Before

After

Cleaning Up Sewage Backup in a Smithtown Office Building

In this Smithtown office building, a sewage backup situation had our professionals working quickly to manage present solids and protect the flooring from further damage. Fast actions in this sense removed the solids and waste you can see in the Before Photo and created an efficient path to reach the clean and sanitary bathroom visible in the After Photo.

Personal Protective Equipment Required for Sewage Cleanup

Just as we focus on necessary steps to keep your staff and customers safe after sewage backup situations, we also chose safe practices for our SERVPRO of Greater Smithtown technicians. Appropriate personal protective equipment gets worn by our team to remove the solids that you can see in the Before Photo to prevent contamination of our professionals and transference of these contaminants to new areas of the building. Our team members wear:

• Rubber boots
• Rubber gloves
• Tyvek suits
• Respirators
• Eye protection

Protecting the Removable Contents of the Bathroom and Neighboring Areas

Among the first actions that our professionals took upon arrival to this damaged office was removing exposed contents and furniture from the room and neighboring areas. The before photo shows objects like the trash can that needed to be cleaned and removed from the bathroom to allow the disinfection and surface cleaning processes to be less hindered. The bathroom and adjacent rooms feature many items that were relocated to safer spaces, including:

• Desk furniture
• Shelves
• Paper products

Thorough Floor Cleaning for this Smithtown Office Bathroom

Our SERVPRO of Greater Smithtown team needs to overcome two specific obstacles when cleaning the floors after a sewage situation. The most important of these is ensuring that any bacteria or contaminant threat is eliminated with powerful cleaning products in our inventory. The second concern is addressing any harsh or strong odors that might have resulted from solids and wastewater present in the bathroom. Many of our cleaning products have strong odors, requiring additional deodorization by our team members to neutralize the affected space.

Moisture Detection for Potential Drying Efforts Necessary

Our IICRC certified technicians needed to ensure that moisture penetration had not occurred beneath the tile floor. If this substrate were impacted by migrating moisture, it might require greater restoration of the flooring material, including reinstallation. Because the grout line remained intact and moisture meter use indicated no abnormal damp pockets existed, our technicians determined that the damage was contained to the surface layer where cleaning strategies could remove them.

Disinfection and Surface Cleaning Solutions

Finalizing the process means creating the look that you can see in the After Photo. As you can tell in this image, the bathroom is ready to be used and back to its original function and appearance. To achieve this, our SERVPRO of Greater Smithtown technicians had to clean all exposed surfaces with biocides and disinfecting products thoroughly. Antimicrobials prevent the growth of mold that might have started with any prolonged moisture exposure, and these products inhibit microbial development and a pleasant clean look and smell “Like it never even happened.”