Sewer Backup & Drain Cleanup

Sewage backup is not a cleaning problem, it is a contamination problem. Category 3 water carries bacteria into every porous material it touches, which is why carpet, pad and the lower course of drywall almost always leave the building rather than get dried in place. The same is true of a soft clog that backs a floor drain up into a finished basement — the water is the same water. We contain the area first, remove what cannot be cleaned, then sanitize and deodorize before any drying equipment goes in.

What the work involves

• Contain the affected area before removal so contamination is not tracked through the house
• Remove porous materials that cannot be sanitized — carpet, pad, affected drywall
• Scrape, steam clean and sanitize hard surfaces, then apply antimicrobial
• Deodorize, because the smell is what customers remember months later
• Dry the structure and document moisture readings for the claim

132 sewer and drain backup jobs, $584,733 combined — our second-largest category — closing at 77% and 88% respectively.

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EcoClean Restoration, Downers Grove. Call (630) 945-4181 — crews on call 24/7.