Open Sewage

[randynavarro]

Is there a widely accepted, listed, or "approved" method for cleanup of open sewage in a crawl space?

[Jim Katen]

Is there a widely accepted, listed, or "approved" method for cleanup of open sewage in a crawl space?

Lime & time.

[kurt]

Drag several home inspectors through it.

[Scottpat]

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.

[John Kogel]

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?

[Steven Hockstein]

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.

[kurt]

Better.

[Denray]

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.

[pmb]

The browner I get, the greener I get...my old plumbers license plate frame.