Museums and Antiquities

Protecting Our Heritage from Pests

Antiquities, historic buildings and artefacts are vulnerable to a wide range of pest problems:

• Artwork, books, textiles and other soft organic matter are vulnerable to moths, booklice and textile beetles
• Rodents will gnaw wood and other hard objects and will shred textiles and soft materials for nesting
• Furniture and other wooden objects are at risk from wood boring beetles
• Wooden church lecterns and pews are also very susceptible to wood damage and other timber decay problems.

Rentokil Pest Control offers the expertise to protect and conserve antiquities from pest problems while using products and techniques that ensure minimal risk of damage through contact. Additionally, our specialised division, Rentokil Property Care, offers protection to ancient and historic properties with treatments for wood damage, rot, damp and cavity wall tie corrosion.

In particular, Entotherm heat treatment and controlled atmosphere technology (CAT) can be used to treat fragile and sensitive objects against insect pests. Entotherm works through the targeted application of dry heat. Controlled atmosphere by sealing the objects in a bubble and filling this with an anaerobic atmosphere for fumigation. Entotherm heat treatment can be applied to large areas or even whole buildings to deal with insect pests.

To find out more about how we can deal with pest problems and help to prevent them occurring in your museum, gallery or historic building, please call us on 0800 917 1989 to arrange a visit by a specialist surveyor.

Rentokil Property Care

Protecting Museums and Antiquities

Rentokil Property Care Surveyors have been entrusted to provide remedial timber treatment and damp proofing to museums and galleries to preserve the integrity and original aesthetics of these properties for many years, ensuring that their valuable contents are always protected.

At Rentokil Property Care we understand that the number one concern of museums and galleries is the protection of their valuable exhibitions.
The building which is home to priceless arts and exhibitions must be completely reliable in order to ensure the very best protection for all the treasures housed within it.

However, the problems of rot, damp and woodworm have always posed a risk to buildings, the results of which can be particularly damaging to these types of commercial properties.

Rentokil Property Care provides the most effective treatments to ensure the very best protection against these property problems, helping to protect our national heritage for future generations.

Protecting Churches

Timber, used heavily in the construction of churches for many centuries, is very susceptible to damp, rot and woodworm problems, especially if there are failings in the rest of the structure of the building.

As a specialised division of Rentokil, Property Care aims to provide remedial timber treatment and damp proofing to protect churches against the problems of damp, rot and woodworm.

CONTACT Rentokil Property Care today, for further advice and to arrange a survey on 0800 0121 437.

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