A pedestrian zone, delivery windows and cellars under old buildings — here the work starts with planning, not with equipment.
In Old Town we work with hotel, catering, office, retail and residential premises in masonry buildings from the medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and later periods. 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 staff in the district — we travel out on request. In Riga travel is included in the price, but in Old Town more than anywhere else it matters to agree the time in advance, because vehicle entry and deliveries are regulated.
In Old Town the schedule and the access are part of the job, not an administrative formality.
Under many Old Town buildings there are deep masonry cellars, and they deserve an inspection of their own. The temperature there is low and stable all year and the air moves weakly, and in summer the opposite of what you would expect happens: warm, humid outside air that gets into a cool cellar cools down and gives up its moisture onto the walls. Airing such a cellar on a summer day can make things worse, not better.
More on the mechanism: mould in the cellar. If the problem is a smell rather than a visible patch: odour removal.
The buildings here carry the highest degree of heritage protection. We are not restorers and we do not take on reinstating historic surfaces. Our work is sanitary treatment of premises, and in a heritage property that means adapting the method and the products to the particular surface and agreeing every step with the owner or the building manager.
If the inspection shows the cause of the problem is in the fabric — the foundations, the roof, the gutters — we say so openly and do not offer treatment as the solution.
In Old Town it is often impossible to bring equipment right up to the door at any given moment. Vehicle entry is regulated, the streets are narrow, parking is scarce, and many buildings have no lift. In practice that means the work has to be planned for a specific hour and some of the equipment carried by hand.
Property descriptions: restaurant, office, ozone treatment. Next door: the Riga Centre and Maskavas forstate.
Give the address, the floor, the area, whether there is a lift and what the street's delivery window is.
We agree an hour with the owner or building manager and establish who will let us in.
We measure the moisture in the wall, look at the cellar and test the product in an unseen spot.
We work in the agreed window; in thick masonry we allow for a longer drying time.
We say how long the space has to stay empty, how long to air it and what to sort out so the problem does not return.
How long the space has to stay empty after treatment depends on the method and the size of the space; we give the exact time at handover, not in advance over the phone. For a hotel room and a restaurant dining room it is not the same number.
If the inspection shows that treatment is not needed — for example, the smell comes from a dried-out trap or a lack of draught rather than from growth — we say so and do not sell the job.
In Old Town premises are often rented, and the cause of the problem tends to be in a part of the building the tenant does not own: the cellar, the stairwell, the roof, a riser or a ventilation stack. Treatment in the rented space is then only removal of the effect, and after a while everything comes back.
If the source is in the common property, the conversation is simpler through the building manager: for property managers. If you need clarity on the cause and the scope before the work, start with an inspection.
The commonest mistake is treating too early. After a leak an old masonry wall looks dry within a few days, but inside it is still damp: thick masonry absorbs a lot of water and gives it back slowly. Treat at that point and the problem returns in a couple of months and the work has to be done again.
The second mistake is painting over the patch before we arrive. Paint does not stop what is growing underneath, and it has to come off before the work anyway — so it has been paid for twice. If the patch has already been painted, say so in your enquiry so we can plan for opening it up.
The third is airing a cellar on a warm summer day in the hope of drying it. In practice that adds moisture rather than removing it. These three things are simply not known, and expensive to put right.
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.
In Riga travel is included in the price. All prices →
Often the opposite. Warm, humid outside air that gets into a cool cellar cools down and gives up its moisture onto the walls. Airing makes sense when the outside air is cooler and drier than the cellar. At the inspection we check that in your particular space.
We carry out sanitary treatment of premises, not restoration, and we do not pretend otherwise. In a heritage property we adapt the method and the products to the surface, test them in an unseen spot, and agree every surface to be treated with the owner before the work.
We agree a time in advance and fit in with your street's delivery window. Some of the equipment we carry by hand, because many buildings have no lift. It does not affect the price — travel within Riga is included — but it does affect how long we are on site.
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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