Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Nashville, TN

When sewer lines become blocked, the thick, black water that forms as sewage is a health hazard, and is tremendously unsanitary as it consists of contaminants such as pathogens, bacteria, and viruses that may pose a risk of extreme sickness illness if exposed to people or animals. If you have a sewage backup 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:

Sewage Backup Causes

• Blocked Drain Pipes – Sewage backs up into your home or business when your drain lines or main sewer lines become blocked. As an example: if one commode starts a sewage backup, the attached drain and/or numerous toilets and the main sewer may become caught up in the problem.
• Imposing Tree Roots – Trees with large strong plentiful roots have the ability to grow into and around pipes, even demolishing sewer lines. 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 – Older sewer lines, pipes, drains and septic systems can fail by slowly cracking and failing over time – causing sewage backups, water filled homes, and basements full of sewer water. Pay attention to the age of your home and neighborhood and look out for these potential problems.
• Large Rainfall Amounts – Large amounts of rainfall can crowd your main storm and sewer mains. If it turns out that your public system can’t handle large rainfall levels, the flooding can make its way into the sewer lines linked to the mainline, and set your home or business in a likely dangerous exposure of sewer backup. There is a risk of genuine health issues when in and around flooding waters in your town or city that occurs from flooding in rivers and streams, hurricanes, and other associated weather, when water blends with sewage, contaminants and chemicals. When wading in this waste use extreme caution, and also when the water goes down and starts drying. Organic substance that is dried out can then turn aerosolized and present a danger of inhaling in these contaminants. Be sure to use proper PPE to guard against these dangerous risks.

PuroClean’s sewage cleaning and sanitation process in Nashville, TN

Our process for cleaning and restoration of Category 3 water, also known as sewer and contaminated water backup clean up following 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 & safety survey and complete building assessment.

3. Be positive that all restoration specialists are equipped with the correct personal protection equipment (PPE). This includes 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. Engineering controls utilized and condemnatory barricades used (if needed) stopping cross-contamination.

5. Eradicating all potential hazards and safety risks if possible.

6. Eradication of bulk water, soil, and contaminates.

7. Removing any and all porous and semi-porous contaminated items that are unable to be saved, which includes but is not limited to:

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

8. Implement cleaning procedures and utilization of EPA registered biocides and antimicrobials

9. Actual cleaning of all remaining structures

10. We recommend using a third-party Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) to conduct clearance testing to ensure the building is returned to a safe pre-loss condition for health and safety.

11. All materials affected by excess waters are to be dried and returned to pre-loss dry condition

12. Post restoration cleaning of all tools and machinery used

13. All demo materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for Professional Sewage Cleanup in Nashville, TN!

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

PuroClean has proved time after time that our services and our specialists are top quality, efficient, and work with care and kindness for all involved. We are your ideal damage restoration and cleaning company and we pledge to do whatever needs to take place to rescue and restore all properties in the communities we serve.

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