What our crew does the moment we arrive
Sewage water carries bacteria and viruses you cannot see with the eye. When a line backs up into a basement, or a floor drain spills over onto a bathroom floor, that water spreads the contamination across every surface it reaches. It soaks into baseboards, subfloor, and the bottom edge of the drywall. So we treat the whole room as unsafe the moment we walk in. Our crew puts on protective gear, seals the space off from the rest of the house with plastic sheeting, and pumps out the standing waste before it sinks deeper into the floor and the framing behind the walls. We pull the hazard out first. Then we go to work making the room safe to use again. The smell alone tells you something is wrong. The real threat is what you would breathe and touch if that room sat for days.
We begin by finding where the backup started. Scrubbing a room does little while the source still flows. Often it is a clog far down the main line, or a city sewer that pushed water up the pipe during heavy rain. Next we pump out the dirty water. Then we haul away anything too soiled to save, like soaked carpet, the padding under it, and drywall that pulled the water up. We clean and sanitize every surface the waste reached, working to the standards the IICRC sets for jobs of this kind. Drying gear comes last. We run air movers and dehumidifiers until a moisture meter reads dry deep in the structure, not just dry to the touch.
- A fast response when raw sewage is sitting in your home, because every hour that passes adds to the harm and the cost of repair.
- Full containment with sealed barriers, so the waste never travels into the clean rooms where your family eats and sleeps.
- Removal and proper disposal of soaked carpet, padding, and drywall, hauled out of the house instead of dried in place.
- Sanitizing built on the methods the IICRC teaches, not a rushed mop and a quick splash of household bleach.
- Moisture readings on every affected surface, so you can see the space is truly dry before we load the truck and leave.
Sewage damage grows worse the longer it sits. Bacteria keep multiplying. Foul odors sink deep into porous materials. A problem that began under one bathroom can creep into the framing, the insulation, and the air your family breathes each day. So we move fast. We never skip the parts you cannot see behind a wall or under a floor. By the time we pack up, the room is clean, dry, and ready for the next step. If the cleanup turns up damage that needs rebuilding, our crew can take on that work too. You deal with one team instead of three, which keeps the timeline tight and the stress off your plate.
If sewage has backed up inside your Farmington Hills home, do not wait it out and do not try to clean it yourself. Call us now. We will walk you through what to do and what to stay away from while you wait, and we will send a crew your way.
