What To Do If Your Basement Floods

1. If the basement is flooded - do not use water in your home, don’t flush the toilets. All this will do is cause more water to build up in the basement.
2. Drain or pump out all the sewer water right away
3. Know where your water meter is - if a pipe bursts causing a flood, you want to know where to turn off the water
4. Remove everything that came into contact with the sewer water
5. Wash down walls and floors with detergent and then afterwards with a disinfectant
6. Rinse with warm/hot water
7. Let the area dry by using fans and opening windows.

Think of the main drain in your home like your car you drive daily

Plumbing is used and abused more often. Just like your vehicle requires maintenance/tuneups - the same applies to your home plumbing. Changing/cleaning the oil in your car is the same as a drain - we’re cleaning the oil and gunk built up in your drain.

What causes a flooded basement?

A blockage between the city’s sewer line and your home can be caused by a number of factors and result in a flooded basement. Damaged or corroded pipes, tree roots, misaligned joints, FOG (fats, oils and grease), heavy rainfall are some of the most common reasons your basement might flood.

Sewer backups into the home are a smelly and frightening occurrence. Sever damage can be caused to property, odours can be intolerable and fears about health safety are raised. Flood water that might have been sitting in the lines and pipes before the flood may contain bacteria. After a sewer backup, cleaning should happen quickly.

How to prevent sewer line flooding

This entails Snaking the main drain line from the home to the city (which is at your property line) as well as Power Flushingthe drain (basically power washing the drain with specialized equipment for various drain sizes and drain types - cast iron, clay, plastic (abs/pvs).

Flooded basements can also be caused by improperly disposed of waste products and objects that accidentally find their way into the pipes and sewers.

What are the signs of a potential flooded basement

The potential for a flooded basement can be generally be detected with a few symptoms. Water pooling around the basement drain, odd smells coming from the basement drain. In cities with older or aging sewer lines, homeowners should consider having annual checkups with plumbing professionals like Emergency Plumbing Markham to ensure that your pipes, lateral lines and drains are all working and in good working condition. Other measures that can be taken are to make sure you properly dispose of fats, oils and grease. When these substances cool off they form giant fatburgs in the sewer system that have been literally known to make sewer lines burst.

At Emergency Plumbing Markham we know how to handle all these sorts of blockages. Our drain cleaning services are guaranteed to leave your pipes running smoothly. Our quick response times and qualified professionals will rapidly resolve your emergency plumbing needs.