Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Naperville

Toilet and sewer pipe backups could result in sewage entering your basement or other parts of your home or company. This dark, thick water is extremely hazardous and contains quite a lot of dangerous contaminants. These contaminants are made up of pathogens, bacteria and viruses and present health risks and illness dangers if people or animals experience exposure. Repairing these problems ASAP is imperative, as is removing sewage from your property. Having knowledge of what may cause sewer blockages may help you prevent a hazardous incident in your home or basement. Following is a list of things that may help prevent sewage backups that could occur in your home or business:

Causes of Sewage Backup

• Clogged Drain Pipes – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain pipes or main sewer pipes become clogged. As an example: if one toilet starts a sewage backup, the attached drain and/or many toilets and the main line may become clogged.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong long roots have the potential to grow through and around pipes, even demolishing sewer pipes. Tree roots are able to extend out to a long distance and wreak havoc on your pipes, causing 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 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 surrounding area and search 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 system can’t handle large rainfall levels, the flooding can make its way into the sewer lines connected to the mainline, and place your home or business in a possibly dangerous risk of sewer backup. There is a risk of genuine health issues when in and around flooding waters in your area that occurs from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other similar weather, when water merges with sewage, impurities and chemicals. When wading in these waters use extreme caution, and also when the water decreases and starts drying. Organic substance that is dried out can then convert to be aerosolized and present a threat of breathing in these contaminants. Be positive to use proper PPE to protect against these dangerous risks.

Our Naperville sewage cleanup and sanitation process

Our methods for Category 3 water (also known as sewer and contaminated water backup) cleaning, following the IICRC industry standards, consists of:

1. To protect the safety of all occupants and personnel by restricting jobsite traffic to restoration and cleaning personnel only to help prevent any health related problems.

2. Health & safety survey and complete building assessment.

3. Ensure proper personal protection equipment (PPE) is being utilized by all restoration personnel. This may include but is not limited to:

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

4. Institute engineering controls, firm barriers if required to prevent cross-contamination.

5. Eradicating any type of potential safety risks if at all possible.

6. Clearing the jobsite 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:

• Carpet, rugs, pad, or underlayment
• Padded and upholstered items
• Drywall materials
• Vinyl flooring and underlayment
• Wooden flooring

8. Implement cleaning methods and use of EPA registered biocides and antimicrobials

9. Actual cleaning of all remaining structures

10. It is suggested to schedule a third party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) for a safety clearance test to ensure the entire site is returned to pre-loss state 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. Disposal of all remaining materials removed from the building

For Professional Sewage Cleanup in Naperville, Call PuroClean!

Our technicians put to use state-of-the-art equipment and cleaning methods to effectively restore and clean the affected building materials and items from your house or business. If a sewage drain pipe backup from blockage happens, call our professionals for sewage removal and cleaning services.

The sheer value of our sewer water removal and cleaning services, in addition to the speed that we deliver the work, as well as our compassion demonstrated throughout the process helps make PuroClean your preferred damage remediation and restoration company. We pledge to do everything that’s needed and within our power to restore and rescue properties in all the neighborhoods that make up our coverage areas.

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