Historic rowhouses in Philadelphia often feature shared party walls where sewage spills can migrate laterally into adjacent properties if not contained immediately.
Homeowners often report how the city sewer is overwhelmed by storm water when too much ground water floods the sewer with more water than it can handle, backing up into living spaces.
Call our Sewage Cleanup Philadelphia team immediately for 24/7 emergency dispatch.
With 14 years serving homeowners, our technicians have completed 1200 + Jobs Completed and 980 Homes Restored across the greater Philadelphia area.
A street sewer overflow sent black water pouring into our rowhouse basement.
The team arrived in 40 minutes, set up negative air scrubbers, and prevented the sewage from crossing our shared party wall.
Raw sewage backed up through our laundry room floor drain late at night.
The technicians used trash pumps to extract the sludge, cut out contaminated drywall two feet above the waterline, and sanitized the slab.
Our vintage cast iron main collapsed during a heavy rainstorm.
The crew extracted the wastewater immediately, used thermal imaging to inspect inside our wall cavities, and eliminated the foul odor.
We had several inches of sewer blowback across our utility room concrete.
The specialists power-washed the rough concrete pores, trenched around the drain, and left our basement completely dry and clean.
The dominant mapped soils in Philadelphia, PA (PA101) by acreage are Urban land; Urban land-Chester complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes; Urban land-Howell complex; Urban land-Chester complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes.
Our Sewer Backup Cleanup Philadelphia crews follow strict containment protocols to protect historical architecture.
About 11% of housing units in Philadelphia, PA (80,358 of 730,630) were built in the 1960s, overlapping the years aluminium branch wiring was installed.
Our crews isolate all electrical circuits safely before extracting hazardous black water.
About 12% of housing units in Philadelphia, PA (85,908 of 730,630) were built in the 1970s and 1980s, overlapping the years polybutylene supply piping was commonly installed.
Our Black Water Cleanup Philadelphia team decontaminates compromised utility spaces and removes all biohazardous residues.
The single most extensive soil unit mapped around Philadelphia, PA is Urban land, covering about 48,072 acres of PA101.
About 67% of housing units in Philadelphia, PA (486,136 of 730,630) were built before 1960, the era of galvanized steel supply lines and cast iron drains, out of 730,630 housing units on record in the Census ACS 5-year estimates.
About 89% of housing units in Philadelphia, PA (652,402 of 730,630) were built before 1980, the period when asbestos-containing materials and lead paint were still in use, while the median owner-occupied home in Philadelphia, PA was built in 1949 (Census ACS 5-year).
In local property discussions, owners note it is possible you’re on the old private sewer and the old homeowner didn’t want to re-pipe into the new public sewer that runs under the street, leading to sudden unexpected overflows.
With 14 years serving homeowners, Sewage Cleanup Pros provides immediate biohazard containment and certified black water restoration across Philadelphia.
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