Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Hunt Valley, MD

When a sewer line is blocked, the sewage that is thick and dark can be dangerous to your health. This sewer water is extremely unsanitary, 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 suffer exposure. If it happens that you experience 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 unsanitary sewer water in your home is not safe and should be removed as soon as possible. Also, to know what is causing the sewer obstruction 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

• Clogged Sewer Line – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain lines or main sewer lines become occluded. For example: if one toilet starts a sewage backup, the attached drain and/or numerous toilets and the main line may become caught up in the problem.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong plentiful roots have the ability to grow into and around pipes, even demolishing sewer pipes. Tree roots can extend out to a long distance and damage your pipes, causing a sewer backup. Be very aware of roots near your drain lines or septic tank area to protect them from damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Older sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems will fail by slowly weakening and failing over time – leading to sewage backups, water filled homes, and basements full of sewage. Pay attention to the age of your home and neighborhood and keep an eye out for these potential problems.
• Heavy Rainfall Amounts – Heavy amounts of rainfall can overcome your main storm and sewer lines. If it happens that your public sewers can’t handle large rainfall levels, the water can work its way into the sewer lines linked to the mainline, and place your home or business in a possibly dangerous possibility of sewer backup. There is a risk of severe health issues when in and around flooding waters in your region that occurs from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other similar weather, when water combines with sewage, impurities and chemicals. When wading in this waste 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 threat of inhaling in these contaminants. Be sure to use proper PPE to guard against these dangerous risks.

PuroClean’s sewage cleanup and sanitation process in Hunt Valley, MD

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

1. To ensure the safety of all occupants and personnel by limiting jobsite traffic to restoration and cleanup personnel only to help stop any health related occurrences.

2. Health and Safety checks and assessment of the entire work premises.

3. Ensure all restoration personnel are outfitted with the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). 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 stop cross-contamination.

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

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

7. Removal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials that are not salvageable, which can include but are not limited to:

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

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

9. Physical cleaning of all remaining structures

10. It is recommended to hire a third party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) for a safety clearance test to ensure the entire site is returned to pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. Drying of all materials affected by the sewer water intrusion back to pre-loss dry standard

12. After completion of remediation – Sanitization of all equipment used

13. All demo materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for Professional Sewage Cleanup in Hunt Valley, MD!

Our technicians put to use state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning processes to effectively restore and clean the damaged building materials and contents from your dwelling or business. If a sewage drain line backup from blockage happens, call our professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services.

The sheer quality of our sewage removal and cleaning services, along with the speed that we deliver the work, as well as our kindness demonstrated throughout the entire project helps make PuroClean your perfect damage remediation and restoration company. We strive to do everything that’s needed and within our power to restore and rescue properties in all the neighborhoods that make up our service areas.

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