Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Wilmington, NC

When sewer lines become obstructed, the thick, black water that forms as sewage is a health risk, and is extremely unsanitary as it consists of contaminants like pathogens, bacteria, and viruses that may pose a risk of extreme sickness illness if exposed to people or pets. 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 home or business. Knowing the cause of sewer backups, however, may help you prevent a hazardous occurrence 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

• Clogged Sewer Line – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain pipes or main sewer pipes become clogged. To present an example: if one toilet starts a sewage backup, the connected drain and/or many toilets and the main line may become caught up in the problem.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong long roots have the ability to grow through and around pipes, even crushing sewer lines. Tree roots have the capability to extend out to a long distance and wreak havoc on your pipes, leading to a sewer backup. Keep an eye out for roots near your sewer mainline or septic tank area to prevent damage.
• Aging & Damaged Sewer Lines – Aging sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems will fail by slowly weakening and crumbling over time – causing sewage backups, water filled homes, and basements full of sewer water. Keep in mind the age of your home and neighborhood and keep an eye out for these potential problems.
• Heavy Rainfall Amounts – Large amounts of rainfall can overcome your main storm and sewer lines. If it happens that your public system can’t handle large rainfall amounts, the flooding can backflow its way into the sewer lines linked to the mainline, and set your home or business in a potentially dangerous risk of sewer backup. There is a risk of genuine health issues when in and around flooding waters in your region that occurs from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other related weather, when water combines with sewage, contaminants and chemicals. When wading in this waste use extreme caution, and also when the water recedes and starts drying. Organic substance that is dried out can then turn aerosolized and present a risk of inhaling in these contaminants. Be sure to use proper PPE to protect against these dangerous risks.

Our Wilmington, NC sewage cleanup and sanitation process

The PuroClean method for cleaning and remediating Category 3 water, which is sewer and contaminated water backup cleaning and restoration identified by IICRC industry regulations, consisting of:

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

2. Assessment of the building and Health and Safety surveys.

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

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

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. Bulk water, soil, and contaminates removal

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:

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

8. Implement cleaning procedures and use of EPA certified biocides and antimicrobials

9. Full physical cleaning of all structure items that remain

10. It is approved to hire a third party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) for a safety clearance inspection to ensure the building is returned to pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. All items and structure affected by the flooding to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry standards

12. Post remediation cleanup of all equipment utilized

13. All demo materials removed from the building

For the Perfect Professional Wilmington, NC Sewage Cleanup Company, Call PuroClean Today!

Our technicians put to use state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning procedures to effectively restore and clean the affected building materials and belongings from your home or business. If a sewage drain pipe backup from blockage is your problem, call our highly trained staff for sewage removal and cleaning services.

The sheer quality of our sewer water removal and cleaning services, along with the speed in which we deliver the work, as well as our empathy demonstrated throughout the entire project helps make PuroClean your preferred damage remediation and restoration firm. We promise to do everything feasible and within our power to restore and rescue properties in all the towns and cities that make up our service areas.

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