What Fremont homeowners book most
Based on our finished jobs in Fremont, attic cleanup and sanitizing is what homeowners here book most, ahead of rodent proofing and sealing the openings outside. Many jobs include more than one service: once rodents have lived in an attic, what they left behind needs to come out and the ways in need closing.
You can also book the cleanout by itself. At the free inspection we point out any open entry points we find, and you decide whether to seal them too.
What a cleanout takes away
- droppings on the insulation, the joists and around the hatch,
- nests built from shredded insulation, paper or fabric,
- runways and tunnels pressed into the insulation,
- insulation that is soiled, tunneled, wet or flattened,
- dead animals found in the attic.
Old insulation is hauled away by us and listed as its own line on your written quote. Clean, dry insulation can sometimes stay; we tell you which at the inspection. Then the crew sanitizes the attic.
Why not sweep it up yourself
The CDC says germs from rodents spread to people mainly when they breathe air stirred up from droppings, urine and nests, and advises against sweeping or vacuuming them. In our cleanout nobody in your home has to handle any of it. More in cleaning an attic after rodents.
When the attic is not the only problem
In Fremont, air duct replacement is also booked more often than in the rest of the Bay Area. Rodents chew and tear ducts, and torn ducts lose the air you pay to heat and cool. On a finished Fremont job the work went together: rodent proofing, the outside openings sealed, the attic and crawl space cleaned, the old insulation replaced with new batts, and new ducts. We replace whole duct systems, not single runs. See air duct replacement.
After the cleanout: seal, then insulate
The order matters: clean out, sanitize, seal the entry openings with galvanized steel mesh, putty and concrete, and only then add new insulation. New insulation laid while openings are still open gives rodents a fresh place to nest. See rodent proofing in Fremont.
Want the cleanout, the sealing and new ducts together? It can all go on one quote. The free inspection in Fremont covers the attic, the crawl space, the garage and the openings outside, and the written quote is usually ready 30–60 minutes after the inspection, the same day at the latest. Booking two or more services takes 10% off; jobs over $2,000 take $300 off (one discount per job).
Job day
Please be home, and clear the path to the work areas of breakable items, like pictures and vases. The crew covers the path from your front door to the work areas with drop cloths or plastic sheeting, and our crew sends you before and after photos.