When a sewer line is blocked, the sewage that is thick and dark is dangerous to your health. This sewer water is extremely unsanitary, containing contaminants such as bacteria, viruses and pathogens. All of these dangerous germs can pose a serious health risk and cause many illnesses if humans or animals are exposed. If it happens that you suffer a sewage backup on the premises of your home or business, or a toilet backup in either location, fixing either one is of the highest priority. Having this filthy sewer water in your home is dangerous and should be removed immediately. Furthermore, to know what is causing the sewer backups may aid in preventing this potentially hazardous incident. To help you in managing sewage backups in your home or business, following is a list of things that may help:
Our procedures for Category 3 water (also known as sewer and contaminated water backup) cleanup, following the IICRC industry standards, consists of:
1. Ensure all workers and occupants remain safe by limiting access to the site to restoration employees only in order to stop any health-related problems.
2. Health and Safety checks and assessment of the workplace.
3. Ensure proper personal protection equipment (PPE) is being utilized by all restoration personnel. This may include but is not limited to:
4. Engineering controls put in place and condemnatory barricades used (if needed) stopping cross-contamination.
5. Eradicating any type of potential safety risks if at all possible.
6. Removal of bulk water, dirt, and contaminates.
7. Eradication and disposal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous items that is not restorable – which can be but is not limited to:
8. Cleaning procedures put in place and the use of EPA approved biocides and antimicrobials
9. Physical cleaning of all remaining structure items
10. We recommend using a third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) to perform clearance testing to ensure the site is returned to a sanitary pre-loss state for health and safety.
11. All materials affected by the water to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry conditions
12. After completion of remediation – Cleaning of all equipment used
13. All materials from demolition process removed completely
What do you do if a sewer line backup occurs in your house or business? The right answer is: Call PuroClean! For the simple fact that PuroClean technicians are your absolute professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services. With the latest and greatest equipment and cleaning systems, we efficiently restore, remediate and completely cleanse the affected areas in your home or business.
The high standard of our sewage abatement and cleaning services along with the speed in which we complete the work, and the absolute care we practice throughout the process make us your complete flood damage restoration and remediation company. PuroClean pledges to do whatever it takes to rescue, clean and restore all properties that are within our service areas.
*Not all PuroClean offices provide sewage cleanup and sanitation cleaning services.
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