Sewage Cleanup and Sanitation in Thousand Oaks, CA

When a sewer line is blocked, the sewage that is thick and dark can be dangerous to your health. This sewer water is extremely unclean, containing contaminants like bacteria, viruses and pathogens. All of these contaminants can pose a serious health risk and cause many illnesses if humans or animals suffer exposure. If it happens that you experience sewage backup on the premises of your home or business, or a toilet backup in either location, repairing either one is of the highest importance. Having this unsanitary sewer water in your home is dangerous and should be removed immediately. Also, to know what is causing the sewer obstruction may aid in preventing this potentially hazardous situation. To help you in managing sewage backups in your home or business, following is a list of things that may help:

Sewage Backup Causes

• Drain Pipe Clogs – Sewage can back up into your home or business when either your drain pipes or the main sewer line becomes clogged. For example, if one toilet creates a sewage backup, the drain leading to that toilet, or the mainline of many toilets, will likely also be obstructed.
• Tree Roots – Trees with long roots can grow into pipes and cause holes or alter the sewer line by growing around it. Even if the roots on your property are not the issue, roots from nearby trees can reach your sewer line and damage it, creating a sewer backup. Always be aware of roots where your sewer lines to the street or septic system is located.
• Aging Sewer Lines – Older sewage systems can break down and crack, creating sewage backups and flooded homes and basements. The older your neighborhood is, the greater chance of these types of incidents.
• Extreme Weather – Heavy amounts of rain can overburden your area’s storm sewer lines. If the public systems can’t handle large amounts of rainfall, the water can make its way into attached sewer lines, which can leave your home or business at risk of water backflows. City-wide flooding waters from events such as rising rivers and creeks, hurricanes, and other micro events can also mix with sewage water and other chemicals and harmful bacteria that can cause health-related issues. Extreme caution is needed when trying to walk in these waters, and even when the sewer water recedes and begins to dry out. Dried up organic waste can then become aerosolized and become respirable. Proper personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn to stop any contact and the danger of breathing in this harmful matter.

PuroClean’s sewage cleanup and sanitation process in Thousand Oaks, CA

Our cleaning and remediation procedures for Category 3 water (which describes sewer and contaminated water backup) according to the standards put in place by the IICRC industry are:

1. Ensure the safety of all personnel and occupants by regulating onsite access to remediation personnel only to prevent health-related concerns

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

3. Be positive that all restoration workers are equipped with the proper personal protection equipment (PPE). This includes but is not limited to:

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

4. Create engineering controls, critical barriers if required to prevent cross-contamination.

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

6. Bulk water, soil, and contaminates removal

7. Disposal of all contaminated porous and semi-porous materials which are not restorable, which can include but are not limited to:

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

8. Cleaning processes put in place and the use of EPA approved biocides and antimicrobials

9. Actual cleaning of all remaining structures

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

11. All materials affected by water to be dried and returned to pre-loss standard

12. Post remediation cleaning of all equipment used

13. Disposal of all remaining materials removed from the building

Call PuroClean for Professional Sewage Cleanup in Thousand Oaks, CA!

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

The high goals of our sewage removal and cleaning services along with the speed in which we complete the work, and the absolute care we demonstrate throughout the process make us your complete flood 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.