A sewer backup isn't rainwater. It comes up through a tub, a toilet, a shower or a floor drain, and it carries waste with it. You don't walk through it, and you don't mop it up and call it done. It's a health problem before it's a water problem, and it needs the right gear and the right cleaning.
What We Handle
- Sewer line backups through tubs, showers and floor drains
- Toilet overflows
- Removal of contaminated carpet, pad, drywall and insulation
- Cleaning and antimicrobial treatment of floors and walls
- Drying the area after the cleanup
Where It Comes From
Usually it's a clog or a break in the line between the house and the street. Tree roots get into older lines. If the problem is out past your property line, the city is the one that clears it; in Haltom City that's Public Works. Heavy rain can overload the system and push water back toward the house. It comes up at the lowest drain first, which is why it so often shows up in a tub or a shower on the ground floor.
What We Do About It
We close off the area so nothing gets tracked through the rest of the house, pull the standing water and waste, and take out what can't be cleaned. Carpet and pad that took sewage come out. Hard floors get cleaned and treated. Walls that soaked it up get cut high enough that we're not leaving wet paper in the cavity. Then the room gets dried like any other water loss, because sewage soaks into the same wood and drywall a clean leak does.
Until We Get There
Keep people and pets out of the room. Don't run water down the drains if the backup is coming from the main line, because it'll come right back up. Don't try to clean it with a household mop or vacuum. Call us and we'll take it from there.
