They set up tenting of a sort, with plastic, and they had heat within that area for just a few feet of space from the side of the house.

PS: every unit you own should have a good quality fire extinquisher mounted in the kitchen where it is easy to access.A real one, not the $6 plastic 8 ounce special.

Then we would lay plastic down ( usually just a plastic garbage bag torn open) and then we would put down the woodchips/ rocks / whatever substrate you choose.

The one piece units and plastic surrounds look and feel cheap.  

All the electrical outlet covers need to be changed, white plastic is ugly and cheap and has no place in a $500K home.

Roll them up, wrap them in heavy plastic (contractor grade trash bags work well) and store them in the basement.

They even give the discount to my spouse using her mil spouse ID.One limitation I have encountered is the discount cannot be applied to a business transaction (using plastic).

You will have a local seller of pest control products, which is where the pest control guy gets his stuff from.Buy one of those plastic canisters that you pressurize (can't remember what they are called), some good old Cyper WP or Permethrin, and have at it.

Unfortunately, he can't do the work until spring, so we're charged with wrapping it up in plastic for the winter.

These are cheap, plastic things that some plumbers say may fail.Ammonia was often used in plaster work back in the day both for the plaster for walls and for moldings.