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The Home Of A Hoarder
We’ve spoken before about hoarding on the blog – about how hoarders fit into society and why they’re complex clean-ups. But how do hoarders live on a day-to-day basis? What is it like inside one of...
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Animal Infestations in Cottages
It’s starting to feel a whole lot like summer, and that means an all-too common scene is playing out across cottage country: a family decides to get away from it all, spending a weekend opening up the...
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Pigeons and Other Bird Droppings
At Ontario Remediation Services, we clean up all manner of bio-waste – both human and animal. We’ve already discussed cleaning after raccoons and pets, but today, we’re taking to the sky to talk about...
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What Happens To A Body After Death?
Almost at the very moment of death, the human body starts to fall apart. For many, human decomposition, or even the very idea of death, is repellent and depressing. But the more time you spend around...
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Bats: How to Detect, Remove, and Clean Up Afterwards
A cluster of little brown bats, one of the most common bat species in Ontario Winter is coming, and temperatures are dropping. Many wild animals looking for a warm place to hunker down will make their...
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The Effects of Bio-Hazards on Your Home
We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog discussing the human risks of the things we clean up – how they can make you sick and put you in danger. And no wonder: we humans have a vested interest in making...
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Tales From The Job 1
We come across a lot of unexpected things in this job. Some are fascinating, or bizarre, or hilarious, or sad. We try find places in this blog to include as many of those experiences as possible – but...
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Opening the Cottage for the Summer: What Will You Find?
This weekend is Victoria Day weekend (or if you prefer, simply May Two-Four), and that means you may be joining the thousands of people heading into cottage country for the first time in 2015. And...
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The Cat Hoarder
This past summer, these heartbreaking images of a cat named Puff, her long fur gnarled and matted with filth, spread wide on Facebook. Her story even made national news. Puff was one of over 80 cats...
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Bugs in Bio-Hazardous Environments
There’s an odd backwards relationship between people and insects: all the worst places for us are also the best places for them. They thrive in the unclean, the unsanitary, the neglected – all the...
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