The July 2009 edition of Arizona Apartment News magazine featured an article by Chris Walker (Starkweather Roofing‘s VP of Business Development) titled “The Dirty Truth About Pigeons”. Click here to read the article.

The article explains how pigeon debris can damage your roof (as well as air conditioning and other mechanical equipment), and can be a fire and health hazard. There are tips on getting rid of pigeons, and an explanation of the process required for proper cleaning and removal of pigeon debris. Did you know that pigeon debris weighs approximately 18 pounds per cubic foot? That’s just one disgusting yet interesting fact you’ll learn by reading this article.

Here are some pictures that demonstrate the basic process of pigeon debris removal (taken from a residential pigeon debris removal job by Starkweather Roofing in 2009):

How much debris

you see on your roof tiles

How much debris

is underneath

Sweeping the debris

into piles for bagging

Bagging the debris

for disposal

A clean valley (left) vs.

a dirty valley (right)

Replacing the tiles

after debris is removed

Here is a picture demonstrating how pigeon debris builds up around air conditioning and other mechanical equipment (taken from an apartment community job by Starkweather Roofing in 2009):

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Here are links to some additional information about pigeon debris:

· http://www.birdcleanup.com/removal_and_cleanup.html

· http://www.birdcleanup.com/sick_building_syndrome.html

· http://www.birdcleanup.com/department_of_health.html

· http://www.birdxpert.com/Birdoffgel_Issues_OSU9.html

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