Emergency
Sewer & Septic Backflow Cleanup Jacksonville, FL
Heavy rain and a high water table can push sewage back through the lowest drain in the building. Clear or murky, it is handled as sewage. Anything that rose back up through a drain is handled as sewage, however clean it appears. Where a saturated septic field is the cause, it has to be draining again before the building is used.
Wet days later? That is worth a call
Often needed alongside
- Emergency Water Extraction
Standing water removed before it soaks into slab, block and flooring - the first step after any failure, and the one humid air makes urgent.
- Storm Surge & Tidal Flooding
Surge and tidal water rise from the ground up and carry salt and silt with them. Anything porous they soaked is treated as contaminated.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the floor of an old Riverside bungalow feel damp in July?
Many of Riverside's frame houses and bungalows rest on brick or concrete block piers, with outdoor air moving freely under the floor. When the house is cooled, the underside of the floorboards and any ducts run beneath them sit colder than that air, and water condenses there. Looking under the house after a humid stretch, at the joists, the duct wrap and the ground, shows whether it is collecting.
Do Avondale's masonry houses take on rain differently from frame ones?
They hold it differently. Avondale was built out mostly in the 1920s in brick, stucco, tile and coquina concrete block, and those walls absorb rain through the wet months rather than shedding all of it. They release it slowly, inward as well as out, so a damp patch on an inside wall can appear days after the rain itself has stopped.
What does a run of heavy summer rain do to a Jacksonville septic system?
Jacksonville has some 14,000 homes with septic systems on record. After days of heavy rain the soil around a drain field can fill with water, leaving the household's wastewater nowhere to go, and it backs toward the house through the lowest drain: a shower, a floor drain or a ground-floor toilet. Easing off laundry and long showers until the ground drains gives the field time to recover.
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