Disaster Decontamination and Cleanup

The first step is to ensure your safety and the safety of the occupants or neighbors. Once you are sure that everyone is safe, you can take the necessary steps to limit the damage. Contact your insurance company immediately and explain the situation and your efforts to manage the disaster.

We are regularly recommended by insurance companies for post-disaster cleaning, but the decision of which contractor to do the work is up to you. By choosing Royal Nettoyage, you can ensure peace of mind, a reputation for over 25 years, and several certifications that facilitate the rapid settlement of your claims.

Insurance Guide: Guide for Disaster Victims

Royal Nettoyage specializes in post-disaster cleaning, decontamination, large-scale cleaning, duct cleaning, carpet and rug cleaning, furniture and mattress cleaning, and viral decontamination.

Following the free assessment by our disaster expert, several operations can be undertaken. These include drying and dehumidifying the premises, clearing debris, decontamination, microbial disinfection, certain specific treatments as required, in-depth cleaning and odor removal. These are just a few of the steps we regularly take during post-disaster cleaning.

Asbestos attracted the attention of some industrialists in the late 19th century for its resistance to heat, fire, tension, electrical and chemical attack, as well as its absorbency.

In its friable form, it has been used in many insulation and flocking materials, as well as in sheets, felts, glues, mastics, cardboard sheets, or braided or woven. It is also found (non-friable form) incorporated into cement products (asbestos-cement) or in various binders (glues, paints, joints, gypsum-based mortars, bituminous concrete, friction materials and even road or waterproofing asphalts...). It has also been used for brake pads or in boiler or electric oven linings, or in various electrical installations (e.g. hotplates) for its high-temperature electrical insulation capabilities. It has been massively used in buildings for its fire-retardant, insulating, flexible, tensile-strength and sometimes chemical-resistant properties. But this material is toxic. The inhalation of asbestos fibers causes asbestosis (pulmonary fibrosis); broncho-pulmonary cancers, as well as pleural cancers (mesothelioma) and digestive cancers. The victims of these pathologies are mainly the "asbestos workers", but also people exposed environmentally and often without their knowledge. Although the dangers of asbestos were clearly identified as early as the 1890s, it took nearly a century, in the 1980s and 1990s, for the use of asbestos to be banned in many countries, a delay that has been and will continue to be the cause of the deaths of tens of thousands of people. "Any intervention on these materials can emit dangerous particles and dust" reminds INRS12. In France, although banned since 1997, asbestos was still present in 2010 according to INRS "in many buildings and equipment. And the asbestos risk remains underestimated in certain professions that may be exposed to it. However, asbestos-related diseases are now the second leading cause of occupational diseases and the leading cause of work-related deaths (excluding accidents at work).

Asbestos removal techniques and equipment safety standards are subject to rigorous practice.

• 1. Preparation of the premises and isolation of the area to be decontaminated.
• 2. Construction of airtight zones to prevent the spread of asbestos fibers and installation of decontamination units.
• 3. Continuous monitoring of the safe level of fibers in the air by laboratory analysis.
• 4. Partial or complete reconstruction and cleaning of the premises.

Our post-disaster cleaning teams travel throughout the Greater Montreal, Laval and North Shore and South Shore areas.

Each case is unique and requires an assessment done according to the rules of the art. It is difficult to get the right price, which is why we offer a free estimate by a professional and have a guaranteed best price policy.

Mold is the common name given to any fungus that grows on food or damp building materials. It often looks like a stain and can come in a variety of colors. However, mold can be invisible in some cases, but can manifest as a musty odor. Its growth can contribute to poor indoor air quality.

Laundry, cooking, air humidifiers, condensation and water leaks produce a level of humidity that is conducive to mold growth. Poor ventilation can also cause high humidity levels and condensation, allowing mold to form.

To reproduce, mold releases spores into the air that are small enough to be inhaled. Mold spores are always present outdoors. When mold grows indoors, the number of spores and mold fragments is then higher indoors than outdoors.

High concentrations of airborne mold spores can have adverse health effects.

Health risks associated with indoor mold.