A towering clean in Brighton
Cleankill Pest Control go above and beyond as they remove pests from Preston Park’s clock tower.
Cleankill Pest Control is experiencing more calls than ever about pest birds causing problems.
The issues include: businesses whose staff are getting attacked by aggressive seagulls while trying to carry out maintenance on rooftops; pigeons causing health hazards by covering fire escapes with slippery droppings; and sleep- deprived homeowners being kept awake by birds nesting in eaves outside bedroom windows.
More unusual calls include an office block in London where gulls were picking up pebbles and dropping them on the glass atrium roof, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage each time a pebble smashed the glass. At a school in Bexhill, where an expensive Eden project-style roof had been installed, gulls were pecking holes in the plastic, causing it to deflate.
Recently, Cleankill Pest Control was called in to clean up the famous clock tower in Brighton’s Preston Park. Pigeons had entered the Grade II listed tower through broken stained- glass windows and had taken up residence. The work involved cleaning the pigeon mess and debris inside the tower, and then installing mesh to stop the birds re-entering.
Cleankill Pest Control Director, Jon Whitehead, explained: “Fortunately the problem was spotted before a large number of pigeons started to use the tower. There was however enough guano to be hazardous to health.
“Pigeons carry diseases and nearly all pigeons carry bird mites – a tiny parasite that feeds off the bird and makes humans itch and scratch. Pigeon fouling and nest materials also provide a home for many other insects such as clothes moths, carpet beetles, and mealworm beetles.
“When pigeon fouling is dry it creates airborne bacteria affecting anybody that may be susceptible to asthma and other breathing difficulties, so it’s very important that any mess is removed. All of the mess was removed under Waste Disposal Regulations 1994.”
Pigeons often gain access to lofts and empty buildings through small gaps. Once they start to breed, the build-up of guano can be considerable. Gaps should be blocked and then affected areas cleaned out and treated with a biocide.
The terracotta Clock Tower in Preston Park had its foundation stone laid in 1891 and had its formal unveiling ceremony on 17 June 1892. The tower was designed by
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Francis May, who said he wanted it finished in terracotta as he felt that a more standard white marble tower, set in green fields and surrounded by trees, would look too much like a funeral monument. The tower was paid for by Edward White (whose initials EW adorn the tower), and the draughtsman for the plans was Eugenius Birch.
Launched in 1995, Cleankill Pest Control has grown year on year and now has several thousand clients throughout London, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, the South East and across the UK.
The company offers a specialist bird control service for facilities and property management companies, from the initial survey and specification through to the final proofing solution. As registered waste carriers, Cleankill can carry out full scale removal of bird fouling, as well as contaminated goods and furniture from infested properties.
Cleankill deals with the full range of public health pests such as mice, rats, cockroaches and bed bugs. Cleankill believes in prevention rather than destruction and using effective, innovative and ‘green’ and natural pest control solutions. A popular and very effective service uses trained falconers and Harris hawks, who pay regular visits to problem sites. This discourages pest birds from roosting and nesting.
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