randynavarro Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Is there a widely accepted, listed, or "approved" method for cleanup of open sewage in a crawl space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Is there a widely accepted, listed, or "approved" method for cleanup of open sewage in a crawl space? Lime & time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Drag several home inspectors through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Servpro has a method, I'm not sure what it is or how they do it but they had a nasty sewage soaked 1800 sf crawl cleaned and disinfected in 4 days on a home I inspected last summer. I'm pretty sure they used ozone machines and some type of obsorbant material that looked like large granular kitty litter. They also had a huge suction truck that they used in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Servpro has a method, I'm not sure what it is or how they do it but they had a nasty sewage soaked 1800 sf crawl cleaned and disinfected in 4 days on a home I inspected last summer. I'm pretty sure they used ozone machines and some type of absorbent material that looked like large granular kitty litter. They also had a huge suction truck that they used in some way. I guess you'd call that a soak and suck job. [] I like the idea of dragging inspectors through the crawl, but you might find they are not all that absorbent. [] How about it, Randy. Did you get any on ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Drag several home inspectors through it. I was thinking politicians and lawyers. Edit-Actually, now that I think of it, they are already full of crap and probably won't do much good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denray Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 My Doo Doo Ologist friend who is an engineer specializing in sewer stuff says get rid of the chunks then soak down with 10/1, 10 jugs water/1 store bought bleach. My wife who is an independent claims adjuster says the Lime thing. ServPro seems to do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmb Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 The browner I get, the greener I get...my old plumbers license plate frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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