When sewer lines become blocked, the thick, black water that presents as sewage is a health hazard, and is extremely unsanitary as it consists of 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 sewage backup 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 floors. Knowing the cause of sewer backups, however, may help you avoid 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:
Our methods for Category 3 water (also known as sewer and contaminated water backup) cleanup, following the IICRC industry standards, consists of:
1. To protect the safety of all occupants and personnel by limiting jobsite access to restoration and cleanup personnel only to help stop any health related problems.
2. Health and Safety survey and assessment of the jobsite.
3. Ensure all restoration employees are supplied with and use the required personal protection equipment (PPE). This includes, but isn’t limited to the following:
4. Put into place established engineering controls, critical barriers, to alleviate cross-contamination.
5. Eliminating any and all lingering safety risks if possible.
6. Eradication of bulk water, soil, and contaminates.
7. Disposal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials which 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. Physical cleaning of all remaining structure items
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. All materials affected by the water to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry standards
12. After completion of remediation – Sanitization of all equipment used
13. Elimination and disposal of all demo materials removed from the site
What happens if a sewer line backup occurs in your house or business? The perfect answer is: Contact PuroClean! Simply because PuroClean technicians are your ideal professionals for sewage abatement and cleaning services. With state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning systems, we efficiently restore, remediate and completely cleanse the affected parts in your home or business.
The high goals of our sewage abatement and cleaning services along with the rapidity in which we complete the work, and the absolute care we demonstrate throughout the process make us your complete water damage restoration and remediation company. PuroClean promises to do whatever it takes to save, clean and restore all properties that lie within our service neighborhoods.
*Not all PuroClean offices provide sewage cleanup and sanitation cleaning services.
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