Bird droppings issue with Half-built house

JohnG23

We are in the process of purchasing a house that commenced construction in 2010 and has been completed to a weather tight finish.I am sorry if I put this post in the wrong section.
There is an issue where birds managed to get into the house and there are a lot of droppings all over the house where the timber frame has been erected etc. There is also a plywood first floor completely covered in the bird droppings. Would anybody have encountered this issue previously and managed to resolve it. I tried searching the HSA website for information but could not find any relevant information and have had trouble finding anything related to wood and Ireland. I am just wondering is there any special chemicals required to clean the bird droppings or if normal cleaning products would suffice. The HSE in the UK gave some info on masks to wear but I did not see anything about cleaning products.
Would it be possible to do a DIY job on this or is it a job for a specialist. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

BryanF

DIY it with an industrial wet/dry cleaner.

JohnG23

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking something similar.

listermint

It's ply. I'd Rip it out and out down new ply.

I wouldn't have bird droppings left clean or not in my bedrooms area especially if there's alot.

Lumen

My main concern with bird droppings would be bird flu virus (e.g. H1N5), but I don't think it'll last very long...

https://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/zoonose/avian/en/index1.html

"The H5N1 avian influenza virus can survive in faeces for at least 35 days at 4 °C and at least six days at 37 °C. The virus has also been shown to survive on surfaces for several weeks at ambient temperatures."

So after a month in Irish temperatures there won't be any risk.

dathi

Lumen wrote: »

My main concern with bird droppings would be bird flu virus (e.g. H1N5), but I don't think it'll last very long...

https://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/zoonose/avian/en/index1.html

"The H5N1 avian influenza virus can survive in faeces for at least 35 days at 4 °C and at least six days at 37 °C. The virus has also been shown to survive on surfaces for several weeks at ambient temperatures."

So after a month in Irish temperatures there won't be any risk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_fancier%27s_lung

not worried about that one as well

my3cents

OP we keep chickens and lots of other birds. The sh!t acts more of a preservative than anything else and just stays dry on the surface. If however you wet it then it penetrates like nothing else and so I would be cleaning it up dry as far as possible, I'd go as far as lightly sanding (needs mask) and vacuuming rather than wet cleaning. Wet will be fine once 99% of it is up but it is so easy to handle dry and such a mess when wet I'd be very slow to add water.

dathi wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_fancier%27s_lung

not worried about that one as well

My wife probably suffers from that (opinion of a specialist but no definitive diagnosis) and it sensitizes a sufferer to future contact with all the dust from birds the scurf from feathers is worse for some people, worth wearing a mask while cleaning up but unlikely to be an issue for someone doing a one off clean up. However anyone with respiratory issues should definitely wear a mask or better still keep away till its cleaned up.

You can clean up perfectly. A mate cleaned out a load of battery hen sheds and afterwards you'd never have known their former use apart from some of the strange vents in the roof, they were repurposed as workshops.

JohnG23

Thanks for the reply's. will check the cost of replacing. Will be getting the keys soon so will know the final extent of the mess then.