its getting deep in here now....




in one corner its almost 36 inches deep! These 3 rooms are 8' x 13'6" and the average depth in the middle is about 12" deep! The corners are the worst and the edges average about 24" deep. im thinking of spreading this on the little ladies garden! lol

I hate to be one of "those" guys but your picture got me to thinking about pigeon trapping. When I first started my business I got a

pigeon job at an old shut-down canning factory. They had a very old, very large silo. So I asked the employee that was showing me

around exactly how deep the pigeon crap was in the bottom of that silo. He said, "I don't know for sure, but if you fall in and it

isn't solid enough to hold you, we will probably never see you again." Talk about a bad way to go!

Is this in the upper rooms of a structure? I've done a bunch of church bell towers with accumulations like that, a building for a state maintenance garage, and a lot of rooftop A/C enclosures. That's certainly indication of a long-term problem!

It has always amazed me that we can make more money the the worm casting guys on poop

You better be wearing a respirator, full face, around that stuff. Histoplasmosis can get in your eyes!

Good post Lundy. When I was a kid, I would risk life and limb crawling around in the top of silos catching squabs and selling them

for 25 cents apiece. The fact that I am still alive and kicking today is proof that God protects the ignorant.

Ya I'd watch it I got histoplasmosis in my lungs and wound up off work for 11 months not to mention it almost killed me and now have lung problems for rest of my life. Respirator and goggles are a must.

Thanks Lundy,

I am in fact wearing a fullface in these rooms!

Ron, there Are 3 of these mechanical rooms on the outside perimeter of the main building. They don't have a roof over the mechanical rooms as there is no need. on the ground level is the access door. The ground level floor is steel bar grating. There is one more level 10' down. There are a bunch of openings around pipes and hvac duct in the bar grating so they can get to the lowest level, and that's where the poop is.

Prariedog, I too got Histo. I dug out a wood retaining wall at my house. I was fixing up for my son's graduation. I was sick for awhile, now I take an antifungal drug. Researching, after the fact, I found out how dangerous it can be. I also learned about Ocular Histo. Glasses don't protect your eyes. A simple dust mask could have helped me. Who wears a dust mask digging in dirt, outside, at your own home? The plus side, I can educate customers, when they have concerns about animal droppings in their attic. Histo grows in moist soil conditions. It is only released when the soil is disturbed. If the Bat droppings are scattered around like pepper on food, I don't even try to clean it up. If there are piles an inch or more deep, I will put on safety equipment and bag it up. If there are deep piles I will offer to perform a cleanout. I worked for an Insulation company before I started my Pest Control business. I rent his suction vac and recommend him to reblow the insulation. He recommends me when they find animal sign in an attic they are inspecting.