches the floors above through the stairwell and the service routes: mould in the cellar.
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A business usually needs a written record alongside the work — what was treated, on what date and over what area. We prepare that and hand it to the responsible person. We do not replace a description of what was actually done with promises about a result we cannot verify.
At handover we say three practical things: how long the space has to stay empty, how long it has to be aired, and from what point it can be used for its intended purpose again. In catering premises we additionally say which surfaces have to be wiped down before opening.
If the inspection shows the cause is in the fabric of the building — the roof, the gutters, the pipework or the ventilation system — we say so openly and do not offer treatment as the solution. In cases like that the conversation usually has to be with the building manager rather than the tenant: for property managers.
Flats: 1-room from €55, 2-room from €65, 3-room from €75, 4-room from €85. Private houses from €95. Commercial premises by area: 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.
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We are not restorers and we do not pretend to be. What we do: test the surface in a small, unseen spot, choose the gentlest product that works in the particular case, and agree with the owner what will be treated. If the approach is not safe, we say so and do not take the job on.
Yes, and in the Centre that is usual. After treatment the space has to stay empty for a while and be aired, so we plan the work outside opening hours. Tell us how many hours of window there are — how much we get through in one session depends on it.
In thick old masonry the drying is measured in weeks, not days, because the wall absorbs a lot and releases it slowly. There is no point treating earlier — the result does not hold. At the inspection we measure the wall and say whether work can start.
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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