Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Northeast Ohio

When a sewer line is obstructed, the sewage that is thick and dark is dangerous to your health. This sewer waste is extremely unsanitary, containing contaminants like bacteria, viruses and pathogens. All of these dangerous germs can pose a serious health danger and lead to many illnesses if humans or animals are exposed. If it happens that you experience sewage backup on the premises of your home or business, or a toilet backup in either location, fixing either one is of the highest importance. Having this dirty sewer waste in your home is dangerous and should be removed as soon as possible. Furthermore, knowing what is causing the sewer backups may aid in preventing this potentially hazardous incident. To help you in handling sewage backups in your home or business, here’s a list of things that can help:

Sewage Backup Causes

• Blocked Sewer Line – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain lines or main sewer lines become occluded. As an example: if one bathroom starts a sewage backup, the connected drain and/or many toilets and the main sewer may become fouled.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees that have large strong long roots have the ability to grow through and around pipes, even crushing sewer pipes. Tree roots have the capability to reach a long distance and damage your pipes, leading to a sewer backup. Be very aware of roots near your main sewer lines or septic tank area to protect them from damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Aging sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems can fail by slowly cracking and failing over time – resulting in sewage backups, flooded homes, and basements full of sewage. Keep in mind the age of your home and neighborhood and look out for these potential problems.
• Large Rainfall Amounts – Large amounts of rain can overcome your main storm and sewer lines. If it turns out that your public system can’t handle large rainfall levels, the water can make its way into the sewer lines connected to the mainline, and put your home or business in a potentially dangerous possibility of sewer backup. There is a risk of serious health issues when in and around rising waters in your region that happens from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other related weather, when water combines with sewage, impurities and chemicals. When wading in these waters use extreme caution, and also when the water diminishes and starts drying. Organic substance that is dried out can then become aerosolized and present a danger of inhaling in these contaminants. Be sure to use proper PPE to guard against these dangerous risks.

Our process for sewage cleanup and sanitation

The PuroClean process for cleaning and restoring Category 3 water, which is sewer and tainted water backup cleaning and restoration as set forth by IICRC industry regulations, consisting of:

1. To protect the safety of all occupants and workers by limiting job site traffic to restoration and cleaning personnel only to help prevent any health-related occurrences.

2. Health & safety survey and complete building assessment.

3. Ensure proper personal protection equipment (PPE) is being utilized by all restoration personnel. This may include but is not limited to:

• Full face respirator
• Full body suit protection
• Nitrile and cut resistant gloves
• Rubber boots with steel toes and shank

4. Put into place established engineering controls, critical barriers, to alleviate cross-contamination.

5. Eliminating any and all lingering safety risks if possible.

6. Disposal, removal of bulk water, soil, and contaminates.

7. Remove and dispose of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials that are not able to be restored, which could include but is not limited to:

• Gypsum board (drywall)
• Carpet, rugs, pad, and/or underlayment
• Vinyl flooring and underlayment
• Hardwood flooring
• Padded and upholstered belongings

8. Cleaning procedures put in place and the use of EPA approved biocides and antimicrobials

9. Physical cleaning of all remaining structure areas

10. It is suggested to schedule a third party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) for a safety clearance test to ensure the jobsite is returned to pre-loss state for health and safety.

11. All materials touched by water to be dried and returned to pre-loss standard

12. Post remediation cleanup of all equipment utilized

13. All materials from demolition work removed completely

Call PuroClean for Professional Sewage Cleanup in Northeast Ohio at (440) 653-8222!

PuroClean technicians put to use state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning procedures to effectively restore and clean the damaged building materials and contents from your home or business. If a sewage drain pipe backup from blockage occurs, call our technicians for sewage removal and cleaning services.

The sheer quality of our sewage removal and cleaning services, in addition to the speed in which we deliver the work, as well as our kindness demonstrated throughout the entire project helps make PuroClean your preferred damage remediation and restoration firm. We strive to do everything possible and within our power to restore and rescue properties in all the towns and cities that make up our coverage areas.