Nothing Contaminates a Home Like an Overflowing Toilet

10/15/2019 (Permalink)

Dealing with raw sewage requires protection

The toilet plays an essential role in your Barrington Hills,IL, home. It is a simple and effective entry point to your local sewage treatment facility. If the sewage company keeps the sewers maintained, your home remains safe and clean. Unfortunately, sewer damage can change all that.

Sewage Doesn’t Only Flow Outward

A damaged sewer can cause the city’s waste to back up, overflow a toilet and contaminate your home. When city sewage comes to visit, that contaminated waste becomes a serious threat to your family’s health and home. Specially trained sewage remediation specialists have the knowledge, experience and equipment to make your home clean and safe again.
Dealing with raw sewage requires protection. If you decide to involve yourself in the cleanup, you should have the following protective equipment at your disposal:

• Tall waterproof boots
  
• Arm-length rubber gloves
  
• Protective mask
  
• Safety goggles
  
  

Even a Simple Flooded Toilet Can Be Unhealthy

Sewer damage is not the only cause of flooded toilets. Each toilet seems to have a personality. Some you can flush and walk away. Others require you to wait to make sure there isn’t a problem refilling. There are also toilets that will continue to run if you don’t wait and jiggle the handle. Some family members, especially young children, don’t understand that a toilet is not a wastebasket. Others need reminding that repeat flushing is almost never a solution to a blocked toilet.
In most of these cases, a simple overflow may appear to be clean water. However, the water still contains contaminants. Your bathroom area will not be completely safe until it is dry, clean and disinfected. It is also important to understand that water flows into cracks, behind walls and into the subflooring. The spreading moisture will make the cleanup more difficult and encourage mold growth.

There Is Life After Sewage

Sewer damage is never pretty. Cleanup may seem impossible. However, with a great team on the job, your home will soon look “Like it never even happened.”