Sewerage and sewer clogging can be exceedingly hazardous to your health.
Sewerage and sewer clogging can be exceedingly hazardous to your health.
When toilet or shower drains pipes show sewage backflow, you must immediately ask for expert help. Drainage is polluted with germs therefore it should be removed and the offending piping be fixed without a delay to avoid a double occurence.
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 gallons of water. Wear eye protection, long trousers, gloves and boots and seal the area to prevent entry by kids, the aged and pets. Use clean warm water and soap to wash your hands once you have finished. You can help keep sewage from backing up into your home by limiting the amount of water going down the drain.
The cause of the trouble might be a stopped waste line or a blockage between the toilet and the shower. Your first concern, without worrying about the cause, should be protecting your family from detrimental waste.
Vomiting, fever, chills, stomach pain, diarrhea are some of the symptoms of exposure to sewerage. Seek medical attention right away if you go through any of these symptoms.
All objects contaminated by the sewage, including kids’s play items, should be disinfected by mixing one cup of odorless household bleaching agent for every five Imperial gallons of water. polluted food items should be thrown away immediately, also throw those items that cannot be cleaned like mattresses, baby toys, stuffed animals etc.
You can use a plumbers snake if the sewerage back up is in shower area. For such waste pipes and pipe joints in close proximity, a quarter-inch snake of 25 feet length will work fine. This size will be easier to guide through the pipe works. It’s possible that your shower fills up with sewerage 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 flooring level, whereas the typical shower drain is installed level with the flooring.
Always take professional help if you are not able to clean the backflow on your own. They will be able to clean up the leaked drainage thoroughly, as well as find out exactly where the clog is located. It is better to let the expert handle the plumbing fixes unless you know precisely what you are doing.