Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Barrington, IL

When a sewer line is obstructed, the sewage that is thick and dark is dangerous to your health. This sewer water is extremely unclean, containing contaminants like bacteria, viruses and pathogens. All of these dangerous germs can pose a serious health risk and lead to many illnesses if humans or animals are exposed. If it happens that you suffer a sewage backup on the property of your home or business, or a toilet backup in either location, fixing either one is of the highest importance. Having this dirty sewer water in your home is not safe and should be removed as soon as possible. Furthermore, knowing what is causing the sewer backups may aid in stopping this potentially hazardous situation. To help you in handling sewage backups in your home or business, here’s a list of things that may help:

Why Sewage Backup Occurs

• Drain Pipe Clogs – Sewage can back up into your home or business when either your drain pipes or the main sewer line gets clogged. For example, if one toilet creates a sewage blockage, the drain leading to that toilet, or the mainline of many toilets, will likely also be clogged.
• Tree Roots – Trees with large roots can grow into pipes and cause holes or alter the sewer line by encircling it. Even if the roots in your yard are not the problem, roots from nearby trees can reach your sewer line and damage it, causing a sewer backup. Always be cognizant of roots where your mainline to the street or septic system is located.
• Damaged Sewer Lines – Older sewage systems can break down and crack, causing sewage blockages and flooded homes and basements. The older your area’s houses are, the greater possibility of these types of issues.
• Heavy Rainfall – Sudden large amounts of rain can put a strain on your town’s storm sewer lines. If the public systems can’t handle excess rainfall, the water can make its way into attached sewer lines, which can leave your home or business at risk of sewer backflows. Area-wide flooding waters from events such as rising rivers and creeks, hurricanes, and other micro events can also combine with sewage water and other chemicals and harmful bacteria that can lead to health-related issues. Extreme caution is needed when wading in these waters, and even when the sewer water recedes and begins to dry out. Dried out organic waste can then become aerosolized and become respirable. Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn to prevent contact and risk of breathing in this harmful matter.

Our Barrington, IL process for sewage cleanup and sanitation

Our process for cleaning and remediation of Category 3 water, also known as sewer and contaminated water backup clean up according to the IICRC industry standards, is as follows:

1. To protect the safety of all occupants and workers by limiting jobsite access to restoration and cleanup personnel only to help prevent any health related situations.

2. Valuation of the work place along with health and safety surveys.

3. Ensure all PuroClean employees are supplied with and use the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). This includes, but isn’t limited to the following:

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

4. Institute engineering controls, critical barriers if required to prevent cross-contamination.

5. Removing any type of probable safety risks if at all possible.

6. Clearing the work area of all 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:

• Carpet, rugs, pad, or underlayment
• Padded and upholstered objects
• Gypsum board
• Vinyl flooring and underlayment
• Wooden flooring

8. Cleaning procedures implemented, as well as the use of EPA registered biocides and antimicrobials

9. Full physical cleaning of all structure items that remain

10. We recommend using a third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) to implement clearance testing to ensure the property is returned to a sanitary pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. All items and structure affected by the water to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry conditions

12. All equipment used on the project to be cleaned after restoration completion

13. Disposal of all demo materials removed from the site

Call PuroClean for your Professional Barrington, IL Sewage Cleanup Needs!

What do you do if a sewer line backup occurs in your house or business? The right answer is: Contact PuroClean! Simply because PuroClean technicians are your perfect professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services. With state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning tools, we efficiently restore, remediate and completely cleanse the affected parts in your home or business.

The sheer value of our sewage removal and cleaning services, along with the speed that we deliver the work, as well as our empathy demonstrated throughout the process helps make PuroClean your perfect damage remediation and restoration firm. We promise to do everything that’s needed and within our power to fully remediate properties in all the neighborhoods that make up our service areas.

*Not all PuroClean offices offer sewage cleanup and sanitation cleaning services.