Disinfection in Al Taysir, Makkah

Targeted, not broadcast

Product goes into cracks and runways, never sprayed across open surfaces.
Told before we start

What we will use, where it goes, and what to cover or move before we arrive.
A follow-up visit

We return after the first treatment, because what survives it does not show on the day.
Homes and businesses

Apartments and villas, and kitchens and stores that need a record of each visit.

Why they keep coming back in Al Taysir

The district is very crowded and visitors change every week or sooner. Insects and contaminants arrive with each new group of visitors. The method is set out in full on what Disinfection involves.

The first reason

The constant seasonal flow of visitors brings new contaminants repeatedly

Visitors come from everywhere on earth and each week brings a new wave. Each wave carries insects, contaminants and new pathogens. Disinfection must be faster and stronger than in other quarters.

The second reason

Hotel towers and residential flats are mixed and share entries

Hotels and residential flats in the same building share the entry, stairs and passages. Contaminants from the hotel enter residential flats and the reverse.

The third reason

Numerous restaurants and shops supply fresh food to insects constantly

Restaurants and shops spread throughout the street supply fresh food to insects. Cockroaches and flies live in these places and enter flats and hotels.

Landmarks of Al Taysir

Al Taysir lies west of the Grand Mosque with Umm Al Qura Road as its southern boundary. Al Taysir Street is the district's backbone where shops and restaurants concentrate. King Abdulaziz Hospital sits on the district's edge providing health services, and closeness to the Grand Mosque means visitors flow through the district constantly.

Al Taysir Street
Umm Al Qura Road
King Abdulaziz Hospital
The Grand Mosque

Before treatment

What we look at before the product is chosen

An urban quarter crowded with multi-storey residential and hotel buildings, with shops and restaurants scattered in every location.

The touch points

Repeated touch points such as doors, handles, switches, railings and door bells have very heavy use, so we treat them with particular care.

Porous surfaces

Porous surfaces in bathrooms and kitchens stay damp and absorb contaminants, so we treat them with continuous spray.

The finish itself

Finishes are comparatively new but heavy use causes damage, so we test the disinfectant first.

The filter and grille of an indoor air conditioning unit

The air conditioning unit

Air conditioning units are sometimes shared between hotel and flats, so we clean and dry them carefully.

Floor traps

Floor traps and shared drainage in passages and floors need repeated disinfection.

A metal handrail in an apartment stairwell

Shared entrances and stairs

Shared entries, stairs and passages connecting hotel and flats stay damp from humidity and heavy use, so we disinfect them regularly.

How we work

1
Walk the space and list the surfaces

We go through the rooms and mark the touch points, the porous surfaces and the finishes, then ask what prompted the call: illness at home, moving into a new place, building work, or a smell that arrived out of nowhere.
2
Clean what we are about to treat

We take the film of dust and grease off the surfaces that are in scope, so the product reaches the surface itself. This is preparation for the treatment, not general house cleaning.
3
Apply it, and hold the contact time

Hand work on the touch points, a product matched to each surface, and the surface left visibly wet for as long as that material needs before it is dried off. Cold fogging comes last, for what a cloth cannot reach.
4
Ventilate and hand back

We open the place up, rinse food preparation surfaces with water, and tell you when each room goes back into use. We give you that timing on the call, because it changes with the product and the space.

What a disinfection visit includes

A surface and touch point survey

What gets treated, and with what, settled before anything is opened.
Soil off first, then the disinfectant

The greasy film comes off first, then a product that stays wet for the contact time it needs.
Floor traps and the air conditioning drain

Floor traps, sink outlets and the drain tray, which is where most smells actually begin.
Cold fogging for the space

For upward faces and corners a cloth never reaches, done as the last thing before we leave a room.
Ventilation and use instructions

What gets rinsed with water, what is left alone, and when each room goes back into use.
A scheduled repeat when it is needed

For shared entrances and places people pass through every day, because a disinfectant leaves nothing behind to stop the next contact.

What is different about Al Ghazza Sub-Municipality

Al Ghazza sub municipality wraps around the north and west of the Grand Mosque, from Al Shamiyah, Al Qararah and Shaib Amir round to Jarwal and Al Taysir. Large tracts were cleared for the northern expansion and the Rua Al Haram scheme, leaving excavated ground and open construction sites beside ageing blocks that now serve as dense seasonal lodgings in Jarwal and Al Taysir. Old flood paths still fall from Jabal Qaiqaan and Jabal Khandamah towards the mosque, and markets and eateries crowd Al Masjid Al Haram Road and Umm Al Qura Road.

Questions about this district

My flat is in a tower that also houses a hotel. Hotel contaminants enter my flat. What is the answer?

We disinfect the flat completely and treat floor traps and gaps. We focus on the shared entry, stairs and passages connecting the hotel to residential flats.

Every week new visitors arrive and every week new insects appear. How do we solve this?

New visitors bring contaminants. We disinfect the hotel, flats and shared passages regularly, ideally between each guest group.

Do the diseases that visitors carry need special treatment?

We use disinfectants designed for infectious disease. Surfaces touched by guests need special care such as handles and switches.

Do bathrooms and kitchens shared by different guests every week need daily disinfection?

Yes. Shared areas and bathrooms and kitchens need repeated disinfection between each guest and the next.

Does a permanent residential flat in the district need more frequent disinfection than a visitor flat?

No, but the permanent flat needs protection from contaminants from the neighbouring hotel. We focus on sealing shared cracks.

Right after disinfection, new guests arrived bringing fresh contaminants. Why does this happen?

The district is highly seasonal and contaminants arrive with each new visitor. We disinfect before each new guest group arrives if possible.

How much does disinfection in Al Taysir cost?

It is set after the inspection, because the price follows the type of infestation, the size of the space, how far it has spread and the number of visits it needs. Send a photo and a description on WhatsApp and we will give you an estimate before we reach Al Taysir.