When sewer pipes become blocked, the thick, black water that presents as sewage is a health danger, and is extremely unsanitary as it contains contaminants such as pathogens, bacteria, and viruses that can present a risk of severe illness if exposed to humans or animals. If you have a sewer backed up in your basement, or your toilet has backed up, you will need to fix it quickly, or you will end up with dirty water all over your home or business. Knowing the cause of sewer backups, however, may help you prevent a hazardous situation in your basement, home or business. Following is a list of items that may help to prevent and deal with sewage backups:
The PuroClean process for cleaning and restoring Category 3 water, which is sewer and polluted water backup cleaning and restoration as set forth by IICRC industry standards, consisting of:
1. Ensuring safety for all employees and occupants by placing strict rules on site access to remediation personnel only in order to prevent health related occurrences.
2. Valuation of the jobsite along with health and safety surveys.
3. Ensure all remediation employees are supplied with and use the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). This includes, but isn’t limited to the following:
4. Institute engineering controls, critical barriers if required to prevent cross-contamination.
5. Preventing all potential dangers and safety risks if possible.
6. Removal of bulk water, dirt, and contaminates.
7. Disposal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials that are not salvageable, which can be but are not limited to:
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 conduct clearance testing to ensure the building is returned to a sanitary pre-loss state for health and safety.
11. All materials affected by excess waters are to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry condition
12. Post restoration cleaning of all equipment used
13. All demo materials removed from the building
Contact the PuroClean specialists for sewage removal, cleaning and restoration. Whether it’s from a clogged toilet, flood waters or sewage drain backups to manage the problem for your home or business. PuroClean uses the latest, state-of-the-art equipment and cleansing tools to completely and effectively clean and salvage all affected items and structures.
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 compassion demonstrated throughout the process helps make PuroClean your perfect damage remediation and restoration firm. We vow to do everything possible and within our power to fully remediate properties in all the neighborhoods that make up our coverage areas.
*Not all PuroClean offices offer sewage cleanup and sanitation cleaning services.
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