Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in St. Augustine, FL

When sewer lines 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 may pose a risk of extreme sickness illness if exposed to humans or pets. 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 sewage all over your floors. Knowing the cause of sewer backups, however, may help you avoid a hazardous situation in your basement, home or business. Here’s a list of items that may help to prevent and handle sewage backups:

Sewage Backup Causes

• Clogged Sewer Line – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain pipes or main sewer pipes become blocked. To present an example: if one toilet starts a sewage backup, the connected drain and/or many toilets and the main line may become clogged.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong plentiful roots have the capacity to grow into and around pipes, even crushing sewer lines. Tree roots are able to extend out to a long distance and wreak havoc on your pipes, leading to a sewer backup. Be very aware of roots near your drain lines or septic tank area to prevent damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Older sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems will fail by slowly weakening and crumbling over time – causing sewage backups, flooded homes, and basements full of sewage. Keep in mind the age of your home and community and search for these potential problems.
• Large Rainfall Amounts – Heavy amounts of rain can overwhelm your main storm and sewer lines. If it happens that your public system can’t handle large rainfall levels, the water can make its way into the sewer lines linked to the mainline, and set your home or business in a likely 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 associated weather, when water merges with sewage, impurities and chemicals. When wading in these waters use extreme caution, and also when the water diminishes and starts drying. Organic matter that is dried out can then become aerosolized and present a risk of inhaling in these contaminants. Be positive to use proper PPE to protect against these dangerous risks.

PuroClean’s sewage cleaning and sanitation process in St. Augustine, FL

Our process for cleaning and remediation of Category 3 water, aka sewer and contaminated water backup clean up according to the IICRC industry standards, is as follows:

1. Ensuring safety for all personnel and occupants by placing strict rules on site access to remediation personnel only in order to prevent health related occurrences.

2. Health and Safety survey and assessment of the jobsite.

3. Ensure all PuroClean employees are supplied with and use the required personal protection equipment (PPE). This includes, but isn’t limited to the following:

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

4. Use established engineering controls, critical barriers, to alleviate cross-contamination.

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

6. Clearing the work area of all bulk water, soil, and contaminates.

7. Eradication and disposal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous material that is not restorable – which can consist of but is not limited to:

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

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. A third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) is recommended to perform clearance testing, to ensure the building is returned to a pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. All materials affected by the water to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry standards

12. Post restoration cleaning of all equipment used

13. Elimination and disposal of all demo materials removed from the property

For Professional Sewage Cleanup in St. Augustine, FL, Call PuroClean!

What happens if a sewer main backup occurs in your house or business? The correct answer is: Call PuroClean! Simply because PuroClean technicians are your perfect professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services. With state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning systems, we efficiently restore, fix and completely cleanse the affected parts in your home or business.

The quality of our sewage removal and cleaning solutions, the speed in which we deliver them, and the compassion we demonstrate throughout the whole process make PuroClean your ideal damage restoration and remediation company. We vow to do whatever it takes to restore and rescue properties in all the communities we serve.

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