Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Huntsville, AL

When sewer pipes become blocked, the thick, black water that presents as sewage is a health risk, and is extremely unsanitary as it contains contaminants like pathogens, bacteria, and viruses that can present a risk of extreme sickness illness if exposed to people or animals. If you have a sewer backed up in your basement, or your toilet backs up, you will need to fix it quickly, or you will end up with dirty water all over your floors. Knowing what causes sewer backups, however, may help you prevent a hazardous situation in your basement, home or business. Here’s a list of items that may help to prevent and handle sewage backups:

Why Sewage Backup Occurs

• 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 with large strong plentiful roots have the potential to grow into and around pipes, even crushing sewer pipes. Tree roots can reach a long distance and damage your pipes, leading to a sewer backup. Keep an eye out for roots near your sewer mainline or septic tank area to protect them from damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Older 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 sewer water. Pay attention to the age of your home and community and look out for these potential problems.
• Large Rainfall Amounts – Heavy amounts of rainfall can crowd your main storm and sewer mains. If it happens that your public sewers can’t handle large rainfall amounts, the flooding can make its way into the sewer lines connected to the mainline, and put your home or business in a likely dangerous possibility of sewer backup. There is a risk of serious health issues when in and around rising waters in your town or city that occurs from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other associated weather, when water blends with sewage, contaminants and chemicals. When wading in these waters use extreme caution, and also when the water goes down and starts drying. Organic waste that is dried out can then convert to be aerosolized and present a danger of inhaling in these contaminants. Be positive to use proper PPE to protect against these dangerous risks.

PuroClean’s sewage cleanup and sanitation process in Huntsville, AL

Our cleaning and remediation procedures for Category 3 water (which describes sewer and contaminated water backup) according to the standards put in place by the IICRC industry are:

1. Ensure all workers and occupants remain safe by restricting access to the site to restoration employees only in order to guard against any health-related issues.

2. Health & safety survey and complete building assessment.

3. Ensure all remediation personnel are equipped with the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). This may include but is not limited to:

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

4. Engineering controls put in place and condemnatory barricades used (if needed) guarding against cross-contamination.

5. Stopping all potential hazards and safety risks if possible.

6. Clearing the site 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:

• Hardwood flooring
• Padded and upholstered items
• Gypsum board
• Carpet, rugs, pad, or underlayment
• Vinyl flooring and underlayment

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

9. Physical cleaning of all remaining structures

10. A clearance inspection by a third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is recommended to safeguard that the building is returned to a pre-affected condition for health and safety.

11. Drying of all materials affected by the sewage intrusion back to pre-loss dry condition

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

13. All materials from demolition work removed completely

For the Perfect Professional Huntsville, AL Sewage Cleanup Company, Call PuroClean Today!

Call the PuroClean professionals for sewage abatement, cleaning and restoration. Whether it’s from a clogged toilet, flood waters or sewage drain backups to take care of the problem for your home or business. PuroClean uses the newest, state-of-the-art equipment and cleansing tools to completely and efficiently clean and salvage all affected objects and structures.

The high standard of our sewage removal and cleaning services along with the timeliness in which we complete the work, and the sheer compassion we practice throughout the process make us your complete water damage restoration and remediation company. PuroClean vows to do whatever it takes to save, clean and restore all properties that lie within our service regions.

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