What to do when you have a sewerage leakage
What to do when you have a sewerage leakage
If you are experiencing sewage backing up into your bathroom toilets, bath tubs, and showers, it is time to call your plumber. Sewerage will contain microbes so it must be cleaned up and the plumbing system repaired instantly.
However you can start up the cleaning process even before the plumber arrives, put one cup of bleach in 5 gallons of water and use this solution to clean the area. While cleaning up wear long trousers, gloves, glasses and sensible footwear and make sure that your children, aging people and household pets do not go near the problem area. Use clean warm water and soap to wash your hands once you have finished. You can help keep sewerage from backing up into your home by limiting the amount of water going down the drain.
The main sewage drainpipe may have choked up, or it may just be the pipework joining the toilet and shower that is stopped. Whatever the cause, protecting you and your family from harmful waste needs to be your first concern.
Diarrhea, high temperatures, stomach pains, chills and vomiting are some of the common symptoms of being exposed to raw sewage. Such symptoms require instant medical help, contact a doctor if this happens.
You must also clean all items and surfaces that were touched by the drainage, including children’s toys, by using use one cup of unscented household bleach to every five Imperial gallons of water. Items that cannot be cleansed (such as mattresses, stuffed animals, baby dolls, and wooden cutting boards) and food that may have been tainted by the sewage should be thrown away.
Use a drainage snake if sewage is backing up in the shower. It would be best for you to get 25 feet long one quarter inch snake to tackle the problem if you are not calling in a drainage contractor. It will move more easily through the line. It’s possible that your shower fills up with sewage without the toilet in the same bathroom being affected. This is due to the fact that the toilet trap is typically about six inches above the floor level, whereas the typical shower drain is installed level with the floor.
An expert tradesman, a plumber, must be contacted if you can’t fix the back flow yourself. A plumber will not only be able to clean up the mess that the leaked sewage created for you but also locate where the blockage is. It is wise to get a plumber in if you don’t have knowledge when is comes to sewerage backups and other plumbing problems.