Drainage and drainage clogging can be extremely risky to your health.
Drainage and drainage clogging can be extremely risky to your health.
If you are experiencing sewerage backing up into your bathroom toilets, bath tubs, and showers, it is time to telephone your plumber. Drainage will contain germs so it must be cleaned up and the plumbing system repaired straightaway.
While you are waiting for the plumbers van to arrive, begin to clean up the area yourself with a solution of one cup of bleach to every five Imperial gallons of water. While cleaning up wear long trousers, gloves, glasses and sensible footwear and make sure that your children, elderly people and household pets do not go near the problem area. Remember to thoroughly wash your hands with soap after you are done with the cleaning up. Reduce the flushing of water into the drain to keep sewage backup under control.
There might be a blockage between the toilet and the shower, or the waste line may have been plugged. Your first concern, without worrying about the cause, should be protecting your family from detrimental waste.
Symptoms from being exposed to sewage may include diarrhea, stomach pain, fever, chills, and vomiting. Such symptoms require instant medical help, contact a doctor if this happens.
All objects contaminated by the sewage, including children’s play items, should be disinfected by mixing one cup of odorless household bleach for every five Imperial gallons of water. Any sewage affected item that cannot be washed, like pillows, mattresses or stuffed toys, has to be disposed off safely.
You can use a plumbers snake if the drainage back up is in shower area. For the best results you should use a one quarter inch snake that is 8 yards in length. You can move a quarter inch snake easily inside the drainage line. Sometimes in a bathroom the shower trap gets blocked but at the same time the toilet remains unaffected. This can occur because the toilet trap sits more or less six inches above the floor, while a shower drain is normally placed at the flooring level.
If you can’t remove this leakage on your own, you should ask for professional help from a drainage company. Plumbers will be able to find the blockage and clear the backup thoroughly as they have specialist tools and experience in this problem. Unless you know what you are doing when you try to do your own plumbing remedies, it is generally wise to let the professionals handle it to begin with.