Sewer backup into a residential or commercial property is one of the most dangerous health hazard situation that need to be death with immediately. Sewage consist of numerous types of fungi, serious health threatening bacteria and deadly viruses.
July 25, 2014
Chino Hills, California, USA /PressCable/ — Sewer backup into a residential or commercial property is one of the most dangerous health hazard situation that need to be death with immediately. Sewage consist of numerous types of fungi, serious health threatening bacteria and deadly viruses, which coming in contact, each may cause serious health and disease-causing issues.
It is unfortunate that many people still fail to comprehend and would take it serious about the perils sewage may bring, especially for the children or seniors, or for those with weak and compromised immune or respiratory system problems. “Some water damage from multi-level loss could also carry unsanitary water categorized as gray or black water,” said Brandt Benson of ACR Services. “Hiring a professional restoration company will ensure proper protocols are followed when classifying whether water losses are from clean or unsanitary sources.” added Benson
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, Restoration and Certification (IICRC) have put together a compilation of guidelines for professional and standard drying and mitigation care for professional sewer back-up cleaning, identified in the IICRC Standard for Water Damage Restoration called the S500 document.
Some of the important information home and property owners should know and understand about sewage back-ups are listed here:
Sewer water that may have backed-up from a toilet, bathtub, shower or drain in the mechanical room or other drain outlets may contain numerous pathogenic and disease causing fungi, bacteria, viruses and harmful parasites. Any person working in the clean-up process must have proper updated vaccination. This need to also include a Hepatitis B vaccine shot.
Anyone with weakened or compromised immune system, anyone who is already ill, those who are young and under two years old or over the age of 60 can suffer a serious consequence if exposed to Sewage contamination. It is also quite dangerous for pregnant women, those who are recovering from an operation, those who are sick, those who are on prescription drugs, chemotherapy threat meant or those who are AIDS victims. Occupants of homes with these health conditions may
Only in situations where an affected areas a completely sealed and protected that occupants of the building can continue to be in such places. Air flow of such affected areas must be controlled and sealed off from the unaffected area to avoid cross-contamination. Carpet, carpet pad, vinyl tiles, wood flooring, upholstery, bedding, fabrics and highly porous materials affected from sewage contamination most likely, with proper judgment will need to be discarded. Affected drywall and insulation from sewage must also be disposed of. The health risk from trying to save these materials by cleaning or drying is extremely high.
Full proper sewage damage mitigation and remediation, only trained and certified professionals should do this form of work. As an additional step of safety, it would be prudent to hire an indoor air quality professional such as an Industrial Hygienist to perform post-remediation clearance test so that the property can be re-occupied.
Contact Info:
Name: Brandt Benson
Email: info@chinorestoration.com
Organization: Chino Restoration by ACR Services
Website: www.ChinoRestoration.com
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