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Dangers of Hoarding Construction Materials:

Hoarding is a symptom that may be caused by a compulsion to gather objects that an individual may be fixated on, even home improvement items. These items can be anything from paper to clothes to even construction materials, heavy objects, and power tools.

  1. What could cause a person to collect construction materials, especially if they are not actively building or improving their property?
  2. What type of materials are they likely to collect?

Read below to see our answers to these questions and learn more!

What Could Cause a Person to Hoard Construction Materials?

Many people plan to build on or improve their home, but some people start projects and never finish them, often leading to a messy and sometimes dangerous home environment. In addition, the individuals hoarding may have acquired multiple power tools with the intent of expanding their existing business, creating a new business, or improving their personal property. In many cases, some of these tools need repairs, and their owners believe that the tools can be fixed so they don’t have to purchase a new tool. These items can be spread all over the property.

As hoarding cleanup service providers, we have seen properties with many different types of dangerous objects, including construction materials that should be cleaned up and disposed of by a professional cleanup team, to ensure safety. Often, people who are hoarding construction materials have a sizable piece of land that surrounds their property. As the accumulation of construction materials and tools become unmanageable, they are “stored” outside, exposed to the elements, which can cause damage to the material or tool.

What Type of Materials are they Likely to Collect?

Usually, construction material hoarders buy multiples of many items that are commonly found in a home improvement store.

These Construction (home improvement items include):

  • hammer
  • screwdriver
  • saw
  • electric saw
  • plywood
  • nails
  • insulation
  • nail gun
  • sand paper

These Home Projects May Include:

  • installing toilets
  • drywall
  • piping
  • and much more

What many construction material hoarders do not realize is that if not properly stored and safely locked away and maintained, these construction materials pose a safety hazard to anyone who visits their home. Depending upon the tool or material, many different types of safety risks may be present.

Safety Risks May Include:

  1. Cutting risks from blades
  2. Poisoning risks from chemicals
  3. Biohazard risks from mold

Not only do these pose a danger by not being stored properly, or locked away, but when these objects and materials are no longer useful or are not safely maintained, they could potentially injure an individual when they go to use the object or material. Also, the items that they are storing for potential use on other projects may not meet the best safety standards sometimes provided by having newer tools or have been damaged by the elements to the point that they are no longer safely usable.

The dangers of construction products can be removed with the help of a professional hoarding cleanup service. We, at Address Our Mess have experience in handling cleanup projects that involved construction materials and other potentially unsafe products, causing an unsafe hoarding environment. Our specialized and trained crews can remove items that may be hazardous to a person’s health and well-being, as well as reduce clutter around the persons home and or business.

Call 410-589-2747, email info@addressourmess.com, or use our contact us page to reach out to us for more information on our Hoarding Cleanup Service. We are here to help!

Thu, 07/14/2016 - 20:19 by Kenneth Donnelly